Malvern Hills DFAS
Chillington Hall
Wightwick Manor and gardens
Thursday June 8th
Chillington Hall near Brewood
Home of the Giffards since 1178, the present hall is a red brick, stone porticoed Palladian mansion by
Smith of Warwick containing original Baroque rooms and a magnificent central salon by Sir John Soane.
Portraits include two generations by Batoni.
Features: 'Capability' Brown park has his largest lake, which he created with a dam. Remarkable park
buildings include a bridge by Paine and a temple by Soane - as well as a false bridge, disguising the
dam, by Brown.
Wightwick manor and gardens (NT)
Wightwick Manor is a Victorian manor house located on Wightwick Bank, Wolverhampton, West
Midlands, England. It is one of only a few surviving examples of a house built and furnished under the
influence of the Arts and Crafts movement. Wightwick was built by Theodore Mander, of the Mander
family, who were successful 19th-century industrialists in the area, and his wife Flora, daughter of
Henry Nicholas Paint, member of Parliament in Canada. It was designed by Edward Ould of Liverpool in
two phases; the first was completed in 1887 and the house was extended with the Great Parlour wing in
1893.
9.00 Depart from the Splash car park
10.30 Chillington Hall Coffee on arrival tour of the house and a ploughman’s lunch
included
2.00 Wightwick Manor and Gardens
4.30 Depart
Cost £38 NT Members (£47 non NT members)
Maggi Harriss 01684573032, 54 St Andrews Road, Malvern WR14 3PP
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