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The House and History |
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The House and History |
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| The Hill family were the great
land-owning family of the area, Sir Rowland being the
first Protestant Lord Mayor of London in the middle of
the 16th century. The Citadel was built by a descendant,
another Sir Rowland, for his mother and sister Jane in
the 1820s. Constructed in local salmon-red sandstone, it is ingeniously designed in the form of three interlinked towers, set to the points of an isosceles triangle, and the crenellations and cross-loops give the house more than a touch of history and romance. Another imaginative feature is the deep apron terrace of cobbles at the front of the house, framed by a sandstone retaining wall with bastions at each corner. |
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The house looks out over farmland, the nearby golf course and the wooded escarpment of the Hawkstone hills. The Griffiths family have lived at the Citadel since 1957, and own the farm, some 200 acres, which surrounds the property. | |
| The front door of studded red pine opens
into an octagonal outer hall, which in turn leads through
to the larger inner hall at the centre of the house. The west lounge is at the disposal of guests, and adjoins the billiard room with its full-size table again available for use by guests. |
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The elegant dining room has a ceiling
embossed with vines, here guests experience a house party
atmosphere, eating and chatting around the large Regency
table. Two of the bedrooms are in the north and west towers, and both have separate bathrooms. The third bedroom in between has en-suite shower and toilet facilities. All have clear views of the lovely North Shropshire countryside |
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The Hall and Staircase |
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The West Bedroom |
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The Hill Room |
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Ensuite Bathroom of the Round Room |
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