OS grid reference SJ530392 Post town WHITCHURCH Local time Saturday 3:50 PM | Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district SY13 Dialling code 01948 | |
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Alkington is a hamlet in Shropshire, England, near Whitchurch and south of that town.
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Map of Alkington, Whitchurch, UK
The village is on limestone and is residential.
Alkington Hall
Alkington Hall was a late 16th-century country house, now a Grade II* listed farmhouse.
It was constructed in two storeys of red brick with grey brick diapering and grey sandstone ashlar dressings and a plain tile and slate roofs to an L-shaped floor plan.
It was built in 1592, probably for the London merchant, William Cotton. His son Rowland was an MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme for many years and High Sheriff of Shropshire for 1616.
Some alterations and improvements were made in the late 19th century. It was saved from a fire in 2010 when in the ownership of John and Elaine Fearnall.
References
Alkington, Shropshire Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA