WEDDINGTON CASTLE - An Online History

ROBERT LUGAR: Description of Weddington Castle

WEDDINGTON HALL, the seat of Lionel Place, esq. Eight miles from Coventry, Warwickshire.

THIS house stands in an extensive space of grounds, or sheep-fed lawn, presenting a park like appearance, on the slope of a hill. The principal rooms command a flower-garden, drest ground, and plantations; and beyond are some rich meadows, and a river with a fine rise of ground, enlivened by cultivation, and a considerable wood with a varied pleasing line of country. The house is sheltered by some fine trees, and the towers are seen at a distance rising above them with good effect. The additions to the mansion are shewn in light colour upon the plan.

The view shews the old front, altered by making an entrance porch and square tower, carried up to shorten the length of the roofs, and to give character with more accommodation. The south end, also, is carried up to obtain two family bed-rooms, as well as to give more feature. The subordinate buildings are chiefly conveniences to the kitchen: these, together with the gateway, which is the entrance to the stable court, are entirely new. The improvement of the grounds has been effected under Mr. Place's direction who has, by judiciously planting, removing hedges, and altering the roads, produced the most beneficial, as well as pleasing advantages to the demesne.

From : Plans and Views of Buildings Executed in England and Scotland, in The Castellated and Other Styles.

By R. Lugar, Architect.
Elegantly engraved on thirty-two plates.
London J. Taylor, No, 59 High Holborn. 1811.