Historic houses · South West England
Blaisdon Hall
In or near Abenhall.
Blaisdon Hall — house in Blaisdon, Gloucestershire, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
Getting there & planning your visit
Blaisdon Hall is located in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, with the postcode GL17 0AQ. Accessibility is limited for wheelchair users.
About
Blaisdon Hall is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. Constructed primarily of stone. Heritage designation: Site of Special Scientific Interest. Wikidata describes it as: "house in Blaisdon, Gloucestershire, England, UK". Coordinates: 51.8512°, -2.4391°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cotswolds
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Blaisdon Hall (grid reference SO698170) is a Grade II* listed building at Blaisdon. It includes a 0.07-hectare (0.17-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1995. Blaisdon Hall supports a breeding roost of Lesser horseshoe bats which consists of one fifth of the known Gloucestershire breeding population, and has been deemed by Natural England to be of national importance. The site comprises part of the roof void, roof tiles, roof timbers, the flanking walls of the Hall and the nearby workshop. Pipistrelle bats and Brown long-eared bats also are recorded using the Hall.
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Background
History
The hall was built in 1876 by William Crawshay. It was extended in 1907 by P. Stubbs. In 1935 it was sold and turned into an agricultural school.
Architecture
The two-storey Jacobean style stone building has slate roofs. At the rear are two projecting wings with a courtyard between them. On the right of the front is a four-storey tower with a porte-cochere.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.8512, -2.4391
- County
- Gloucestershire
- District
- Forest of Dean
- Parish
- Blaisdon
- Postcode
- GL17 0AQ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Forest of Dean
Sources
- wikidata: Q4924252 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Blaisdon Hall (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Blaisdon Hall-geograph.org.uk-1867451.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Blaisdon Hall?
- Blaisdon Hall is in Gloucestershire, the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode GL17 0AQ), in the parish of Blaisdon.
- What is Blaisdon Hall?
- Blaisdon Hall — house in Blaisdon, Gloucestershire, England, UK.
- How do I get to Blaisdon Hall?
- Drivers can use postcode GL17 0AQ.
- Is Blaisdon Hall a listed building?
- Blaisdon Hall is officially recognised as Site of Special Scientific Interest listed.
- Is Blaisdon Hall a protected site?
- Yes — Blaisdon Hall is part of the Cotswolds National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Blaisdon Hall?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode GL17 0AQ. It sits within the Forest of Dean parliamentary constituency.