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Chillington Hall 
front viewGeneral information Architectural style Georgian Town or city Brewood, Staffordshire Country England Completed 1724 Design and construction Client Giffard family Architect Francis Smith Chillington Hall is a Georgian country house near to Brewood, Staffordshire, four miles northwest of Wolverhampton, England. It is the residence of the Giffard family. The Grade I listed house was designed by Francis Smith in 1724 and John Soane in 1785. The park and lake were landscaped by Capability Brown.
In the Domesday Book, Chillington (Cillintone) is entered under Warwickshire as forming part of the estates of William FitzCorbucion, and it was the latter's grandson, known as Peter Corbesun of Studley, who granted Chillington to Peter Giffard, his wife's nephew, for a sum of 25 marks and a charger of metal.
The present house is the third on the site. In the 12th Century there was a stone castle upon the site, a small corner of which can be seen in the cellars of the present house, and beside it the original house. This house was replaced in the 16th century by Sir John Giffard (High Sheriff of Staffordshire on five occasions). Peter Giffard began the third building by demolishing and replacing part of Sir John's Tudor house in 1724. This rebuilding replaced the existing south front of three storeys in red facing brinks with stone dressing.
In about 1725, Peter Giffard planted the long avenue of oak trees which formed the original approach to the house, but he probably incorporated many existing trees. During the 1770s, Lancelot Brown ("Capability" Brown) designed the landscape park and lake to the south of the house for Thomas Giffard the elder.
There are a number of Grade II and Grade II* listed structures on the estate. The Grade II* listed dovecote and stable block are on the Buildings at Risk Register.
See also
- List of Grade I listed buildings in Staffordshire
External links
- Chillington Hall Official Website
- Details from listed building database (271316) - Grade I. Images of England. English Heritage.
- Buildings at Risk Register: Chillington
- Parks and Gardens UK - Chillington record
Categories:- Buildings on the Buildings at Risk Register
- Country houses in Staffordshire
- Grade I listed buildings in Staffordshire
- Grade I listed houses
- John Soane buildings
- Historic house museums in Staffordshire
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