Hagley Park, Worcestershire
| Hagley Hall | |
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Hagley Hall June 2011
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | neo-Palladian |
| Address | Hall Drive, Hagley, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY9 9LG |
| Town or city | Hagley, Worcestershire |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 52°25′27″N 2°07′09″W / 52.4242°N 2.1191°W |
| Construction started | 1754 |
| Completed | 1760 |
| Client | George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Sanderson Miller |
Hagley Hall is a Grade I listed 18th-century house in Hagley, Worcestershire, the home of the Lyttelton family. It was the creation of George, 1st Lord Lyttelton (1709–1773), secretary to Frederick, Prince of Wales, poet and man of letters and briefly Chancellor of the Exchequer. Before the death of his father (Sir Thomas Lyttelton) in 1751, he began to landscape the grounds in the new Picturesque style, and between 1754 and 1760 it was he who was responsible for the building of the Neo-Palladian house that survives to this day.
After a fire in 1925, most of the house was restored, but the uppermost floor of the servants' quarters was not, which means that the present roof line between the towers is lower than it was when first constructed.
The estate fell into disrepair and incurred a mounting debt beginning in the 1970s. The 11th Viscount Cobham was forced to sell off large tracts of estate land to keep it afloat (in addition to paying for his high-profile divorce). His brother and successor Christopher Charles Lyttelton, 12th Viscount Cobham began restoration works in both the main house and the park. The park is open to the public and part of the house is available as a venue for hire.
As of 2012[update], the hall is the family home to Christopher Charles Lyttelton, 12th Viscount Cobham and his wife Tessa.
Prior to the construction of the current Palladian mansion by the 1st Lord Lyttelton, the earlier house on the site was described as "convenient and built mostly of wood".
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