Minsterley Hall
Once owned by the Marquis of Bath with, as legend goes, fittings brought from Caus Castle.
Minsterley, Shropshire, SY5 0AA
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Minsterley Hall is first mentioned as “a handsome new house” built for Robert Clough in 1581. This original building now forms the Tudor wing.
Following the destruction of Caus Castle, Sir Henry Frederick Thynne bought Minsterley in 1634 and enlarged it, mirroring the half-timbered original with a new double plan addition. As Pevsner notes, timber-framed construction was becoming quite old-fashioned, “yet a regular double-plan would have been right up-to-date even in London.” Some timbers that form the structure of the house are reputed to have been reused from Caus in an example of 17th Century upcycling. The 15th Century oak screen in the Drawing Room is also thought to have been brought from the castle.
In 1869, on his Grand Tour, the 4th Marquess commissioned the huge Italian marble fireplace for his bedroom. The fireplace is thought to have been worth more than the house itself when it was installed.
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