Chillington, Wolverhampton, England

The following is from the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.

A park landscaped by Lancelot Brown around 1760, associated with a country house.

LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING

Chillington lies in the wooded country bordering Shropshire, about 10km north-west from Wolverhampton and 3km south-west of Brewood, in which parish it lies. The village of Chillington was largely swept away by Brown, and all that remains is an unmetalled lane known as Chillington Street and two timbered and thatched cottages. Chillington Hall stands on a slight rise, with the ground falling away to the east and south. The area here registered comprises around 344 hectares.

REFERENCES Used by English Heritage

Country Life, 103 (13 February 1948), pp 326-9; (27 February 1948), p 426

The Victoria History of the County of Staffordshire 5, (1959), pp 28-30

R Sidwell, West Midland Gardens (1981), pp 164-5

Maps

Plan of Hall and Gardens,1756 (private collection)

A Survey of the Lordship of Chillington..., early C18 (D590/363 a & b), (Staffordshire Record Office)

Plan of Chillington Manor by Thomas White, 1761 (D590/368), (Staffordshire Record Office)

Plan of Chillington, 1791 (D590/370), (Staffordshire Record Office)

W Yates, Map of Stafford, 1775 OS 6" to 1 mile: 1st edition published 1883; 1924 edition  

Description written: 1997

Edited: September 1999