Packington Hall

Packington Hall was built in 1693 for Sir Clement Fisher[2] on whose death in 1729 the Packington estate passed to his daughter Mary Fisher, who married Heneage Finch, 2nd Earl of Aylesford.The Park was designed by Capability Brown[4] in 1751, who created a large serpentine lake called Hall Pool by joining up several old mill and fish ponds in front of the Hall.

It was then extended and improved for the 4th Earl of Aylesford in Palladian style to designs by Italian architect Joseph Bonomi[7] in 1772.

[8] Stables were added to the Hall in the 1760s by the 3rd Earl of Aylesford, constructed by David Hiorne, to house horses and carriages.

[9] In 1787, the carriage turn outside the east of the Hall was levelled under the supervision of John Wedge.

The main entrance to the grounds from the A45 road features a pair of wrought-iron gates[10] which were presented to the Earl of Aylesford by his tenants in 1935.