Stretton Hall is an early 18th century mansion house at Stretton, South Staffordshire

Stretton, South Staffordshire

Stretton is a small, dispersed village in South Staffordshire, England. It is situated just north of the A5 road near to the village of Lapley....

. It is the home of a branch of the Monckton family descended from John Monckton 1st Viscount Galway

Viscount Galway

Viscount Galway is a title that has been created once in the Peerage of England and thrice in the Peerage of Ireland. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1628 in favour of Richard Burke, 4th Earl of Clanricarde. He was made Earl of St Albans at the same time...

. It is a privately owned Grade II* listed building, not open to the public.

The house built by John Congreve in about 1700 was originally two storeyed with dormers above, a three bay pedimented central block and two bayed wings with a central pedimented entrance door.

General Henry Monckton purchased the estate in about 1845 and in about 1858 the family left Somerford Hall

Somerford Hall

Somerford Hall is an 18th century Palladian style mansion house at Brewood, Staffordshire which now serves as a conference and function centre. It is a Grade II* listed building....

 to settle at Stretton. In the 1860s Francis Monckton

Francis Monckton

Francis Monckton was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1871 to 1885....

 carried out extensive alterations including a third storey and a new entrance front.

Several members of the family have served as High Sheriff of Staffordshire

High Sheriff of Staffordshire

This is a list of the High Sheriffs of Staffordshire.The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred...

, the latest being Mrs Joanna Bird Monckton in 1995.