Benthall Hall, North Shropshire. There were de Benthalls in 1120, and when, two centuries later, a Burnell of Acton Burnell marred their heiress he took her name as well as her property. Their descendants built the present house in the latter part of the sixteenth century. [...] The general appearance and the details consort exactly [...] [more...]
![[picture: 173.---The South Front.]](http://www.fromoldbooks.org/EnglishHomes-LateTudor/tn/173-Benthall-Hall-The-South-Front-q75-500x351.jpg "[picture: 173.---The South Front.]")