Acton Scott Hall - Christmas house tour

Start the festive season with the Acton family’s warm welcome to their Elizabethan Manor House decked with boughs of holly and scented with mulling spices.

Acton Scott Hall is a Grade II*-listed Elizabethan Manor House built in brick for Richard Acton (d. 1590). The house is an exceptionally early example of a double pile plan set in the beautiful Shropshire hills with stunning views over Wenlock Edge, made famous by A E Housman’s “A Shropshire Lad”. 

The Acton Family continues to maintain the house and estate. Acton Scott Hall has oak-panelled reception rooms containing many interesting artefacts including Jacobean woodwork and friezes, unique fireplaces, a collection of fascinating family heirlooms and links with early horticulture and marine biology. There is the site of a Roman Villa on the estate and documented information on the excavation carried out there by Frances Stackhouse Acton in 1817 and 1844.

The basic layout of the gardens and much of the planting from 1807 is still represented in the lawns, ancient trees, archery ground, former flower garden, walled garden and secret garden, (known as the Rock or Quarry Garden). The house is adjacent to the Acton Scott Historic Working Farm which was the brainchild of Mr Thomas Stackhouse Acton (d 2020). Mrs Lucy Acton (d 2019) left a comprehensive account of the history of Acton Scott Hall, the Estate and family members, which offer a wonderful insight into the past of this tranquil and timeless gem.

Led by members of the Acton family, your tour includes the Georgian Conservatory, Drawing Room, Library and Justice Room, the basement and hallway with their Jacobean carving. Upstairs the tour includes the Oak Room bedroom with fine carvings in the 17th-century wall panels and bed, and the newly refurbished en-suite Green Room bedroom both of which can be booked for overnight stays. 

Mulled wine and festive home-baked treats around the log fire included. The house is heated and cosy!

Tickets £26.50 per person.

Greeted or guided by a family member
Offers Historic Stays

Please see our cancellation policy below:
If you cancel more than two weeks before the tour is scheduled to take place, we will fully refund your ticket money excluding any phone booking fees. If it’s less than 14 days before a tour, for any reason, we regret that we cannot refund your ticket money unless we can resell your ticket(s). If we cancel at any time, we will fully refund your ticket money. Although we make every effort to avoid it, sometimes a tour has to be cancelled at short notice due to circumstances beyond our control. In this case, we cannot accept responsibility for, or refund, any consequential losses, such as money spent on travel or accommodation.

Visitors are invited to book one of the beautiful, newly renovated en-suite bedrooms at Acton Scott Hall, where you will have exclusive access to the private grounds. Your breakfast will be prepared and served by owners Francis and Alison and served in the Drawing Room. There are several local eateries for you to enjoy your evening meal. To book an overnight stay please contact Alison and Francis directly on contact@actonscott.com