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21-556: The Drayton Manor Estate on the west side of Fazeley had existed since the Norman conquest of England and survived until 1929 when the Drayton Manor house was demolished. The grounds covered a large expanse and included deer parks, the large deer park to the north of the estate and below Long Wood eventually had a cricket ground in a small section just above Bourne Brook. The cricket ground came into existence after Sir Robert Peel laid out

42-640: A certain medieval style constructed during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603. Historically, the era sits between the long era of the dominant architectural style of religious buildings by the Catholic Church , which ended abruptly at the Dissolution of the Monasteries from c.  1536 , and the advent of a court culture of pan-European artistic ambition under James I (1603–1625). Stylistically, Elizabethan architecture

63-505: Is notably pluralistic. It came at the end of insular traditions in design and construction called the Perpendicular style in church building, the fenestration, vaulting techniques, and open truss designs of which often affected the detail of larger domestic buildings. However, English design had become open to the influence of early printed architectural texts (namely Vitruvius and Leon Battista Alberti ) imported to England by members of

84-508: Is often widely spread around the country. Important examples of Elizabethan architecture include: In England, the Renaissance first manifested itself mainly in the distinct form of the prodigy house , large, square, and tall houses such as Longleat House , built by courtiers who hoped to attract the queen for a ruinously expensive stay, and so advance their careers. Often these buildings have an elaborate and fanciful roofline , hinting at

105-682: The Plateresque style in Spain . In contrast to her father Henry VIII , Elizabeth commissioned no new royal palaces, and very few new churches were built, but there was a great boom in building domestic houses for the well-off, largely due to the redistribution of ecclesiastical lands after the Dissolution. The most characteristic type, for the very well-off, is the showy prodigy house , using styles and decoration derived from Northern Mannerism , but with elements retaining signifies of medieval castles, such as

126-557: The Drayton Manor Deer Park Racing Track because it used to be the large deer park belonging to the manor. Speedway also took place from 1947 to 1950 and greyhound racing ceased in the early sixties after the site became housing in the area immediately above Bourne Brook (Dama Road today). 52°36′32″N 1°42′47″W  /  52.609°N 1.713°W  / 52.609; -1.713 Elizabethan style Elizabethan architecture refers to buildings of

147-655: The Drayton Manor Zoo is today. The stadium was affiliated to the National Greyhound Racing Club when it opened. The stadium is believed to have been closed in 1962 making way for housing called Reindeer Road and Dama Road. Drayton Manor Drayton Manor , one of Britain's lost houses , was a British stately home at Drayton Bassett , since its formation in the District of Lichfield , Staffordshire , England . In modern administrative areas, it

168-577: The Tamworth seat and later became Prime Minister, demolished the old manor house and its three storey banqueting house, and replaced it with a grand mansion (incorporating a three storey tower) designed in the Elizabethan style by architect Robert Smirke . In 1843 Drayton Manor received a royal visit from Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. In farms of the estate the first Tamworth pigs were bred, their place of market being Tamworth. The house ceased to be

189-478: The church as early as the 1480s. Into the 16th century, illustrated continental pattern-books introduced a wide range of architectural exemplars, fueled by the archaeology of Ancient Rome which inspired myriad printed designs of increasing elaboration and abstraction. As church building turned to the construction of great houses for courtiers and merchants, these novelties accompanied a nostalgia for native history as well as huge divisions in religious identity, plus

210-534: The evolution from medieval fortified architecture. It was also at this time that the long gallery became popular (for the Aristocracy) in English houses. This was apparently mainly used for walking in, and a growing range of parlours and withdrawing rooms supplemented the main living room for the family, the great chamber . The great hall was now mostly used by the servants, and as an impressive point of entry to

231-525: The first bend. The resident kennels were nearby at Park Farm, just a twenty-minute walk from the track and this allowed the trainers to exercise the hounds throughout the whole of the estate. With each trainer having their own kennel range in a rural setting it resembled a smaller version of the Greyhound Racing Association 's Hook estate in Northaw . The kennels would have been very close to where

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252-535: The first-class cricket facility including a pavilion and dance hall. After the Second World War in 1946 Captain Arthur Westwood began the construction of a greyhound track on the site of the cricket ground as much of the estate was sold off. Access to the stadium would be from Lichfield Street/Watling Street. The greyhound racing started on 30 August 1947. The main area that had included the house and gardens

273-560: The influence of continental mercantile and civic buildings. Insular traditions of construction, detail and materials never entirely disappeared. These varied influences on patrons who could favor conservatism or great originality confound attempts to neatly classify Elizabethan architecture. This era of cultural upheaval and fusions corresponds to what is often termed Mannerism and Late Cinquecento in Italy, French Renaissance architecture in France, and

294-631: The normally busy roof-line. The Elizabethan era saw growing prosperity, and contemporaries remarked on the pace of secular building among the well-off. The somewhat tentative influence of Renaissance architecture is mainly seen in the great houses of courtiers, but lower down the social scale large numbers of sizeable and increasingly comfortable houses were built in developing vernacular styles by farmers and townspeople. Civic and institutional buildings were also becoming increasingly common. Renaissance architecture had achieved some influence in England during

315-669: The ownership of the Earl of Stafford until the attainder and execution of the Duke of Buckingham (the 7th Earl) in 1483, when it passed to the Crown. Thereafter several owners included the Earl of Leicester and, from about 1600, the Earl of Essex . The latter's descendants sold the estate in about 1790 to Robert Peel (1750–1830) a Lancashire textile manufacturer, who was Member of Parliament for Tamworth 1790–1820. Following his death in 1830, his son Robert Peel (1788–1850), who followed his father into

336-641: The principal residence of the Peel family and in 1926 it was demolished. Only the clock tower now remains. The site was sold in 1949 to the Bryan family for the creation of leisure gardens which were later developed to become the Drayton Manor Resort . The nearest large town is Tamworth . In 1946 greyhound racing was held at the Tamworth Greyhound Stadium built on the existing cricket ground. Also known as

357-649: The reign of, and mainly in the palaces of, Henry VIII , who imported a number of Italian artists. Unlike Henry, Elizabeth built no new palaces, instead encouraging her courtiers to build extravagantly and house her on her summer progresses. The style they adopted was more influenced by the Northern Mannerism of the Low countries than Italy, among other features it used versions of the Dutch gable , and Flemish strapwork in geometric designs. Both of these features can be seen on

378-520: The towers of Wollaton Hall and again at Montacute House . Flemish craftsmen succeeded the Italians that had influenced Tudor architecture; the original Royal Exchange, London (1566–1570) is one of the first important buildings designed by Henri de Paschen , an architect from Antwerp . However, most continental influences came from books, and there were a number of English "master masons" who were in effect architects and in great demand, so that their work

399-457: Was described as an average size course with a 432 yards circumference and an 'Outside Sumner' hare system. Facing the Watling Street side (the back straight) was a covered stand and a Junior Club with refreshments and on the home straight was the main covered stand and Senior Club featuring a restaurant and snack bar. There was a maximum capacity of 2,500 and the racing kennels were situated on

420-570: Was first put into Tamworth Poor Law Union and similar Rural Sanitary District, 1894 to 1934 saw its inclusion in Tamworth Rural District , and in the next forty years it lay in the 1974-abolished Lichfield Rural District. The manor was owned from the time of the Norman conquest by the Bassett family until in the 13th century. The male line failed and Margaret Bassett, heiress to the estate, married Edmund Lord Stafford. The estate remained in

441-596: Was sold in 1949 and became leisure gardens which was the early form of the Drayton Manor Theme Park . The remaining parts of the estate were divided into farmland, a business park and a considerable amount of housing. Speedway ( Tamworth Speedway ) took place in 1947 and ran until 1950 with the speedway track inside the greyhound circuit and pits behind the main stand. The greyhound circuit consisted of race distances over 268, 500 and 700 yards races and appointed race days in 1949 were Monday and Friday at 7.30pm. It

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