The Manor House of Whittington

There can't be many pubs in the land which have a more fascinating history than this stunning 14th Century manor house near Stourbridge.
The Whittington Inn on the A449 road to Kidderminster must be one of the most impressive roadside hostelries in the land.
Set among the tranquil rolling hillsides of South Staffordshire, the yellow tinged timber framed house is looks like something out of history picture book.
It was built in 1310 by Sir William de Whittington a knight of arms and owner of the land around Kinver.
His grandson was the famous Dick Whittington who went off to London to be become the Lord Mayor for three times.
During the English civil war in the 1640s, King Charles II used a priest hiding hole in the manor following the Battle of Worcester.
In 1711 Queen Anne spent a night at the manor house and the solid oak front door holds one of only two her Royal seals in the country.
In 1788 Lord Stamford changed the manor house into an Inn. He brought the licence and the old sign-board from the original Whittington Inn a few hundred yards away.