Packwood House

A late 16th-century house built for the Fetherston family, Packwood House was restored and extended by Graham Baron Ash, son of a Birmingham industrialist in 1921-38. The result is an asymmetrical 3-storey gabled building, with tall chimneys and a projecting entrance porch. Although Packwood’s structure is basically Elizabethan, the tone and character of the house really belong to the 1920s and 30s, when Ash stripped away various Georgian and Victorian accretions and introduced old materials from demolished buildings. The interior contains very good woodwork, Jacobean panelling and chimneypieces, much of it installed by Ash.

Packwood House, Warwickshire

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A fine collection of 16th -18th century tapestries and textiles, creating the perfect backdrop to the 16th and 17th century furniture. Graham Baron Ash bought many original items of furniture, tapestries, pictures, fabrics and fixtures and fittings in the 1920s and 30s to recapture the original 17th century style of a late Tudor manor house. He was a fine art connoisseur with a great eye for beauty, creating a wealth of wonderful colours, textures and style.

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