Historic houses · Mid Wales
Stokesay Court
Stokesay Court in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Stokesay Court is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Stokesay Court is a country house and estate in the parish of Onibury (but named after Stokesay) in Shropshire, England. Described by John Newman, in the Shropshire volume of Pevsner's Buildings of England, as "the most grandiloquent Victorian mansion in the county", Stokesay is a Grade II* listed building.
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Background
History
Stokesay Court was built for John Derby Allcroft. His architect was Thomas Harris. Allcroft had made his fortune as a glover, his father having entered a successful partner with Dents that saw the company led by Allcroft, and renamed Dent, Allcroft & Co., become the biggest manufacturer in the world. Allcroft was also a philanthropist, Christian evangelist and church-builder, and member of parliament. He funded the construction of churches including St Matthew's, Bayswater, St Jude's Church, Kensington (now St Mellitus College), and St Martin's, Gospel Oak and served as Treasurer and major benefactor to Christ's Hospital school. He purchased the estate, including Stokesay Castle, which he…
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- Coordinates
- 52.4030, -2.8180
- Address
- Onibury, Shropshire, England
- Established
- 1889
Sources
- wikidata: Q2351186 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Stokesay Court (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Stokesay Court?
- Stokesay Court is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom.
- When was Stokesay Court built?
- Built or established in 1889.
- Who owns Stokesay Court?
- Stokesay Court is owned by | designation1 = Grade II*.