- Little Aston Hall
Little Aston Hall, in
Little Aston ,Staffordshire ,England , was constructed around 1730 by Richard Scott of Great Barr, in a Georgian style with a park and lake. The house was restyled by architectJames Wyatt for William Tennant in the early 19th century and was enlarged and improved at a reputed cost of £35000 in 1857 by Edward Swynfen Parker Jervis, son ofEdward Jervis Jervis, 2nd Viscount St Vincent , and great great nephew of AdmiralJohn Jervis, Earl of St Vincent , the naval hero of the 1797 Battle of Cape St Vincent.From the early 20th century the hall had a number of owners and in 1925 the estate of over 1500 acres was broken up when the hall was sold to Harry Scribbans with only 118 acres — the remaining land was sold by auction piecemeal. Unoccupied from 1950 the house became the Midlands regional headquarters of
Esso in 1954. From 1968 it served as a residential centre forGKN . In 1984 the site was redeveloped, the hall was converted into seven superior residential apartments; seven new blocks each of six apartments were built in the grounds overlooking the lake, a further consignment of apartments known as Lady Aston Park, a BUPA Residential Care Home and private BUPA hospital followed. It isGrade II listed .External links
* [http://www.bupahospitals.co.uk/littleaston/hospital_littleaston.asp BUPA Hospital Little Aston]
* [http://www.bupacarehomes.co.uk/carehomes/html/Astoncourtnursingandresidentialhome.html BUPA Residential Care and Nursing Home Aston Court]
*IoE|272660|- Hall - Grade II
*IoE|272661|- Orangery - Grade II
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