Monument record 1889/1/2 - Hatton Hall moated site

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ46SE4 1976 (Index). SCH2487.

Moat is up to 1.7m deep

<3> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME), 1986, Plan, Hatton Hall- 1:1000 reduced to 1:2500 (Graphic Material). SCH2649.

<4> Various, Aerial photographs, Hatton 1 & 67 Williams S R 1976 (Aerial Photograph). SCH128.

<5> English Heritage, Various, Old/Original Schedule Entry (Scheduled Ancient Monuments Description), 13456 (Scheduling Record). SCH4606.

The moated site dates to c.1200 when Hatton was granted to the Hattons of Hatton, near Daresbury, who established a branch of the family there in the early-mid 13th century. The hall was a quadrangular structure of timber with access via a drawbridge. The hall was replaced by the present house c.1830

Island measures c60m x 55m and stands c 0.5m above surface land. Hall with drive & outbuildings occupy most of N half of island, rest is garden & lawn. Some scarps run N-S and E-W and may reflect layout predating present hall. Moat 18-20m in width, largely waterlogged, widens at NE corner. Inlet/outlet channel at SW. Sandstone revetted causeway across N arm of moat. E of causeway is terraced ornamental flowerbeds. Outer banks flank S & E arms, up to 0.5m high

<6> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol 2 p.297 (Book). SCH1389.

The Hall is environed by a square moat about twenty yards wide, and containing a staute acre…..[The remains of the hall have given place to a modern farmhouse..]