John Turton Fereday, born in 1785, decided to build a suitable residence for both himself and his wife. He had already purchased the the cottage and the grounds of "The Ellors" in Gornal and decided to demolish the modest house and build a new mansion on the site The building of the "Ellowes Hall" was designed and overseen by one of the top architects Thomas Lee Junior who starting the building in 1821 and was completed in 1824 (although the work on the ornamental gardens continued for a further two years. Fereday made his fortune supplying pipes to London for their water supply and also collieries as well as developing the local canal network.
Over the next 100 years or more, successive different wealthy owners lived in the house. It remained in the ownership of the Fereday family until 1850, when it was sold to fellow industrialist Charles William Baldwin until 1865, when it became the residence of Charles Cochrane, Mayor of Dudley. The next resident was Sir Horace, St Paul, who moved there in the early 1870s and lived there until his death in 1891. The next occupant was Bilston county councillor James Gibbons, who lived there until his death in 1919, when it was sold to the Mitchell family. The Mitchell family lived in the house until 1923, when it was sold to Henry Arthur Nock, who owned the house until his death in 1946. After the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, Ellowes Hall was used as a Home Guard headquarters.
The Nock family sold the house to Staffordshire Education Authority in 1963, and it was demolished in 1964 - the same year that a new secondary school with the same name was built within its grounds.
More than 40 years on, the "old coach road" which connected the hall with nearby Moden Hill is still in existence as a public footpath, but motor vehicles are no longer allowed to use it. The surrounding woodland, which forms part of Cotwall End Valley, is still known locally as Ellowes Hall Wood.
The decision to use this logo was quite simple most of the committee members went to the Ellowes Hall School when it was built and we felt that it seemed the most appropriate logo to identify ourseleves for the area that the TRA covers.
We have found some old sketches of the hall hope you enjoy them.
Over the next 100 years or more, successive different wealthy owners lived in the house. It remained in the ownership of the Fereday family until 1850, when it was sold to fellow industrialist Charles William Baldwin until 1865, when it became the residence of Charles Cochrane, Mayor of Dudley. The next resident was Sir Horace, St Paul, who moved there in the early 1870s and lived there until his death in 1891. The next occupant was Bilston county councillor James Gibbons, who lived there until his death in 1919, when it was sold to the Mitchell family. The Mitchell family lived in the house until 1923, when it was sold to Henry Arthur Nock, who owned the house until his death in 1946. After the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, Ellowes Hall was used as a Home Guard headquarters.
The Nock family sold the house to Staffordshire Education Authority in 1963, and it was demolished in 1964 - the same year that a new secondary school with the same name was built within its grounds.
More than 40 years on, the "old coach road" which connected the hall with nearby Moden Hill is still in existence as a public footpath, but motor vehicles are no longer allowed to use it. The surrounding woodland, which forms part of Cotwall End Valley, is still known locally as Ellowes Hall Wood.
The decision to use this logo was quite simple most of the committee members went to the Ellowes Hall School when it was built and we felt that it seemed the most appropriate logo to identify ourseleves for the area that the TRA covers.
We have found some old sketches of the hall hope you enjoy them.
If you would like to know more about the hall and grounds then click here