More information : (SJ 97922297) Tixall Hall on site of Tixall Hall [NR]. (1)
"Tixal Hall was for long the home of the Astons a family of enormous wealth. Sir Edward Aston, the head of the house in the early part of Elizabeth's reign, is said to have had a rent-hall of.... #10,000 a year". The Hall.. is utterly gone, and its Georgian successor has recently shared the fate..". (2)
"On the demolition of Tixal Hall much old stone from its predecessor was discovered, and this was used in the construction of the new church of St John in Stafford". (3)
"...Tixall was the 16th century headquarters of Roman Catholicism in the county. The original mansion was erected in 1555 by the Astons.... In 1644 Parliamentary troops occupied the Hall. The infamous Titus Oates plot was largely connected with the neighbourhood, the informer Dugdale claiming to have heard treason spoken between Lord Stafford and Sir Walter Aston in the vicinity of the bowling green. ....The New Hall was begun in 1750....The chapel remained until 1855, the stone then being used for the Roman catholic chapel at Great Haywood. The old hall subsequently became the headquarters of the Staffordshire Yeomanry during the first world war, and was demolished in 1926, some stabling alone remaining. (4)
Except for levelled area, now under pasture no trace of Tixall Hall survives. The remaining stable range appears to date from the 18th century rebuilding. For the 16th century gatehouse see SJ 92 SE 41. (5)
The early 19th century stabling of Tixall Hall remains. Grade II. (6)
Stabling at Tixall. Grade II. The Tudor and Georgian houss have disappeared but the early C19 stabling remains. Built on a curve and of ashlar with slate roof. The central portion is 2 storeyed with a gothic portico and embattled. At each end is a 2 storyed embattled tower. Stone mullioned windowss. (7)
The remains of the later house and 19th-century chapel are visible as cropmarks on air photographs taken on 12th July 2018. The house is centred at approximately SJ 9792 2298 and its plan can be seen as a series of parchmarks in grass to the north east of the gatehouse. To the west of the house, the chapel is visible at SJ 9786 2298.
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