Whittington Old Hall - 1930s

The house dates back to before the reign of the first Queen Elizabeth and is a Grade 2* listed building. When renovations were underway in 1890, evidence was found of a timber-frame building behind the brick façade.

Cloister Lodge

the 1890 entrance to the Hall; the driveway took a circuitous route through the spacious grounds, seemingly to maximise its apparent length!

Gate Piers

All that now remains of the house Zachary Babington built in 1673. The house was still standing in 1824, but General William Dyott found it in "so deplorable state of delapidation".

Whittington House

Early eighteenth century. Builders working on the house some 20 or more years ago found a Queen Anne frontage hiding behind the Georgian façade – complete with dead ivy.

Whittington Lodge

mid-eighteenth century house with later alterations

Packington Hall ca 1900 - the home of a branch of the Levett family for many years. Built originally by Wyatt in the eighteenth century.

The Nook - 1922

Balmoral (as it was called for part of its life at least) - early years of 20th century

Ivy Cottage

The building comprises three main parts, the earliest dating from about 1620. The extension of two large rooms to the rear was added about 100 years ago when the house belonged to the Old Hall Estate. During the first half of the twentieth century Ivy Cottage was let to a succession of army officers.

Callingswood

not long after it was built in 1904 by Hennis Arms Pass

Church Cottage

During the mid-20th century belonged to the Baxter family and used for farm workers' accommodation