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Welcome to our Large Luxury House in Worcestershire
The luxuriously appointed Hall, complete with indoor swimming pool is a fabulous residential venue providing accommodation for up to 41 guests in the main house. we are able to accommodate more peoiple by using cottages on the estate and other accommodation close by.
Excellent road links to both the M5 and M42 and the close proximity of Birmingham International Airport make it a convenient location to reach wherever you are travelling from. Park Hall is the perfect place to relax, unwind and entertain in a style associated with a bygone era.
Our Large country house is ideal for weddings and special occastions. It offers superb formal entertainment rooms, marquee facilities for 150 - 2000 guests, en-suite accommodation, Indoor swimming pool and sauna (additional cost for heating the pool) and a Tennis court with pavilion. Self-catering weddings welcomed
Park Hall History
Park Hall was built in about 1710 by Thomas Foley II on a part of the Hurcott Estate, which had been bought by his father, the first Thomas Foley, in 1662. On Taylor’s country map of 1772, it is shown as the "New House".
In 1833, the house was sold, (along with most of the other Foley estates), to the trustees of William Humble Ward, (Lord Ward, the future Earl of Dudley), who was fifteen at the time. In the catalogue of this sale, John Lea Esq. (the carpet manufacturer) was said to be the sitting tenant. In December 1923, the Hall was sold by the second Earl of Dudley to Mr. George Wilson, of the Oldbury based chemicals company Albright and Wilson. During the Second World War, his company set up temporary headquarters at Park Hall - perhaps because Bond-Worth’s Stourport carpet works, and others in the area, had been taken over by the firm as bomb-filling facilities.
During the war, a German bomber dumped part of its load on the estate, but caused only superficial damage.
In 1975 the Estate was sold to the Brinton family, who have a long association with Kidderminster, and have for many years been the town’s largest employer at their carpet factory.
In 1993 the Estate was the subject of a compulsory purchase order in respect of the proposed Western orbital route and following the abolition of the plans for this road, it was sold by the Highways Agency in June 2001 to Russell Stevens.
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