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Bradlegh Old Hall
Hob Uid: 71862
Location : Warrington Burtonwood and Westbrook
Grid Ref : SJ5713593869
Summary : Farmhouse with some late 16th century features, encased in brick in the late 18th century. It stands on the site of a mid to late 15th century moated manor house, though only the gatehouse, moat and a fishpond survive. The ruined gatehouse was built circa 1460 and may contain a portcullis slot. It was probably restored in the early 19th century. The buildings stand within the moat which encloses a rectangular island, accessed via a modern causeway across the northern arm. An L-shaped fishpond is visible to the west of the moat.The earthwork elements of the moat and fishponds were mapped from aerial photographs and lidar imagery as part of the Cheshire National Mapping Programme project.
More information : [Centred SJ 57139388] Bradlegh Hall. Gateway.Moat [G.T.] (1). Bradley Hall was originally a 15th century manor house of which only the fortified gatehouse and moat remain. The present structure is late 18th century but contains fragments of earlier work, including split portions of a beam, bearing the date 1597. The main moat at Bradley Hall has an annex to the west. .... the gateway [to Bradley manor-house] is faced with wrought stone, and has been covered with a fan vault of two bays, the springers of which yet remain. It is approached by a stone bridge over the moat. The memory of the Park at Bradley, which is referred to by Leland, is preserved in the name of two fields called The Parks, near the site of the old hall. Part of the ancient manor-house, including the Knights' Chamber, was of an older date than 1465. The house is now known as Bradlegh Old Hall (a), it is correctly shown on 25" AM. A 25" AM survey of the gateway and moat has been made. Bradlegh Old Hall is an C18th building on the site of the C15th manor house of Bradlegh hall. The moat still remains and the gatehouse, which is now in ruins, is Grade II* (6). SJ 5716 9386; SJ 5706 9388. Bradlegh Old Hall moated site and fishpond. Scheduled RSM No 13479 (7). Bradley Old Hall listed as a strong house (8). The earthwork elements of the moat and fishponds, centred at SJ 5716 9387, were mapped from aerial photographs and lidar imagery as part of the Cheshire National Mapping Programme project. The rectilinear moat surrounds a platform approximately 58 metres x 58 metres in dimension, with a causeway on the northernmost arm of the moat. The L-shaped fishpond to the west also survives as an earthwork (9-11).

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Source details : OS 6" 1926-47
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Source details : Trans L. & C.A.S. vol 51, 1936, p. 123. (paper read by A. Hodgkinson)
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Source details : LIDAR SJ5793 Environment Agency FIRST RETURN 16-MAR-2002
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Source details : Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SJ5793 02-JUN-2009
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Source details : V.C.H. Lancs vol. 2 1908 547 Illu. p. 549 Willoughby Gardner)
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Source details : V.C.H. Lancs vol.3, 1907 pp 327-8 Illus. (W. Farrer & J. Brownbill)
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Source details : F1 ECW 22-OCT-59
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Source details : Oral: J. Owen Esq., owner/occupier.
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Source details : DOE (HHR) Boro of Warrington Ches July 1984 3
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Source details : RAF/106G/UK/622 RP 3092 10-AUG-1945
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : c1460
Monument End Date : 1470
Monument Start Date : 1450
Monument Type : Gatehouse, Moat, Fishpond, Manor House, Fortified Manor House
Evidence : Ruined Building, Earthwork, Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Late C16
Monument End Date : 1599
Monument Start Date : 1567
Monument Type : House
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Late C18
Monument End Date : 1799
Monument Start Date : 1767
Monument Type : House
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Early C19
Monument End Date : 1832
Monument Start Date : 1801
Monument Type : Gatehouse
Evidence : Ruined Building

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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 13479
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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 405593
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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 405594
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Cheshire)
External Cross Reference Number : MCH8831
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SJ 59 SE 4
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1959-10-22
End Date : 1959-10-22

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2015-07-08
End Date : 2017-02-28

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Bradlegh Old Hall