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Aston Hall

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Newest Review: ... airy and light thanks to the large windows placed the length of the gallery. Aston Hall is gorgeous from start to finish. The majority of ceilings are the original 17th century carved plasterwork, and the rooms are beautifully quaint; from the overdone velvet of the dining room to the old fashioned crib and milk bottles in the nursery. Aston Halls claim to fame is probably the bedroom ... more

... where King Charles I slept on his way to London. He spent one night there, and the room is now named for him. In 17th century England the pomp of having your lord and Monarch stay as a guest must have been extraordinary – especially for such a Royalist fa...more

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Aston Hall: A Little Piece Of History In My Backyard (1354 words)
by chrisandmark - written on 16.03.06 (Very useful, 297 readings)
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In 1618 Sir Thomas Holte decided to build a home in green Birmingham, he was a prominent landowner of the time with a huge amount of money to spend building Aston Hall. The house was finally finished nearly 20 years later in 1635, no expense was spared in the building or furnishing and it was (and to a point still is) a landmark in the vast expanse of green which was Aston of old. Any of you who know Birmingham nowadays know Aston is a grotty hole of a place just outside Brum City Centre, but in those days Birmingham was pretty much farmland with the industrial section of the city being close to Aston and the surrounding areas. Looking up at Aston Hall from ...

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