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Himley Hall is an early 17th-century country house situated in Staffordshire, England. It is situated in the south of the county in the small village of Himley, near to the town of Dudley and the city of Wolverhampton. Himley Hall is a Grade II* listed building. [1]
Himley is situated off the intersection of the main A449 road between Wolverhampton and Kidderminster, and the B4176 road between Dudley and Telford, which includes the village's bypass opened in July 1988. Bus routes National Express West Midlands 15/15a from Wolverhampton to Merry Hill Shopping Centre serve Himley village.
The most important building in the parish is Himley Hall, a country house, which is listed together with associated structures and items in the grounds, Himley Park. The other listed buildings include a former rectory and associated structures, houses, a church, a hotel, a public house, and an ice house .
[10] [11] Around this time, coal mines were established in the Black Country, and the Earl of Dudley owned the substantial Himley colliery in the area surrounding the pub. [12] [6] In the 1850s the building began gradually sinking until one end of the building was 4 feet (1.2 m) lower than the other, [5] [13] leaning at an angle of 15 degrees. [14]
There are 156 registered parks and gardens in West Midlands. 12 are listed at grade I, ... Himley Hall. More images. Hanley Park. II* ... Dudley: Public park: 1929
In 1827 he was honoured when he was created Viscount Ednam, of Ednam in the County of Roxburgh, and Earl of Dudley, of Dudley Castle in the County of Stafford. [3] Both titles were in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. [1] Lord Dudley was childless and on his death in 1833, the two viscountcies and earldom became extinct.
Gornal is a village and electoral ward [note 2] [3] in the Dudley Metropolitan Borough, in the West Midlands of England. It encompasses the three historical villages of Upper Gornal, Lower Gornal, and Gornal Wood. Gornal was historically part of Staffordshire, prior to the creation of the West Midlands County in 1974. Gornal is 11 miles from ...
Baggeridge was originally owned by the Earls of Dudley as part of the Himley Estate and consisted of small farms and ancient woodland along with the parkland of Himley Park. It was later landscaped by Lancelot "Capability" Brown in the 18th century; the landscape is still largely unchanged from the southern boundary up to the Wishing Pools. The ...