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DELVES HALL

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Fortified structure which is the only surviving building on the site of a moated manor probably built between 1365-1403. The tower is constructed of coursed sandstone with a slate roof, and is three storeys in height with a wall-walk above. The tower was free standing and probably intended as a place of refuge for the family. In the early/mid 17th century the tower was incorporated into a range of domestic buildings of which nothing now survives. The 17th century house was demolished circa 1777 and replaced by a house built from 1777 by Samuel Wyatt. The tower was retained as a landscape feature and presumably was used as a gazebo or banqueting pavilion.

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(SJ 70874702 Tower (NR) (remains of Castle) (NAT) (1)

(SJ 70874702) The Castle (NR) (2)

(SJ 70874702) The Castle (NAT) (3)

The Castle or Delves Hall may be the towerhouse of the mansion which Sir John Delves obtained licence to crenellate in 1365 or by John Delves, in 1403. Pevsner says that strictly speaking it is not a castle, but rather a North Country tower-house (peel) like Belsay (NZ 07 NE 6), with its typical embattled corner turrets and tunnel-vaulted ground floor. The first floor doorway is now reached by an outer staircase with Jacobean balustrading; the supporting pilasters of the stairway are decorated by carved effigies of the Black Prince, Audley and his four squires. These features and the balustrading originally came from the earlier Doddington Hall (probably 17th century) which was demolished circa 1777. Grade 1. (4-5)

The tower is a square sandstone building, three storeys high, with an original entrance at first floor level on the north side. Above this at second floor level, is evidence of an abutting roof line. The area around the tower is level and grass covered. (6)

As described. (7)

Listed by Cathcart King. (9)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1882

( 2) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 25" 1909

( 3) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1968

( 4) List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest

Crewe and Nantwich Cheshire. (September 1963) 1636 Page(s)16

( 5) by Nikolaus Pevsner and Edward Hubbard 1971 Cheshire

The Buildings of England Page(s)198-199

( 6) Field Investigators Comments

F1 JHW 23-AUG-61

( 7) Field Investigators Comments

F2 TPW 29-SEP-64

( 8) English Heritage Register of parks and gardens of special historic interest in England

Cheshire Part 6

(9) by David J Cathcart King 1983 Castellarium anglicanum : an index and bibliography of the castles in England, Wales and the islands. Volume I : Anglesey - Montgomery

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Landscape park to Doddington Hall. The park is possibly on the site of a 14th century deer park, landscaped circa 1770 by Lancelot Brown.

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