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Hagley Park, Worcestershire

Hagley Hall
Hagley Hall June 2011.jpg
Hagley Hall June 2011
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 / 52.4242; -2.1191
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, 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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