Does anyone live in or know Ullenhall?

[george pottle]

Annette , Thank you so much for your promt reply, will try your suggestions. We have left it a bit late but my Mother is thinking a  lot about who her father might have been.
She will be encouraged by your success.
 George

[Thorpus]

Hi Annette,

I am a carpenter & joiner who worked on the refurbishment of Barrells Hall between 2004 and 2006 and have collected numerous photos and articles regarding the building and previous history. Have only just spotted your link and wonder if you still require information,if so please let me know and I will try to help,although I do not have any extra photos of the lodge

I was so inspired by the history of the building that during a lunch break I wrote the following poem ;

"Oh Barrells"

Oh Barrells after all this time,we see you slowly rise again.
Once more, your splendour of strength and grace dominates this special place.

With walls rebuily and roof now sound you do not lay upon the ground but rise up high to touch the sky just as you did before

The gardens too can breathe again and after all this special care one can only stand and stare at what was nearly lost

Pete

[tedzwedz]

Hi Everyone!

Interesting post this!

Barrells Hall was my families house for about 70 years up til 1924 when we sold it.

During that time my Great Great Great Grandfather William Newton II and his sons developed the property to 3 times its size, extending the old farm house and the Bonomi additions.

They also developed Ullenhall with their generosity building the Church, School, School house, coffee shop (being VERY religious - 2 of the 3 brothers were gentlemen clergy -  they did not approve of the pub so built this as a distraction!), Vicarage etc. They also built Barrells Hall lodge.

I went back to Barrells a month or two ago to have a look at the rebuilt, its quite incredible, and stunning!

If anyone has any pictures or documents they wish to share I would be most intersted to see! I have some too in return! I am collecting everything I can! my email is (*)

Kindest Regards

Edward

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[deaneatbarrells]

Hi, I know this thread is pretty old, but still i thought it was worth a mention! My family and I live at what used to be Barrels Park Lodge, now renamed Luxborough House. When we moved here in 2000 my parents carried out a lot of research into the history of Barrells to help inspire the build and totry and maintain some historical value... The original Barrells crest is placed in the new house having been rmoved and restored from the old lodge which was sadly in disrepair due to irreversible 70's modifications!! We bought from the Savville's and the Hall has passed from Lynch to Riley to Malloy and finally to some halal chicken farmers who have yet to move in! We sourced many of the original deeds for the land right the way back to Henrietta Knight (Lady Lux!) so if you have any specific questions just let me know and I will try to find out!
Olivia

[tedzwedz]

Hi, I know this thread is pretty old, but still i thought it was worth a mention! My family and I live at what used to be Barrels Park Lodge, now renamed Luxborough House. When we moved here in 2000 my parents carried out a lot of research into the history of Barrells to help inspire the build and totry and maintain some historical value... The original Barrells crest is placed in the new house having been removed and restored from the old lodge which was sadly in disrepair due to irreversible 70's modifications!! We bought from the Savville's and the Hall has passed from Lynch to Riley to Malloy and finally to some halal chicken farmers who have yet to move in! We sourced many of the original deeds for the land right the way back to Henrietta Knight (Lady Lux!) so if you have any specific questions just let me know and I will try to find out!
Olivia

Dear Olivia

How interesting! You moved in at the key time I think, at the end of the old (ruins) and the start of the new (rebuild!)

I would be very interested in hearing more about your discoveries, as you may or may not know several generations of my family (Newton) lived at (and developed) Barrells Hall. I will send you a PM with my email if I may?

Kind regards

Edward

[deaneatbarrells]

sure sounds like a plan! It was a bit of a sad time though as we were here for three(ish) years before restoration began and my brother and I used to play in the ruins... which as you can imagine was quite magical ... not to mention spooky at night!! builders definitely ruined our fun!! haha

[gullandemporium]

My husband's family owned Barrells Hall, they were the Newtons as well..we have quite a lot of photos of the place including a picture  of his grandmother's marriage in the glasshouse which was part of Barrels Hall..can you please give me your email address Edward, as I have quite a lot of family stuff since my husband's mother passed away, including paintings from the Hall.

[gullandemporium]

my husband's granny was Olive Newton-we have quite a lot of photos of the house, including her wedding pictures with huge palms, she married a clergyman...we have oil paintings from the house that were handed down to Olive and paintings she did as a girl of the interior of the house. She had a son and two daughters, one of them Elizabeth Headlam, my husband's mother-we have quite a lot of information if you are interested including a chest of letters in pencil from Elizabeth(Libby)to her brother during the war. Olive inherited quite a lot of the furniture from Barrells Hall and it was sold on the lawn of The Vicarage at Atcham when they had to move out upon her husband's death. We have a full inventory of the sale..a deal of top quality hand made English furniture and very unusual items.

[tedzwedz]

my husband's granny was Olive Newton-we have quite a lot of photos of the house, including her wedding pictures with huge palms, she married a clergyman...we have oil paintings from the house that were handed down to Olive and paintings she did as a girl of the interior of the house. She had a son and two daughters, one of them Elizabeth Headlam, my husband's mother-we have quite a lot of information if you are interested including a chest of letters in pencil from Elizabeth(Libby)to her brother during the war. Olive inherited quite a lot of the furniture from Barrells Hall and it was sold on the lawn of The Vicarage at Atcham when they had to move out upon her husband's death. We have a full inventory of the sale..a deal of top quality hand made English furniture and very unusual items.

You have mail! Great to hear from a relative I don't know! We share a common (in my case) great great great grandfather William Newton II