Introduction
Netley Hall features park-like grounds, which in the 19th century included two unusually large cedars and a savin bush 'of perhaps even more remarkable dimensions.' There are also two gothick lodges.
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Telephone
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- Features & Designations
Features
- Country House (featured building)
- Description: Netley Hall is a classical brick house, with a porch of paired Tuscan columns in front of the stone-faced centre bay. The interior features a large glazed hall with Tuscan pilasters and a screen of two Tuscan columns fronting a grand staircase.
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- Hunting Lodge
- Description: The East Lodge and its associated gateway, built in the gothick style, lies in the park.
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- Hunting Lodge
- Description: The North Lodge, also built in the gothick style to match the earlier lodge, lies in the park.
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- Key Information
Type
Park
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Survival
Part: standing remains
Open to the public
Yes
Civil Parish
Longnor
- References
References
- Leach, F. {The County Seats of Shropshire}, (Shrewsbury: Eddowes' Shrewsbury Journal Office, 1891): 179. The County Seats of Shropshire
- Newman, J. and Pevsner, N. {The Buildings of England: Shropshire}, (London: Yale University Press, 2006) The Buildings of England: Shropshire
- Gaydon, A.T. {Victoria History of the County of Shropshire, Volume 8}, (London: Constable, 1968): 163. Victoria County History: Shropshire, Volume 8