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Benthall, Shropshire / Royaume-Uni

Cette liste des musées du Shropshire, Angleterre contient des musées qui sont définis dans ce contexte comme des institutions qui recueillent et soignent des objets d'intérêt culturel, artistique, scientifique ou historique. leurs collections ou expositions connexes disponibles pour la consultation publique. Sont également inclus les galeries d'art à but non lucratif et les galeries d'art universitaires. Les musées virtuels ne sont pas inclus.

Benthall Hall

Benthall, Shropshire / Royaume-Uni

Benthall Hall is a 16th-century English country house in Benthall in the town of Broseley, Shropshire, England, and a few miles from the historic Ironbridge Gorge. It retains much of its fine oak interior, and an elaborate 17th-century staircase. It is still occupied by the Benthall family, but has been owned by the National Trust since 1958, and is open to the public every Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday . The Hall was built around 1580, probably on the site of an earlier 12th-century medieval manor and manor house. During the Civil War it was garrisoned, and was a site of several skirmishes. The garden is largely the product of two tenants. George Maw , local pottery manufacturer and crocus enthusiast developed the garden from around 1865 onwards. Subsequently, the Victorian era Romantic painter and sculptor Robert Bateman , who was the son of a famous horticulturalist, added the rockeries and terraces of the current garden. The Restoration era church of St. Bartholomew, built 1667-68, stands close by the Hall. The Shropshire Way, a waymarked long-distance footpath, passes through the extensive woodland that lies to the north, between the estate and the River Severn.