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Mawley Hall

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The Blounts were in residence until the mid-20th century. In 1962 the house was sold to Anthony Galliers Pratt, who carried out a total restoration and whose son, Rupert, remains in residence. The house is open to the public at restricted times.
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to design a new mansion house for the estate at Mawley. It is built on a rectangular plan of nine by seven bays with a nine bay three storey entrance front to the north east. The advanced three central bays carry
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had married the 9th baronet and she brought up their family here. Afterwards she attracted much attention as an exponent of the
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they suffered financial difficulties in the 17th century but their fortunes recovered following the
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Mawley Hall entry from The DiCamillo Companion to British & Irish Country Houses
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theory, conducting convincing, but flawed experiments to prove the claim.
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Heritage Gateway: architectural description of listed building
8: 205:John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner (2006) p398 220:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 153: 85:In 1730 Sir Edward Blount commissioned 303:Grade I listed buildings in Shropshire 137:Grade I listed buildings in Shropshire 177:Churchill, Penny (October 19, 2017). 142:Listed buildings in Cleobury Mortimer 7: 161: 159: 157: 27:is a privately owned 18th-century 14: 66:and Walter Blount was created a 1: 308:Country houses in Shropshire 329: 105:interiors, plasterwork by 87:Francis Smith of Warwick 45:Grade I listed building 228:10.1093/ref:odnb/65868 21: 117:Lady Elizabeth Blount 50:The Blount family of 19: 275: /  251:Mawley Hall website 80:English Restoration 279:52.3744°N 2.4589°W 107:Francesco Vassalli 22: 313:Cleobury Mortimer 76:English Civil War 33:Cleobury Mortimer 320: 290: 289: 287: 286: 285: 284:52.3744; -2.4589 280: 276: 273: 272: 271: 268: 238: 237: 235: 234: 212: 206: 200: 194: 193: 191: 189: 174: 168: 163: 328: 327: 323: 322: 321: 319: 318: 317: 293: 292: 283: 281: 277: 274: 269: 266: 264: 262: 261: 247: 242: 241: 232: 230: 214: 213: 209: 201: 197: 187: 185: 176: 175: 171: 164: 155: 150: 133: 72:Blount baronets 64:Roman Catholics 29:country mansion 12: 11: 5: 326: 324: 316: 315: 310: 305: 295: 294: 259: 258: 253: 246: 245:External links 243: 240: 239: 207: 195: 169: 152: 151: 149: 146: 145: 144: 139: 132: 129: 60:Worcestershire 52:Sodington Hall 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 325: 314: 311: 309: 306: 304: 301: 300: 298: 291: 288: 257: 254: 252: 249: 248: 244: 229: 225: 221: 217: 211: 208: 204: 199: 196: 184: 180: 173: 170: 167: 162: 160: 158: 154: 147: 143: 140: 138: 135: 134: 130: 128: 124: 122: 118: 114: 113:dining room. 112: 108: 104: 100: 96: 93: 88: 83: 81: 77: 73: 70:in 1624 (see 69: 65: 61: 57: 53: 48: 46: 42: 38: 34: 30: 26: 18: 260: 231:. Retrieved 219: 210: 202: 198: 186:. Retrieved 183:Country Life 182: 172: 125: 115: 84: 49: 24: 23: 282: / 188:October 19, 25:Mawley Hall 20:Mawley Hall 297:Categories 267:52°22′28″N 233:2020-08-18 203:Shropshire 148:References 121:flat earth 111:Adam style 43:. It is a 37:Shropshire 270:2°27′32″W 95:pilasters 82:of 1660. 131:See also 109:and the 99:pediment 103:Baroque 68:baronet 41:England 56:Mamble 92:Doric 31:near 190:2017 97:and 224:doi 299:: 222:. 218:. 181:. 156:^ 58:, 54:, 47:. 39:, 35:, 236:. 226:: 192:.

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country mansion
Cleobury Mortimer
Shropshire
England
Grade I listed building
Sodington Hall
Mamble
Worcestershire
Roman Catholics
baronet
Blount baronets
English Civil War
English Restoration
Francis Smith of Warwick
Doric
pilasters
pediment
Baroque
Francesco Vassalli
Adam style
Lady Elizabeth Blount
flat earth
Grade I listed buildings in Shropshire
Listed buildings in Cleobury Mortimer



Heritage Gateway: architectural description of listed building
"Shropshire's Baroque masterpiece, with 'one of the finest interiors in England', for sale for the first time in half a century"

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