Record Details
| MonUID: | MST11323 |
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| HER Number: | 50222 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Old Madeley Manor Moat, Madeley |
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Summary
The scheduled remains of a medieval moated manor. The remains of the house were incorporated within a later, 16th century building, the standing remains of which are listed (see PRN 11834).
Monument Type(s):
- MOAT (MEDIEVAL - 1066 AD to 1485 AD)
- MANOR HOUSE (MEDIEVAL - 1066 AD to 1485 AD)
Associated Events:
- EST1599 - An earthwork survey of Old Madeley Manor, Madeley, July to August 1991. (NRHE Name - RCHME: Old Madeley Manor)
- EST2231 - A contour and resistivity survey of Old Madeley Manor moat platform.
Protected Status:
- Scheduled Monument 1009769: Site of Old Madeley Manor: a moated site with late 16th century house, gardens and a watermill
Full description
Moated Site: A rectangular moated site delineated by a ditch 1.5 metres deep, double to the west. Traces of buildings all of the area and in the eastern half of the enclosure a wall of local red sandstone in poor condition survives to a height of circa 2.75 metres. The wall contains a round headed doorway circa 2.4 metres high with portcullis groove and chamfered arch. The east face contains a large fireplace with knife sharpening grooves to one side. <1>
The round headed doorway has fallen (see also PRN 11834). <2>
Mansion: In 1540 Thomas Offley. Who became mayor of London in 1556, purchased the manor and had a large, three-storeyed mansion (PRN 11834) built on the site of the medieval moat. This is the house illustrated by Robert Plot in the late 17th century. It incorporated fragments of the medieval house in the east wing. The later house was abandoned in 1679 and largely demolished in 1749. <3> <4>
Four rectangular fishponds (PRN 50221) are located to the west of the moated enclosure. <5>
The old manor house was practically destroyed in 1749. (SB, 28-Apr-2006) <6>
Sources and further reading
| <1> | SST3723 - Designation Record: Department for Culture Media and Sport / English Heritage. Ongoing-2016. Scheduled Monument Designation Documents, Scheduled Monument Consents and Section 17 Management Agreements. AM7. |
| <2> | SST3723 - Designation Record: Department for Culture Media and Sport / English Heritage. Ongoing-2016. Scheduled Monument Designation Documents, Scheduled Monument Consents and Section 17 Management Agreements. AM12 - C.A. Snowdon - 1978 / AM107 - C.A. Snowdon - 1982. |
| <3> | SST529 - Published Book: Robert Plot. 1686. The Natural History of Staffordshire. |
| <4> | SST3025 - Verbal communication: P Everson. 1990. Possible verbal communication abouth Madeley Old Manor in 1990. |
| <5> | SST390 - Index: Ordnance Survey. See cards. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SJ 74 SE - 12 (1974). |
| <6> | SST390 - Index: Ordnance Survey. See cards. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SJ 74 SE - 12 (T.N.S.F.C. Volume 84, 1950 - page 120). |
| <7> | SST3636 - Published Book: The Victoria History of the Counties of England. 1908. (VCH volume 1) A History of the County of Stafford, Volume I. Volume 1 - page 365. |
| <8> | SST1697 - Drawn: C. C. Wood. 1983. Madeley Old Manor: Contour Map of part of Moated Platform and Resistivity Survey Plot. Permatace. |
| <9> | SST4190 - Survey Report: RCHME. Unknown. Old Madeley Manor: Summary. |
Related records
| 04931 | Parent of: Old Madeley Mill (Monument) |
| 11834 | Part of: Old Madeley Manor (Monument) |
| 50221 | Part of: Old Madeley Manor Fishponds (Monument) |
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