More information : (SK 045123393) Blithfield Hall (NAT). (1)
A large irregular house with late medieval core. Now mainly late 16thcentury, 18th century and later. Grade 1. (2)
The entirely stuccoed exterior gives a uniform and predominantly 19th
century aspect to the building which remains as described above. The
Hall is open to the public during the summer months, but is not
outstanding. (3)
There is a single length of moat in the grounds of Blithfield Hall,
from which little can be deduced. (4)
Blithfield Hall. Grade I. Country house late medieval in origin, nowlargely C16 with additions of c1740 probably by Richard Trubshaw, and
of the later C18 perhaps by Charles Cope Trubshaw, remodelled 1820-4
probably by John Buckler in a Tudor Gothic style. Blithfield Hall
has been the home of the Bagot family since the late C14.
Blithfield Park. Main gateway to Blithfield Hall with flanking walls.Grade II*. Gateways and walls. c.1820. Brick, plastered and lined
with ashlar. (5)
SK 04502395. Blithfield Hall, Blithfield. Listed as a moated site
by the Moated Research Group. The house was extended over the moat
in 1769. (6)
The manor house complex is visible as buildings, earthworks and parchmarks on air photographs, centred at SK 0451 2396. A post medieval ha ha is visible as an earthwork, 35 metres in front of the manor house and has been mapped as part of the Staffordshire NMP project. The earthwork, previously described as a moat, can be seen as a wide ditch adjacent to a sunken wall. The former coach house and stables appear to have been built over the north-eastern extent of the ha ha, whilst the south-eastern end is obscured by vegetation on the available photography. The complex is well-documented on historic Ordnance Survey mapping and is extant on the latest 2010 vertical photography. (7-8) |