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Somerford Grange, a farmhouse in Somerford hamlet, is said to have been built by George Barbor fn. It has a castellated parapet and stone bands, the central windows being circular and the windows of the two projecting bays having trefoil heads. Somer ford Farm has a 17th-century timber-framed barn and there is a small timber-framed cottage in the hamlet. The architecture of the manor-houses and houses attached to lesser estates is treated under the relevant sections.

In the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield was granted a market in Brewood each Friday until the full age of the king. In the king granted the bishop an annual fair at the manor of Brewood on the vigil, feast and morrow of the Nativity of the Virgin 7, 8, 9 September. For some years before the manor had been leased to the Giffards of Chillington, and Peter Giffard, who was lessee c.

Giffard and his ancestors' of the manor of Chillington and of lands in Brewood, Broom Hall, Hatton, and Chillington, 'the late bishop's lands and his are annexed and for the present not distinguished'. Giffard was granted the lease in fn. Giffard of Chillington owned such manorial rights as still existed. Bishop Roger de Weseham, who was at Brewood in fn. In there was a fishpond within the manor of Brewood valued at 10 s. In King John, after visiting Brewood, gave the bishop licence to inclose a park 2 leagues in circumference within the woodland of the manor, fn.

The park was in the tenure of John Giffard in Walter Giffard was lessee c. By the bishop held a view of frankpledge in the manor of Brewood and its 'members', which were together assessed at 5 hides, geldable, fn.

This manor was held in by Thomas Ellyngbrigg who was then succeeded by his infant daughter Anne. Edward Monckton fn. Monckton of Stretton Hall in The farmhouse has a roughly H-shaped plan with a central block between north and south cross-wings.

It incorporates a timber building of the open-hall type, probably dating from the early 16th century. The hall was presumably of two bays and a through passage formerly existed at its north end. The shaped and chamfered head of a post belonging to the open truss dividing the bays is visible in the bedroom above the passage. The insertion of heavy ceiling beams in the hall to form two stories probably took place in the late 16th century when a large chimney was built against the passage.

A late 17th-century staircase blocks the passage at the north-west angle. The framed walls were replaced by brick in the 18th and 19th centuries. Land in Broom Hall, formerly held by Burtheimer and his sons Edwin, Achi, and Gamel and from about by William 'Awnoilus' or 'the uncle' and by the widow of Ailric, was granted, with the services of the last two, by the bishop to his steward Ralph, lord of Harborne Offlow hundred; now in Birmingham , and his heirs at some time between and In , since the Giffard and Lane shares of what was called Broom Hall farm were so intermixed that neither party could sell or improve, Thomas Giffard of Chillington and John Lane of Bentley agreed to an exchange of various parcels.

Giffard, fn. Giffard sold it in The present farmhouse is a much-altered brick building of lateth-century origin, and there is a 17th-century timber-framed barn. Pools which have recently been filled in and built over may have formed part of a moat.

Peter Corbesun, apparently William's son, fn. By Sir John Giffard's lands in the vills of Chillington and La Hyde included a capital messuage, presumably in Chillington, with a garden and curtilage attached, a carucate of land containing 80 acres under wheat and 40 acres under rye, 12 acres of woodland and pasture and rents from free and villein tenants. Chillington Hall is largely the work of Sir John Soane c. The same site appears to have been in use since medieval times.

A curved stretch of water south-east of the house, which survived until at least , fn. A complete rebuilding was undertaken by Sir John Giffard d. A stone chimneypiece dated , now in the saloon, may incorporate in a restored form original carved panels which were formerly above the doorway of the Great Hall. It bears shields of arms and a representation of the panther-shooting legend see below. Some fragments of panelling are the only other survivals from the Tudor house. The building is said to have been 'remarkable for the various forms of its windows and chimneys'.

Peter Giffard, who succeeded his cousin in , demolished some of the Tudor buildings and erected the present three-story brick range on the south side of the quadrangle. Between this and the Hall he inserted a staircase block. The service courtyard behind the house and the stable ranges with their octagonal dovecot are also of his time.

The south wing, of which the rainwater heads are dated with initials P. Peter and Barbara Giffard , is of red brick with stone dressings. It is typical good provincial work of its day, thought to have been designed and built by Francis Smith of Warwick — Internally several of the rooms are oak-pannelled. The fine staircase has turned balusters, carved strings, and moulded undersides to the treads and risers. The walls of the staircase hall are ornamented with contemporary plasterwork.

The kitchen rises to the full height of the service wing and originally had open fireplaces on two opposite walls. In the garden west of the house, laid out by Peter Giffard, is a stone screen which formerly led to a bowling alley.

The fine wrought-iron gates have his initials on the overthrow. The Upper Avenue, over a mile long, leading from the house to Giffard's Cross was described in as 'lately made by Peter Giffard'. Between and his early death in Thomas Giffard carried out important alterations to the park. He employed 'Capability' Brown and James Paine fn. The shores were planted with woodland.

By the lake was admired for its 'beautiful fleet of vessels. Near its west end is a bridge of local stone designed by Paine.

It is composed of a single segmented arch and has niches to the piers, roundels in the spandrels, and an iron balustrade. Other features designed to be seen to advantage across the water and probably dating from c. The Gothic temple, now partly ruinous, is of brick and stucco. An octagonal room in one of its flanking turrets is decorated with contemporary plasterwork.

The so-called Ionic Temple, which masks the back of a gamekeeper's cottage, is possibly the work of Soane some fifteen years later. Two designs by Adam for rebuilding the house survive from Thomas Giffard's time. One, dated , was for an entirely new mansion probably on a site near the lake. The other was intended to incorporate the wing of Soane's first design was also for a completely new house, but this was modified to include Peter Giffard's buildings of The house now consists of a long rectangle with the range forming its south end.

The intended stucco finish was never applied, possibly to avoid too great a contrast with the older brickwork. The principal two-story front faces east and has a central Ionic portico of Tunstall stone. In order to mask the east end of the earlier and higher range the two end pavilions are carried up an extra story, a feature which did not appear in Soane's original design and which tends to dwarf the central portico.

The fine domed saloon is entered through the portico and a vestibule with Ionic columns. It was originally intended for a chapel fn. Its only lighting is from a clerestory in the shallow elliptical dome. Once again the design has been modified, the room as executed being asymmetrical and only three-quarters of its intended size. The handling of the dome and coved ceiling foreshadows some of Soane's important later interiors. The first-floor corridor with a small top-lighted dome at each end is also characteristic of this architect's later work.

Soane's drawings include an unexecuted design for a bridge with an Ionic pavilion in the centre. Thomas William Giffard, who succeeded in , completed some interior work, and the staircase window contains armorial glass said to have been designed by his brother Francis. Giffard's Cross, reputedly marking the spot where a panther was shot by Sir John Giffard d.

The arms, formerly terminating in trefoils, are much decayed. It now stands in the garden of a small 18th-century brick lodge near the gates at the east end of Upper Avenue. In Coven was held of Robert de Stafford by Buered. A lordship in Coven, held by the Burnell family, passed to Ralph Purcell with Shareshill on his marriage to Sibyl, sister of Robert Burnell, possibly during Stephen's reign.

What was described as one-third of the manor was held of Otwell Purcell by Robert Burnell, Bishop of Bath and Wells, at his death in and passed to his nephew Philip, fn. The Coven family were occupying a hall at Coven at some time shortly after , fn. A court leet and a court baron were included in the sale by John Lane to Sir Walter Wrottesley in There was a fishpond in the vill in , and the 'old fishpond' here was mentioned in A Ralph de Engleton occurs at some time between and , fn.

Alan de Withyfield, described as lord of Engleton, and his wife Joan conveyed what was called the manor to Roger Fowke and his wife Elizabeth for their lives in at a rent of 25 s. Monckton owned land here in In he had sold the Hall to the tenant, R. Walley, whose son, Mr. Walley, succeeded c. The other half of the manor had been held by William Buckingham, apparently of Wolverley Worcs.

The present Engleton Hall, now a farmhouse, was probably built in , a date which appears on the brickwork. Ponds and depressions south-east of the house may indicate the position of a moat surrounding an earlier hall. A Thomas de Lovers held a fishery in Engleton in , fn. In Geoffrey de Thickbroom was found to have been unjustly disseised of 2 virgates in Gunstone by Robert Fulco and his son Walter.

What was called the manor had passed by or to Joan, widow of Ralph son of Thomas de la Hyde, who then conveyed all her estate in it to Elizabeth, Ralph's daughter, and her husband Richard Lane. Giffard owned the land at Gunstone, most of which was in the hands of three tenant farmers. At some time before one-third of the capital messuage of Gunstone was held by Alice, wife of Henry de la Pyrye of Gunstone, who after Henry's death exchanged it with his son Hugh for a messuage and land in Chillington.

The present Gunstone Hall is a gabled stucco farmhouse dating from c. A messuage and land in Hatton were held by a Roger de Sparham of Hatton in Nichols, who in turn sold it to a Mr. Stannier c. Giffard and occupied by Edward Wilson. Giffard in to E. Morris and subsequently transferred to his sister Mrs. Cartwright, whose son, Mr. Cartwright, owned it in Williams, who sold it in to P. Cartwright, the owner in Crewe of Kiddemore Green, who later sold it to Mr.

Watson, the owner and occupier in The oldest of the three farmhouses at The Hattons is the most northerly. This continued to be known as The Hattons until at least c. The smaller house about yds. The third and most southerly of the farms, described c.

It is an 18th-century brick house with later additions at its east end. The Old Hattons dates in the main from the late 17th century but some of its features may be of earlier origin and there are indications that it was formerly of greater extent. It has a roughly Lshaped plan with wings extending to the east and south. Below the east wing a rock-cut cellar is lighted by windows in the stone plinth. There is a projecting chimney-stack on the north wall. On the west side of the south wing there is a central doorway with brick pilasters.

Against the east wall are later additions concealing the features of a large chimneystack which may have formed part of an older house. Heavy chamfered and moulded ceiling beams are also of earlier character than the rest of the building.

Lands and tenements in La Hyde were conveyed by a Roger son of William de la Hyde to his daughter Parnel, widow of Thomas de Gypwich or Gypevico , whose settlement of them on her eldest son Thomas was confirmed in or by Walter son of Roger.

The two manors seem to have been united in the hands of John Lane, who was succeeded in by his son Ralph. By the manor seems to have been in the hands of Frances, widow of Thomas Giffard, fn.

Giffard, the tenant being George Howell. The present brick farmhouse was built early in the 18th century. The registers date from Those from to have been printed. A vicarage house stood on the west side of the churchyard until when it was demolished and the road built over the site. Haden built Deansfield for his own occupation on the eastern outskirts of the town.

In he built and occupied Elmsley, a smaller house of similar type about a quarter of a mile nearer the church. After his death in the old house west of the churchyard was demolished and Elmsley was bought as a vicarage by the Revd.

The church of ST. Robinson fn. The windows are lancets, graded at the east end and in the transepts. The trusses of the open roof form an elaborate intersection at the crossing. The oak pulpit and choir seats were installed in memory of Maria Jane Garland d. John Buckham, vicar d. Thomas B. Garland, vicar —; and Mary Archer d. Mural tablets commemorate Howard T. Spencer d. Marshall S.

Walker, vicar d. In the plate included a silver chalice, ; a silver paten; a silver and glass flagon; and an electroplated paten on foot. The vicarage house, which with the school and schoolhouse lies east of the church, is of approximately the same date as the church. Banks of Wolverhampton fn. It is cruciform in plan with an octagonal turret at the south-west angle. The stonework has a rustic finish externally and the windows are cusped lancets or have Geometrical tracery.

Stained glass in the east window was inserted in to commemorate George Monckton's contribution to the church. Monckton d. Roper d. In the plate included a flagon, two chalices and a paten, electro-plated, all given by Thomas Hartley, and another paten. John Giffard was before the Privy Council for recusancy in , fn. In there were 'very many recusants' here, fn. The chapel at Chillington was regularly used for baptisms and marriages from at least , fn. Mary was opened.

Sunday mass and was usually about two-thirds full at the afternoon service. The convent of the Immaculate Conception, occupying the building earlier used as the union workhouse, was opened in by the Dominican sisters, who later also opened the convent school there. MARY , built —4, was designed by A. Pugin —52 , who also gave three stained-glass windows.

The building consists of an aisled nave of five bays, chancel, north vestry, south porch, and a west tower with a small broach spire. Internally there are pointed nave arcades and an open roof. The chancel screen and the crucifix in the south aisle, both of painted wood, are of the original date. The church was redecorated in when the stone altar was placed in the Lady Chapel.

Near it are mounted the sword and medals of Major E. In the chancel are two floor slabs bearing figures in priest's robes. These are in memory of Robert Richmond, first rector d. North-east of the church a rectangular stone building is now used as a church hall. The priest's house and the school, both of brick and of approximately the same date as the church, lie to the north-west. John Simpson, who resigned his office as parish clerk in , then had a cottage certified for nonconformist worship, and in a small chapel was opened in Sandy Lane, the whole cost of which had been defrayed by James Neale of London, husband of Simpson's sister.

The tall front gable has stepped sides and a segmental head. Houses in Brewood were certified for dissenters' meetings, possibly Methodist, in Joseph Underhill , fn. In a Wesleyan chapel was built in School Road, Brewood, and in seated In March the house of William and George Holland was certified as a meeting-house. A branch of the Salvation Army in Brewood had been closed by Abraham Barwicke was a schoolmaster in Brewood in A scheme for a National school in Brewood seems to have been started in , fn.

The building of consists of a long single story of brick situated near the south end of the Market Place. The present school building, that of and , lies immediately to the south and includes a master's house. By there was a Roman Catholic School attached to the Blackladies chapel where 33 boys and girls were educated at the expense of Mr. Evans of Boscobel Salop. Mary's primary school, and began duty the next year. The school for 'Protestant' children, said to have been maintained in a cottage at Park Pales by Miss Evans of Boscobel, fn.

There was a National school in Coven by , fn. It is in the ST19 postcode district. The post town for Brewood is Stafford. Brewood is in the ceremonial county of Staffordshire, the historic county of Staffordshire, and the administrative county of Staffordshire. Brewood is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Staffordshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Staffordshire.

Brewood is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the ST19 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the ST19 postcode district. Brewood is in the ST19 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Stafford. Position of Brewood relative to nearby towns.

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