Weston Park | |
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Type | House |
Location | Weston-under-Lizard, Staffordshire |
Coordinates | 52°41′34″N 2°17′16″W / 52.6929°N 2.2879°W |
Built | c. 1670 |
Architect | attributed to Elizabeth Wilbraham |
Architectural style(s) | Carolean |
Governing body | Private |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | Weston Hall and service wings to north and east |
Designated | 16 May 1953 |
Reference no. | 1039264 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Orangery and attached link to house, 25 m west of Weston Hall |
Designated | 16 May 1953 |
Reference no. | 1374071 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Gateway attached to south west of Stable Block of Weston Hall |
Designated | 4 July 1985 |
Reference no. | 1374073 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Stable Block, 60 m to north east of entrance front of Weston Hall |
Designated | 16 May 1953 |
Reference no. | 1188130 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Stables and Granary at Weston Hall |
Designated | 16 May 1953 |
Reference no. | 1188133 |
Weston Park is a country house in Weston-under-Lizard, Staffordshire, England, set in more than 1,000 acres (400 ha) of park landscaped by Capability Brown. The park is located 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Wolverhampton, and 8 miles (13 km) east of Telford, close to the border with Shropshire. The 17th-century Hall is a Grade I listed building and several other features of the estate, such as the Orangery and the Stable block, are separately listed as Grade II.
Weston Park House and the surrounding parkland were given to the nation in 1986 by the 7th Earl of Bradford, with the support of the National Heritage Memorial Fund. It is now in the care of the trustees of the Weston Park Foundation. The house retains its art collection with over 30,000 objects and is open to the public.