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Aston Hall - Birmingham - Reviews of Aston Hall - TripAdvisor
sir thomas holt use to live a aston hall back in the 16th century.his ghost stil lingers and also the ghost of his daughter who he locked away many years ago.the house is so beautiful.i ...
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Aston Hall, Birmingham, United Kingdom : Reviews of Aston Hall - Yahoo! Travel
Built between 1618 and 1635 by Sir Thomas Holte, this fine Jacobean country mansion is filled with splendid furniture, textiles and metalwork. What's more, there i...
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Aston Hall (Sheffield) : Read reviews and compare prices at Ciao.co.uk
...pub is extremly difficult so Aston Hall is a breath of fresh air being easily accessible only 15mins away. On arriving at Aston Hall you will be pleasantly suprised by the beauty of the building espesially if you are lucky enough to see it with a light covering of snow on. I have eaten at Aston H...
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Aston Hall : Read reviews and compare prices at Ciao.co.uk
Aston Hall is a big mansion in Birmingham that you can visit and be taken on a tour. It is supposed to be haunted by a young girl who was locked in the attic room when her father discovered that she had been seeing a local boy. She was in there for years before she died!! The story goes that when th...
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Aston Hall - Review - A Little Piece Of History In My Backyard
Surrounding Aston Hall is a massive 50 acres of parkland. In summer this makes for a lovely place to sit down for an hour and have your picnic. I’ve always thought the only thing missing from these beautiful gardens is a maze because in the hot weather the flower beds are an absolute riot of colour....
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Aston Hall Trinity Road Birmingham
Throughout its 400-year history Aston Hall has survived cannon attacks; accommodated King Charles I on his way to the Battle of Edge Hill; and for 30 years it was the rented home of James Watt junior, son of the great engineer and a successful businessman in his own right.Visitors can see the specta...
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Aston Hall
Aston Hall is a 400 year old Grade I listed building set in 52 acres of historic parkland. It still stands proudly next to Aston Villa FC despite many wars and weathering. The largest and oldest of the five community museums owned by Birmingham City Council, it has a great deal of demands placed upo...
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Aston Hall
Aston Hall is a magnificent seventeenth century red-brick mansion situated in a public park on the north side of Birmingham . The Hall was built for Sir Thomas Holte and was one of the last great Jacobean houses to be built. The layout of rooms is largely unchanged, and they are linked by the origin...
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Aston Hall, a Country House in the Heart of Birmingham, West Midlands
It was in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that the city of Birmingham experienced a phenomenal expansion. During the nineteenth century this expansion eventually included the hilltop on which the house was built. The most evident signs of twentieth century expansion in the area is the motorwa...
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The history of Aston Hall Birmingham, West Midlands
The plans for Aston Hall were drawn up by the architect John Thorpe. It is a red brick building built in the characteristic "half H" shape with a hall range and two projecting wings. On each side of the courtyard there are two lodges connected to the house by low walls. What immediately st...
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Aston Hall History
This building was commenced by Sir Thomas Holte in April, 1618, and finished in April, 1635, Inigo Jones being accredited with the design. King Charles I., in his days of trouble, paid a short visit to the Hall, his host being punished afterwards by some of Cromwell's soldiers and the malcontents of...
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Aston Hall,Birmingham,West Midlands,UK
From 1819 and until his death in 1848, the house was rented by James Watt, son of the great engineer. After a period of standing empty, the house was sold again to a private company but problems ensued and the hall was acquired by the Birmingham Corporation in 1864. Today it is an impressive propert...
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Aston Hall - Birmingham City Guide venues & listings
One of the last great homes to be built in the flamboyant Jacobean style, the mansion which was built between 1618 and 1635 for Sir Thomas Holte. In 1643 the house was badly damaged in an attack by Parliamentary troops. Scars left by cannon-shot can still be seen on its magnificent Great Stairs. The...
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