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Benthall Hall

📍 Shropshire, England

4.2 ★★★★ 800 reviews

About

Benthall Hall is a 16th-century English country house in Benthall in the town of Broseley, Shropshire, England, and a few miles from the historic Ironbridge Gorge. It retains much of its fine oak interior, and an elaborate 17th-century staircase. It is still occupied by the Benthall family, but has been owned by the National Trust since 1958, and is open to the public every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday.

Built c.1580 by the Benthall family in local Wenlock limestone. Features a hidden Catholic chapel in the roof space, used during the penal period. The house passed to the National Trust in 1958. The garden was developed by Robert Bateman, a notable plantsman, with a crocus carpet, rock garden, and herbaceous borders. Set on the edge of the historic Ironbridge Gorge. Grade I listed.