Photos of Aston Hall
Grade 1 Listed Jacobean House in Aston, Birmingham, England.
I only live about 3 miles (4.8 Km) away Aston Hall, but I had never visited it before, some friends of mine decided that for a day out we should go there, we met up at New Street Station and then caught the train to Aston, a journey time of about 7 minutes, then a 10 minute walk from Aston Station to the Hall.
All the photos that I took were of inside the Hall, there wasn’t much to see in the gardens, this was because of the time of year. After our visit, it was lunch at the Holte public house, which is located close to the front gates of the Hall.
All Photos taken on 08th September 2011.
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The Front Entrance to Aston Hall - Trinity Road, Aston, Birmingham, B6 6JD, West Midlands, England. Building started in April 1618 and was completed in April 1635. It was designed by John Thorpe. It is Grade I listed.
The Great Hall - This is the reception room, the entrance from outside is through the door on the right.
Fireplace in the Great Hall.
The tablet above it is written in old English, so 'U' is written as 'V', however it is still pronounced as a 'U'
It reads thus:
IF SERVICE BE THY MEANE TO THRIVE,
THOV MVST THEREIN REMAINE,
BOTH SILENT FAITHFVLL JVST AND TRVE,
CONTENT TO TAKE SOME PAINE.
IF LOVE OF VERVE MAY ALLVRE,
OR HOPE OF WORLDLY GAINE,
IF FEARE OF GOD MAY THEE PROCVRE,
TO SERVE DOE NOT DISDAINE.
The Great Hall - This image taken from by the fireplace.
The Great Hall - This image taken from the front door.
The Great Stairs - The magnificent early 17th century oak staircase provides a formal approach to the state rooms on the south side of the house. It closely resembles contemporary staircases at Crewe Hall, Cheshire, and at Benthall Hall, Shropshire. On the first floor landing is a shattered newel post, probably caused by a cannon ball when the house was bombarded by Parliamentary troops during the Civil War.
The Great Stairs - Looking down.
The Great Parlour - When Aston Hall was built this was the family’s principal living room. Around 1700 it was converted into a chapel. The room’s Jacobean Panelling survives, and it is furnished with oak furniture from the same period. The tapestry was woven at the Sheldon workshops in Barcheston, Warwickshire, in 1595, and is one of a set depicting the Story of Judah.
The Great Parlour.
The Colonade Room - This room was formed from a passage and two small rooms around 1700, probably during the alteration in which the Great Parlour next door was converted into a chapel by Sir Charles Holte. It is one of the few rooms in the house where work of this period has remained largely unaltered.