It is located between Cantlop and Acton Burnell and stands on an affluent of the River Severn.

[2] The Church of St Michael and All Angels stands near to the house which contains a carved oak 13th century effigy of Sir John de Pitchford.

[10] Pitchford Hall is Grade I listed building, and the estate is first referred to in historical records in the Domesday Book of 1086 as follows: “Edric, and Leofric and Wulfric held it as three manors; they were free.

In lordship 3; 3 slaves; 3 ploughmen; 1 village; 3 smallholders, a smith and rider with 2 ploughs.

[11] The 40-room mansion as it exists today however is said to have been built between 1560 and 1570 for Adam Ottley, a wool merchant from Shrewsbury.

[12] The half-timbered mansion stands next to the Church of St Michael and All Angels, and is widely considered to be one of the finest Tudor houses in Britain.

[14] In 1940, during the Second World War, Pitchford Hall was one of the three houses selected for the King and Queen as a potential safe refuge away from London.

[12] The hall, unlike some similar properties in Britain has remained in private ownership for many generations.