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Wootton Lodge was built about 1611 for Sir Richard Fleetwood Bt (High Sheriff in 1614), possibly by the architect Robert Smythson. During the English Civil War the house was held for the Crown and was badly damaged during a Parliamentary siege. It was restored in about 1700 when a flight of balustrade entrance steps was added. [1]
The walls enclose the courtyard to the east of the house on the north, south and east sides. The north and south walls are about 6 feet (1.8 m) high and have moulded coping . In the centre of the east wall are gate piers with a square section and ball finials , and they are flanked by dwarf coped walls ramped down from the piers.
Wootton Hall, the house where Rousseau stayed, was demolished in the 1930s. [10] Wootton Lodge, the privately owned 17th century house, is a grade I listed building in the parish owned by the Bamford family. During the English Civil War the house was held for the Crown and was badly damaged during a Parliamentary siege. It was restored in about ...
He was High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1614 and built the Grade I listed Wootton Lodge at Ellastone [1] The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1780. [2] Sir Richard Fleetwood, 1st Baronet (died 1649) Sir Thomas Fleetwood, 2nd Baronet (1609–1670) Sir Richard Fleetwood, 3rd Baronet (1628–1700) [3]
Wootton is a civil parish in the district of East Staffordshire, Staffordshire, England. The parish contains eight listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England . All the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special ...
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The ten or more tumuli on or around the Weaver Hills, including Cauldon Low (a peak in the same range just to the east) imply significant prehistoric settlements in the area. About a mile south of the main peak is Wootton Lodge and Wootton Hall, whose claims to fame include that Jean-Jacques Rousseau rented the Hall in 1766. He was a refugee ...
Okeover Park, Okeover, East Staffordshire: Pavilion: c1737-48: 30 May 1985: 1231036: Temple of Pomona, Okeover Hall: Gate piers and courtyard walls to east of Wootton Lodge Wootton Park, Ramshorn, East Staffordshire: Gate: 17th century