Ferney Hall
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Ferney Hall is a mid Victorian era
mansion
house situated at Onibury
, Shropshire
, England
. It is a Grade II listed building.
The estate has had several owners including, in the 16th century the Norton family, and in the 17th century the Ffolliott family
followed by Walker in the 19th century.
Designs for new gardens at the old hall appeared in the 'Red Book' of Humphry Repton
in 1789.
The present mansion was built on the site of the old hall in 1856 by William Willoughby George Hurt Sitwell, great nephew of Sir Sitwell Sitwell
. Following a fire which severely damaged the structure architect Samuel Pountney Smith supervised the rebuilding in 1875.
The property was abandoned in the 1940s and was unoccupied for many years. The restoration of Ferney Hall is due for completion early 2009. The new owners are Mr and Mrs Wem and the restoration is being done by Mr William Wem and his son Dean Wem.
Victorian era
The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence...
mansion
Mansion
A mansion is a very large dwelling house. U.S. real estate brokers define a mansion as a dwelling of over . A traditional European mansion was defined as a house which contained a ballroom and tens of bedrooms...
house situated at Onibury
Onibury
Onibury is a small village and civil parish in southern Shropshire, in the lower division of the hundred of Munslow. It is sited on the River Onny 5 miles to the north-west of Ludlow, and had a railway station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway....
, Shropshire
Shropshire
Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is a Grade II listed building.
The estate has had several owners including, in the 16th century the Norton family, and in the 17th century the Ffolliott family
Baron Folliott
Baron Folliott, of Ballyshannon in the County of Donegal, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 22 January 1620 for Henry Folliott. The Folliott family held lands in Pirton, Worcestershire from the 14th century. The family seat until 1623 was Pirton Court, Pirton,...
followed by Walker in the 19th century.
Designs for new gardens at the old hall appeared in the 'Red Book' of Humphry Repton
Humphry Repton
Humphry Repton was the last great English landscape designer of the eighteenth century, often regarded as the successor to Capability Brown; he also sowed the seeds of the more intricate and eclectic styles of the 19th century...
in 1789.
The present mansion was built on the site of the old hall in 1856 by William Willoughby George Hurt Sitwell, great nephew of Sir Sitwell Sitwell
Sir Sitwell Sitwell, 1st Baronet
Sir Sitwell Sitwell, 1st Baronet was a British politician and landowner.Sitwell was the son of Francis Hurt of Mount Pleasant, Sheffield, who changed his name to Sitwell in 1777, when he inherited the Renishaw Hall, Derbyshire estates of his mother's cousin, and who in 1793 inherited Barmoor...
. Following a fire which severely damaged the structure architect Samuel Pountney Smith supervised the rebuilding in 1875.
The property was abandoned in the 1940s and was unoccupied for many years. The restoration of Ferney Hall is due for completion early 2009. The new owners are Mr and Mrs Wem and the restoration is being done by Mr William Wem and his son Dean Wem.