Pattingham
Pattingham is a village in the civil parish of Pattingham and Patshull, South Staffordshire, near the county boundary with Shropshire. Pattingham is seven miles west of Wolverhampton and seven and a half miles east of Bridgnorth. Description. Pattingham was originally a farming community but expanded housing in the mid- to late-20th century has led to it becoming a dormitory village for West Midlands conurbation. The population of the civil parish is around 2,200. The village centre has a parish church and primary school (both St Chad's), a village hall, and several shops. It has also two public houses , a working men's club and The Cowshed Restaurant. The oldest extant portion of St Chad's Church dates from the late 12th century. The church was rebuilt in the mid-17th century following a devastating fire. George Gilbert Scott extensively remodelled the church in the late 19th century. Pattingham House was designed by William Baker of Audlem about 1760, and was formerly known as The Torque House after an Iron Age gold torc which was discovered in the grounds. A mile outside Pattingham is Rudge Hall, a Grade II listed house, which belonged to the Wight-Boycott family during the  19th century. Many of the more modern houses in the village were designed by Richard Hughes, a late 19th-century architect who was inspired by the works of Thomas Telford and William Morris. The village is served by National Express bus service 10A which operates approximately every 90 minutes to Perton and Wolverhampton Mon-Fri. Alternatively National Express operates bus service 10 between Perton and Wolverhampton approximately every 20 minutes peak time, while Arriva Midlands operates the bus service 9 along Bridgnorth Road (A454) approximately hourly between Bridgnorth and Wolverhampton via Compton Monday-Saturday.