There has been a structure on this site since at least 1086, as Bishton is mentioned in the Domesday Book being a residence.

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The Bishton Hall we see today was built in about 1750, however parts of the building are older than that. The Hall features 17 bedrooms, three principle front rooms, a library, a servants' quarters, an orangery, a lush rear garden and a Greco-Roman Temple Garden featuring one of the best Doric screens in the country. The house and estate truly represents the quintessential old English grandeur.

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Many important families and people have lived here at Bishton Hall throughout the centuries, including three former High Sheriffs of Staffordshire, John Sneyd, Cecil Stafford Northcote and John Sparrow. John Sparrow is an interesting character, as he was an established lawyer and magistrate who purchased Bishton Hall in 1776, the same year the Declaration of Independence was signed.

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John's daughter Charlotte Sparrow is even more of an interesting character, purely for all the great work she did for the community. If three words could describe this wonderful Georgian mansion, philanthropy, happiness and education would be those three words, all thanks to Miss Charlotte Sparrow. Born in 1786, the beautiful and elegant Charlotte Sparrow called Bishton Hall 'home' for her entire dedicated life, until her death in 1876 at the age of 90. It's thought that she never married to make sure Bishton Hall would stay in her family, as back then after taking marriage vows, the wife would have her inheritance passed over to her husband and his family. Instead, she devoted her life to helping others. For example, in 1827, Miss Sparrow opened up Staffordshire's Colwich School, and every year on the 17th May, the school puts on a celebration in her honour. She believed all children deserved an education, especially children from poor backgrounds, so she took it upon herself to open up the school, and even went as far as paying for everything, including teachers' salaries, school books, materials and repairs. The school costs for a single year came to £180, which doesn't like much now but was a lot of money for its time.

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Charlotte also transformed Bishton Hall to further its splendour. Following her father's death, she added the east and west wings of the house. She likely would've also witnessed the mysterious construction of the Doric screen. We know it was built in the first half of the 19th Century, it is one of the largest and finest of its kind in the whole of the UK, and possibly the world. It's mysterious because we don't know for sure who commissioned it, but it is thought to date back to around 1830. It was at this time that many wealthy families and aristocrats routinely travelled on a Grand Tour of Europe, and so they often came back to England inspired by their excursions to Athens, Rome and Paris.

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In 1946, the Stafford-Northcote's family opened up St. Bede's School at Bishton Hall, and it remained a school up until 2018, where soon after the property was purchased by Charles Hanson, owner of Hansons Auctioneers.

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As seen on Most Haunted and The Haunted Hunts.

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