English Homes Vol III no. 1, Late Tudor (page 4/4)

173.—The South Front.

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...]