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18 - Aston Hall, Aston-on-Clun

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2023

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Aston Hall appears to be a remodelling of the 1830s of an earlier building and the house now has a main façade of five bays and two-and-a-half storeys. The upper floor is above a cornice whilst the centre bay of the house is broader than those flanking it and distinguished with a single storey portico of entablature supported by pairs of Greek Doric columns.

In 1851 the house was the seat of Francis Marston, but by 1877 the house was occupied by General Thomas Green. Born in 1841, he was the son of Major-General Thomas Littleton Green of the Madras Army, of Dunley Hall, Worcestershire. The house was later occupied by George Smythies (d. 1900), whose will was proved in 1901, and then, in 1930, Prebendary Sydney Dugdale was recorded as living here.

Aston Hall became an Auxiliary Hospital during World War One and was offered for sale as a part of the Marston family’s 937 acre Oaker Estate in 1949.

It was converted to flats in the 1950s, but by 1991 there was a danger of the house being demolished. A reprieve was granted and the building restored; it has remained as apartments.

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Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Print publication year: 2021

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