Great Barr Hall, Walsall, England

This site is NOT open to public.

Brief description of site

Great Barr Hall is a mid-18th-century landscape park, developed at the end of the 18th century and in the mid-19th century. The site covers some 105 hectares. The hall was converted into a hospital in 1918, but was abandoned in the 1980s. Some of the site has been redeveloped for housing.

Brief history of site

The old house was replaced by a new mansion around 1777. After 1797, Humphry Repton and John Nash were called in to work on the park. In the early-20th century, the site became a mental hospital. Recently (2008) the hospital buildings were demolished and replaced with a new housing estate.

Location information:

OS Landranger Map Sheet Number:	139	Grid Ref:	SP051952
Latitude:	52.55462	Longitude:	-1.926211

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