Madeley Old Hall

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Madeley Old Hall

Madeley Old Hall is a black and white Elizabethan house, now a small hotel, in the village of Madeley in Staffordshire, England. It stands in 2 acres of landscaped gardens and is a Grade II* listed building. [1]

Village Small clustered human settlement smaller than a town

A village is a part of a world clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement.

Madeley, Staffordshire village in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, North Staffordshire, England

Madeley is a village and ward in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, North Staffordshire, England. It is split into three parts: Madeley, Middle Madeley, and Little Madeley. Madeley Heath is also considered by many to be part of Madeley. In the 2001 census, the population was recorded as 4,386, decreasing to 4,222 at the 2011 Census.

Staffordshire County of England

Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands of England. It borders with Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, West Midlands and Worcestershire to the south, and Shropshire to the west.

Built in the late 1500s, it is a timber-framed building with plaster infill standing on a sandstone plinth, originally with a cruciform floor-plan. Across the front gable of the house is carved the warning "WALLK KNAVE. WHAT LOOKEST AT". [2]

The property was acquired in 2007 by Gary and Simon White and run as a country house hotel. It is also licensed for weddings. [3]

See also

There are over 20,000 Grade II* listed buildings in England. This page is a list of these buildings in the district of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire.

Madeley is a civil parish in the district of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. It contains 38 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, one is at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the villages of Madeley and Onneley and the surrounding countryside. Most of the listed buildings are houses and associated structures, cottages, farmhouses and farm buildings. The other listed buildings include a church, monuments in the churchyard, the remains of a castle and a manor house, almshouses, a drinking fountain, mileposts, a school, a war memorial, and a telephone kiosk.

Madeley Old Manor was a medieval manor house at Madeley, Staffordshire. It is now a ruin, with only fragments of its walls remaining. The remnants have Grade II listed building status and the site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The Tudor manor house is illustrated by Michael Burghers as it appeared in 1686 in Plot's History of Staffordshire, together with the formal gardens and a later east frontage.

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References

  1. Historic England. "The Old Hall (1206169)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  2. "Name: THE OLD HALL List entry Number: 1206169". Historic England. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  3. "Weddings go ahead after vow over noise at Old Hall Country House". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 17 January 2016.

Coordinates: 52°59′55″N2°20′20″W / 52.9985°N 2.3390°W / 52.9985; -2.3390

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