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). |