RODE HALL

in the Wilbraham Family since 1669. Main house completed 1752. Additions in 1812 and 1927. Set in a Repton landscape with extensive gardens.

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Rode Hall contains many fine family portraits including a portrait by Thomas Hudson of Randle Wilbraham who built the folly on Mow Cop and at one time was Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme. For details of opening times please refer to the website link shown. Rode Hall Farmers' Market first Saturday of every month except January (Garden open also). There is a fine collection of Gillow furniture dating from the early 19th century with examples in all the main rooms open to the public; of particular note are the serving table in the dining room and the bookcases in the library. The library contains approximately 4000 books including many volumes of the Botanical Magazine by W. Curtis and the Botanical Register by S. Edwards. There are also copies of John Speed's Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain, The History of Great Britain and the 'Red Book' designs for Rode Hall commissioned from Humphrey Repton in 1790. There is an important collection of English porcelain at Rode including a Derby botanical dessert service decorated by William Billingsley and commissioned by Mary Bootle in 1787.