More information : [SJ 6572 8452] Bradley Hall [TI]
Moat [GT] (1)
Bradley Hall, moated Manor House; now replaced by a modern
farmhouse, was erected in 1460 although parts may have been
earlier. No remains are now extant other than one or two pieces
incorporated in the modern building. The gateway is 15th c., the
original drawbridge having been replaced by a causeway.
A document of 1465 (a) describes the hall which included a chapel. (2)
No trace was found of a gateway, and the present house shows no
sign of antiquity.
Published survey (25" 1910) of moat revised. (3)
Field report and survey revision of 1962 checked and found
correct. (4)
SJ 656846. Bradley Hall. Listed as a large, simple rectangular
site enclosing over half an acre. (5)
SJ 65708453. Bradley Hall moat is situated on very gentle slopes N
of the Bradley Brook. It is trapezoidal in shape, the short S side
being c60m long, increasing to c80m at the N; both the E and W arms
are c88m long.
The E arm has largely been transformed into an ornamental garden pond
in front of the present house, and the sides have been graded and
made into lawn or rockery. Farmyard access along the outside of the
NE corner has resulted in the mutilation and disappearance of the
moat scarp beneath a concrete apron; and to the N the construction of
a large barn seems to have caused some pushing of the outer edge of
the N arm. Water level is some 2m below the ground surface at the
N, falling slightly to between 1-1.5m along the W and S with the
gentle slope of the land down to the Bradley Brook. The island is
not raised. There are no channels feeding water into the moat, which
presumably therefore is fed by ground seepage. Fields around the
moat are rough or improved pasture; that to the S preserves N-S
ridge and furrow spaced about 9m apart.
Revised at 1:2500. (6)
SJ 6570 8452. Bradley Hall moated site. Scheduled RSM No 13447. (7)
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