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Forton Hall is a 17th-country house situated in the village of Forton, Staffordshire, close to the Shropshire border at Newport. It is a Grade II * listed building.〔(Heritage Gateway: Listed Buildings Online )〕〔(Forton Hall by GeoGraph )〕 It was built by Edwin Skrymsher of Norbury Manor, Eccleshall,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Forton Hall and All Saints church )〕 in the mid-17th century. The porch carries a datestone bearing the date 1665.〔 Skrymsher also re-built Aqualate Hall nearby later in the 17th century. The Hall is positioned next to the then Roman road that headed to Eccleshall called the Via Devana and adjacent to Forton church, which has a Saxon font. The monument outside the Hall is the alabaster tomb of Sir Thomas Skrymsher Kt. of Aqualate ( d 1633) and his wife, Anne (d 1656) (ancestors of Edwin) who lived at Aqualate Hall. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Forton Hall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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