{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{More citations needed|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox building | image = DSC7210 Berrington Hall, Herefordshire.jpg | caption = Classical West front of Berrington Hall | name = Berrington Hall | building_type = House and Gardens | coordinates = {{coord|52.2690|-2.7214|display=inline,title}} | location_town = Leominster, Herefordshire | location_country = England | architect = Henry Holland | client = Thomas Harley | construction_start_date = 1778 | completion_date = 1781 | architectural_style = neo-Palladian | operator = National Trust | website = {{URL|https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/berrington-hall}} }}
'''Berrington Hall''' is a country house located about {{convert|3|miles|km|0}} north of Leominster, Herefordshire, England. During the 20th century it was the seat of the Cawley family.
It is a neoclassical country house building that Henry Holland designed in 1778-81 for Thomas Harley. It has a somewhat austere exterior, but the interiors are subtle and delicate.{{According to whom|date=March 2020}} Berrington Hall is home to the Elmar Digby furniture collection, paintings by, among others, Thomas Luny (1759–1837), and the Charles Paget Wade costume collection from Snowshill, which can be viewed by appointment.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}} The 'below stairs' areas and servants' quarters that are open to the public include a Victorian laundry and Georgian dairy. Berrington has been in the care of the National Trust since 1957 and is, along with its gardens, open to the public.
Berrington features Capability Brown's last landscape design.<ref name="capability">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/berrington-hall/features/a-parkland-designed-by-capability-brown|title=Brown's final masterpiece|website=National Trust|accessdate=18 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="capability2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jul/23/capability-brown-300th-anniversary-garden-design-genius|title=Gardens: how Capability Brown transformed this green and pleasant land|website=The Guardian|date=23 July 2016|accessdate=18 April 2020}}</ref> A notable feature is the ha-ha wall, which was subject to extensive renovation in the late 20th century by local craftsmen. Berrington Pool, a lake and island, is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.<ref name="sssi">{{Cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1001356.pdf|title=Berrington Pool|website=Natural England|accessdate=12 April 2020}}</ref>
==History== left|thumb|upright=1.4|Courtyard at Berrington Hall Berrington had been in the possession of the Cornewall family since 1386, but was sold in 1775 to Thomas Harley, a banker and government contractor who in 1767 had been Lord Mayor of London. He commissioned the rebuilding in 1778-1781 of the present Berrington Hall in place of the previous old house. He made it available to his daughter Anne and her new husband George Rodney, the son of Admiral Rodney. After Harley's death the house descended in the Rodney family for 95 years.<ref name="rodney">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/berrington-hall/features/delve-into-the-history-of-berrington-hall|title=Delve into the history of Berrington Hall|website=National Trust|accessdate=18 April 2020}}</ref>
In 1901 the Manchester businessman Frederick Cawley MP, later Baron Cawley, purchased the estate from George Brydges Harley Dennett Rodney, 7th Baron Rodney. In 1957 Frederick Lee Cawley, 3rd Baron Cawley, transferred it to the Treasury, which passed it on to the National Trust. Lady Cawley was allowed to remain in occupation until her death in 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://htt.herefordshire.gov.uk/her-search/monuments-search/search/monument?smr_no=4016|title=Berrington Hall|date=2 March 2015|publisher=Herefordshire Council|accessdate= 18 March 2018}}</ref>
It was classified as a Grade I listed building in 1959.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1082564|desc=Berrington Hall and Adjoining Outbuildings|accessdate= 18 March 2018}}</ref> {{clear left}}
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==External links== *{{commons category-inline|Berrington Hall}} *[https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/berrington-hall Berrington Hall information at the National Trust] *[https://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/features/360/worcester/berrington_index.shtml BBC Hereford & Worcester feature and 360 panoramic of Berrington Hall] *[http://www.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk/education/BERRINGTON%20HALL.htm Herefordshire info on Berrington Hall] *[https://www.flickr.com/photos/mahadelic/2055808366/ Berrington Hall on Flickr.com] *[http://www.pbase.com/belvedere/berrington_hall Berrington Hall photos on pbase.com]
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Category:Gardens in Herefordshire Category:Country houses in Herefordshire Category:National Trust properties in Herefordshire Category:Grade I listed buildings in Herefordshire Category:Buildings and structures in Leominster Category:Historic house museums in Herefordshire Category:Gardens by Capability Brown