Great Barr Hall
| Great Barr Hall | |
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1907 postcard
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| General information | |
| Status | Derelict, at risk |
| Type | Mansion |
| Architectural style | Strawberry Hill gothic |
| Town or city | Pheasey, Walsall |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 52°33′23″N 1°55′15″W / 52.556283°N 1.920961°WCoordinates: 52°33′23″N 1°55′15″W / 52.556283°N 1.920961°W |
| Construction started | 18th century |
| Client | Joseph Scott |
| Owner | Local consortium |
| Designations | Grade II* listed |
Great Barr Hall is an 18th-century mansion situated at Pheasey, Walsall, on the border with Great Barr, Birmingham, West Midlands, England. It has associations with the Lunar Society and is a Grade II* listed building. It is, however, in a very poor state of repair and is on the Buildings at Risk Register.
In the mid-17th century, Richard Scott acquired the house then standing on the site and known as Nether House. In about 1777, Joseph Scott (later Sir Joseph Scott, 1st Baronet Scott of Great Barr) replaced the old house with a two-storey, nine-bay mansion in the Strawberry Hill Gothic Revival style. The house was much altered and extended about 1840 and in 1863, an adjacent chapel (which was never consecrated) was erected to a design probably of architect George Gilbert Scott, a friend - but not a relation - of Sir Francis Scott. Two of the extant lodge houses are believed to be by George Gilbert Scott.
Financial problems led the Scott Family (who gave their name to the nearby Scott Arms pub and shopping centre), to lease out the hall from about 1788 to Samuel Galton, and for some years the Hall became a venue for meetings of the Lunar Society. It is said to be the 'favourite place of meeting' of this illustrious body. In 1999, stone memorials to the Lunar Society, the "Moonstones", were erected at the nearby Asda supermarket.
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