page_title: Nash, South Shropshire
section_title: Court of Hill
hierarchical_section_title: Nash, South Shropshire / Court of Hill
caption_attribution_description: English: Nash court when it was a school
context_page_description: Nash is a small village and civil parish located in Shropshire, England, situated south east of Ludlow and north of Tenbury Wells. The parish had a population of 305 at the 2001 census, increasing to 405 at the 2011 census. The civil parish includes the small village of Knowle.
context_section_description: "Court of Hill" (alias "Hill's Court") is an historic estate within the parish of Nash, long a seat of the Hill family. The surviving mansion house is a grade II* listed building of mediaeval origins, rebuilt in 1683 with alterations in the early 19th century and in 1927. The house is two storeys high with an attic. Over the south entrance door is an inscribed stone tablet above which are displayed the arms of Hill (Ermine, on a fesse sable a castle triple towered argent), dated 1683. These are the arms of Andrew Hill, who rebuilt the house in that year, and they impale the arms of Powys, for his wife Anne Powys of Henley near Ludourt of Hillo isn't C
  In 1846 nearby Nash  court was converted into a residential school by a local headmaster Henry Lucas Oakly.  The National Association of Boys Club took over the building in 1948 and turned it into a training base and camp site. The building was then converted back to a school in the 1970s and became part of the Fishmoor hall schools group and had a sister school called Hallow Park school for girls. It became a school for boys all over the country who needed discipline. The school was closed in December 1991.
  Following the Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act of 1953, the building was listed on 12 November 1954.
caption: Nash Court
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