Monument Type(s):

• CRUCK HOUSE (16th century to 17th century - 1500 AD to 1699 AD)
• FARMHOUSE (17th century to Late 19th century - 1600 AD to 1899 AD)
• VICARAGE (Mid 19th century to 20th century (post-war) - 1871 AD to 1999 AD)
• HOTEL (20th century (post-war) - 1966 AD to 1972 AD)

Summary

A 17th century farmhouse, built on the site of a motte and bailey castle (PRN 01751), and subsequently converted into a hotel. It is protected by Grade II Listing.

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Associated Events: None recorded

Description

Farmhouse, now hotel. C17 with later additions and alterations. Timber framed on high brick plinth with plaster and painted brick infill, sandstone slate and plain tile roofs. H-plan with cross-wings slightly projecting to rear. 2 storeys and attics; framing: square and rectangular panels, 3 from cill to wall-plate with V-struts from collars to gables; irregular fenestration, mainly C20 casements, one to attic to left gable and one to first floor and attic to right gable, C20 casement below eaves to centre with gabled dormer in roof slope above to left; late C19 canted projection to left has one sash window with Gothic glazing to first floor and a multi-paned cast-iron fixed-light window to ground floor; low single-storey C20 hip-roofed projection to right has 3 casements, one to left and 2 to right of C20 six-panel door; external lateral brick stack to right with moulded capping and 2 integral stacks to left. Interior: much altered in early C19 and mid-C20; right-hand ground floor room has a wooden fireplace and cornice and frieze to ceiling in a style derived from Robert Adam. Prominent additions of c. 1923 to left are not of special architectural interest. The site of a motte and bailey castle lies immediately to the north-east. VCH, VIII (1968), pp75-6 <2>

Harnage slate roof in situ. Photograph of exterior. <5>

See also PRN 01751. <6>

Publication providing an outline history of the Old Hall, standing on the site of a motte and bailey (PRN 01751). By at least 1369 a manor house had been built in the bailey (<4>), which was later replaced by The Old Hall in the 17th century. The date of construction of the old hall is suggested as between 1661 and 1672. It is postulated that the original house was destroyed or damaged in the civil war, although this is offered as a tentative suggestion only. ->

-> The author suggests that the present house incorporates reused timbers (reporting on renovation work undertaken in 1999) - although he acknowledges that Madge Moran didn't note these during a site visit in May 1999. Apparently dendrochronology was not possible on the timber frame. The author also suggests the inclusion of an earlier cruck in the house, although this was not identified by Madge Moran. ->

-> When the building was reonvated in 1999, existing Harnage Stone was moved from the south and east sections of the roof to the west face. ->

-> Includes detailed tenurial history and reproduces a number of cartographic and pictorial resources. Also includes detail of alterations/additions made to the building in both the 19th century, when it became The Rectory, and in the 20th century. It was converted into a hotel in 1966. <7>

Outline history; photographed. <8>

<00> Shropshire County Council SMR, Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards, SMR Card for PRN SA 13267 (Card index). SSA20722.

<01> Ministry of Housing and Local Government, 1949/ 1973, Provisional List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Atcham Rural District), p23 (List of Buildings). SSA3081.

<02> Department of the Environment (DoE), 1986-Feb-24, 38th List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, p27 (List of Buildings). SSA1461.

<03> Anon, 1976, The Old Hall, Cressage (Photograph). SSA13891.

<04> Gaydon A T (ed), 1968, Victoria County History 8: Condover and Ford Hundreds, p75-76 (Volume). SSA1126.

<05> Moran Madge, 2003, Vernacular Buildings of Shropshire, pp.41, 133 (Monograph). SSA22146.

<06> Anon, Unattributed SMR Comments in SMR database (SMR comment). SSA20176.

<07> Mitchell R, 2003, A short history of the Old Hall and Manor of Cressage (Publication). SSA30266.

<08> Bramwell Gordon J., 1984, A short history of Cressage, Shropshire, and its environment, pp.61-2 (Publication). SSA30267.

Sources

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