Building record 5819 - Manley Old or Upper Hall

<1> Vale Royal Borough Council, 2006, Vale Royal Borough Council's List of Locally Important Buildings (Report). SCH5487.

Criterion E: Buildings included in the Vale Royal Borough Council Historic Buildings Survey 1977 – 79.

<2> Vale Royal Borough Council, 1977-79, The Vale Royal Borough Council Historic Buildings Survey Index Card, MAN/HB 35 (Paper Archive). SCH5481.

A late eighteenth century brick farmhouse. There are documentary references to 'Mandeleye Hall' and the 'Halle of Manley' in 1495 and 1536 repectively. Manley Old Hall was known as Upper Manley Hall, to distinguish it from the other hall in Manley (Lower Hall). A Ordnance Survey map dating from 1899 refers to this as Manleyhall Farm.

Former grade III listed building. List entry was as follows:
Late eighteenth century, with alterations and additions. Three storey three window red brick farmhouse. Stone plinth. Slate roof. Repaired parapet and part of front. Curved heads to ground floor and first floor windows, with keystones. Recessed sash windows, with many glazing bars missing. Arched entrance with radial bar fan, and stone case. Interior - six panel doors with H hinges. Plain stairs with swept hand rail. Original mantels remain in some rooms upstairs, some with hob-grates.

<3> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 258/2, 1840 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This building is depicted on this map. It is labelled 'Manley Hall'.

<4> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

This building is depicted on this map. It is labelled 'Upper Hall'.

<5> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

Depicts 'Manley Hall' at this location.