Packington Hall
Packington Hall, a house built during the Post Medieval period. It is situated 800m north east of Mill Farm.
1 Seat of the Earl of Aylesford. Dated by inscriptions on the lead roof – built 1693, enlarged 1772. The original house was of brick, but, except for a chimney or two in the centre of the house, it is lost in later enlargements. The gardens were landscaped by Capability Brown who flooded Hall Pool, destroying earlier fishponds.
2 The house, built about a central courtyard, is of three storeys, the lowest, of rusticated ashlar in cream-white sandstone, the upper storeys of plain ashlar with an entableture. The east and west front have slightly projecting middle and end bays. The middle entrance in the east front has ionic shafts, supporting a pediment.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
Comments
There was a previous Packington Hall which stood on the same site. King Charles I visited it before the Battle of Edgehill. His son visited it after the Battle of Worcester.
Jane Lane lived here. She married Sir Clement Fisher and brought Charles II to safety after the Battle of Worcester by letting him ride pillion on her horse.
Source: “Warwickshire” by Arthur Mee.
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