Beaudesert (house)
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Beaudesert in Staffordshire, was one of the family seats of the Paget family — the Marquesses of Anglesey. The estate was obtained by William Paget, 1st Baron Paget in approximately 1550; the family's other main seat is at Plas Newydd.
The estate was broken up by the 6th Marquess of Anglesey in 1936 due to financial difficulties; as a result of the estate sale, much of the fine timber and woodland was felled and sold. Some of the furnishings of the house, including oak panelling and a staircase, were bought by Edward and Ursula Hayward and used to furnish their home at Carrick Hill in Adelaide, South Australia.
Today some of the former estate land is used as a Scout and Guide camp and a local wildlife trust and the house is used for residential courses.
[edit] Archives
Staffordshire Record Office keeps the estate archives.
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