High Ercall Hall

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Venue Type & Location

Private Residence

Site Name: High Ercall
Location: Shrewsbury
County: Shropshire
Location Type: Town - in town at determined location

Overview

Located 8 miles NE of Shrewsbury, High Ercall was rebuilt as a Jacobean L-shaped house of red sandstone and brick replacing an earlier residence on or near the same site.

Performance History

A probable performance venue. Although Newport household records do not survive for the period, a minstrel or minstrels under Thomas Newport's patronage performed at Ludlow in the early 16th c. and may have entertained their patron at his residence as well.

Current Status

Demolished. The Jacobean house remains in private ownership.

History of the Venue

ca. 1391 Thomas Newport acquired the manor of High Ercall.

1602--20 New house built by Walter Hancock for Sir Francis Newport.

1642 Handed over to royalist forces for use as a garrison.

May 1646 High Ercall was taken and sacked.

1734 High Ercall and other Newport estates acquired by William Pulteney, 10th Earl of Bath.

1802 Acquired by the Vane family.

by 1920 Converted for use as a farmhouse.

Record Source

REED Shropshire 1.75

Patrons who owned this venue

Name Dates Titles
Newport, Thomas 1489-1549

Bibliographic Sources

  • Acton, Frances Stackhouse. The Castles & Old Mansions of Shropshire. Shrewsbury: Leake & Evans, 1868.
  • Garner, Lawrence. 'The Tudor and Stuart Legacy 1530–1730.' . The Buildings of Shropshire. Shrewsbury: Swan Hill, 1989.
  • Jackson, Michael. Castles of Shropshire. Shrewsbury: Shropshire Libraries, 1988.
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus. Shropshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth, Midd: Penguin Books, 1958.
  • 'Proceedings of the annual meeting.' Archaeological Journal 85 (1928): 209–41.
  • Tipping, H. Avray. 'High Ercall and Eyton-on-Severn.' Country Life 47 (21 Feb. 1920): 234–40.