Aston Munslow, Shropshire - Horse at Country Life Museum - postcard c.1960s

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^{Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :}

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^{Munslow is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is situated on the B4368, 7 miles (11 km) northeast of the small town of Craven Arms, in the Corvedale, at around 140 metres (460 ft) above sea level.}

^{The village formed part of and gave its name to the hundred of Munslow[2] which had various local administrative and legal functions for centuries, until the Local Government Act 1894.}

^{Munslow is located in the mid-southern region of Shropshire. It borders the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The nearest sizeable town is Craven Arms, its post town, at 7 miles' distance.[3] Less than a mile to the southwest, also on the B4368, is the smaller village of Aston Munslow, which also has its own pub called The Swan.[4] Also within the wide, rural parish are the hamlets of Broadstone, Little London and Upper Millichope. Running through the village is the small stream called 'Corve Brook'; this flows into the larger River Corve to the south of the village.}

^{The Corvedale Three Castles Walk starts in Aston Munlow and goes through Munslow.}

^{The White House in Aston Munslow, Shropshire is a medieval hall house that has undergone considerable alteration over the centuries. It is a grade II* listed building.[1]}

^{The exterior of the current structure reflects three periods of rebuilding.}

^{The East end is the oldest part, dating from the 14th[2][3]:11–12 or 15th[1] century. It is a hall house supported by cruck trusses. The interior was later divided by an inserted floor.[2] The walls were originally half-timbered but later rebuilt in stone.[3]:11}

^{The central part of the current building dates from the late 16th or early 17th century. It is a box framed structure typical of the period.[3]:9}

^{The West end was added in the late 18th century when a drawing room and bedroom were added in the Georgian style.[3]:11 The North facade of the building was remodeled, hiding the Elizabethan framing.[2]}

^{The trusses of the East end provide evidence that this was originally the cross-wing of a still older building, demolished during the Elizabethan-era alterations.[3]:9 It is possible that the cellars beneath the central portion date from this earlier building.[3]:10 This would have been the manor house of Aston Munslow.[1]}

^{The name, "The White House", is recorded in a conveyance dated 1694, and shows that the house was whitewashed at that period.[3]:1}

^{The house was the home of the Stedman family for some three hundred years, eventually passing by marriage to owners named Smith and then Farmer.[3]:1}

^{In 1947 it was sold to Walter Purser,[3]:1 whose daughter Miss J. C. Purser made an extensive study of the building and its history.[4] She ran the building as a County Life Museum exhibiting agricultural and domestic implements.[2][5]}

^{In her eighties, Purser was unable to continue running the museum, and transferred the building to the Landmark Trust.[2] The building is now maintained using income from its use as holiday accommodation}