Condover, Shropshire, England

Condover Forge

Condover Hall

Condover Hall is a Grade I litsted three-story Elizabethan sandstone building. Until the 16th century Condover Manor was in and out of Crown Tenure. In 1586 it was purchased by Thomas Owen, a Member of Parliament for and Recorder of Shrewsbury. Owen had had a lease of the manor from 1578, and been in lawsuit with the family. From 1946, the Hall had been run as a residential school, initially for blind children when owned by the RNIB and latterly under private ownership as a school for autistic children, covering boy boarders and coeducational day pupils. The school and college both closed during 2009, and Condover Hall is now an adventure centre.

 

Coxe states that the Hall had an "indelible bloodstain" from when Lord Knevett was murdered by his son. Local legend holds that no heir to Condover Hall will prosper since the hall was cursed from the gallows by a butler falsely accused of murder.

 

Pictured left is Condover Hall courtesy of Row 17.

Church Street,

Condover,

Shrewsbury,

SY5 7AU.

 

For further information, please visit:

www.condoverhall.com

 

For further information, please read Haunted Britain by Antony D Hippisley Coxe.

Location

Visitor Information

Condover is a village in Shropshire, England.

It lies 5 miles south of the county town of Shrewsbury.

Pictured left is Condover Ford courtesy of John Walton. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.