Stirchley Hall, Stirchley Village

A 'hall of Stirchley' may have existed in the mid 14th century.The centre of Stirchley Hall's south front represents the 17th-century stone house, which was built or remodelled for M. Forster in 1653 and then had a three-roomed plan with two storeys, attics, and cellars. It incorporates part of an earlier house, from which the hall ceiling and chimney stack survive. The initials R P on the central boss of the ceiling have been attributed to Roger Poyner, tenant of the house in 1567. The stack was repaired in 1721 and the brick western cross wing may have been added about then. Later in the 18th century and early in the 19th century additions were made to the north and at the east end.
Originally held by Buildwas Abbey, Stirchley Hall and its large estate passed from the Church to a series of owners until eventually in 1777 it was bought by Isaac Hawkins Brown. The estate was leased to the Botfield family in 1811 who established the 'Old Park' brickworks, collieries and ironworks on the estate lands. The estate was sold to the Haybridge Iron Company in 1886 and the Hall was sold off separately in 1894. It was bought by the Telford Development Corporation in 1964, who later sold it for private use at which point the South Barn and the North Barn were redeveloped into private dwellings.