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Styche Hall is a country house near Styche Hall A Grade II Listed Building in Moreton Say, Shropshire
/ref> The Hall, its grounds and neighbouring buildings are the private residence of several families, they are not open to the general public.
Government Art Collection – Styche Hall, Shropshire
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Styche Hall is a country house near Market Drayton
Market Drayton is a market town and civil parish on the banks of the River Tern in Shropshire (district), Shropshire, England. It is close to the Cheshire and Staffordshire borders. It is located between the towns of Whitchurch, Shropshire, Wh ...
, Shropshire. It was home to the Clive family and is a Grade II listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...
building.
Styche belonged to the Clive family, and Robert Clive
Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774), also known as Clive of India, was the first British List of governors of Bengal Presidency, Governor of the Bengal Presidency. Clive has been widely credited for l ...
was born in the old timber-framed house in 1725. On his return from India in 1760, he decided to rebuild Styche Hall. He commissioned Sir William Chambers
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Sir William Chambers (23 February 1723 – 10 March 1796) was a Swedish-British architect. Among his best-known works are Somerset House, the Gold State Coach and the pagoda at Kew. Chambers was a founder member of the Royal Academy.
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, who carried out the rebuilding between 1762 and 1766. Further alterations were carried out by Joseph Bromfield
Joseph Bromfield (1744–1824) was a notable English Plasterwork, plasterer and architect working in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands and in Central and Northern Wales in the late Georgian period. He was Mayor of Shrewsbury in 1809.
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of Shrewsbury in 1796–98 for his son Hon. Robert Clive (1769–1833). These included bays, and it is possible that the second floor was added at the same time. Further modifications were carried out around 1900. The building is now divided into flats./ref> The Hall, its grounds and neighbouring buildings are the private residence of several families, they are not open to the general public.
See also
* Listed buildings in Moreton SayReferences
External links
Government Art Collection – Styche Hall, Shropshire
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