Building record 1563/0/5 - Bate Hall Hotel

Bate Hall Hotel (Public House), Chestergate. Originally a 'black & white' courtyard house, probably late C16 or early C17, belonging to the Stopford family, ancestors of the present Earl of Courtown. The building, although much altered, has been an inn for a very long period and is the oldest in the area to have survived. The front block has been rebuilt and the interior modernised, but some old features remain, including good moulded ceiling beams in righthand portion, which extend across covered-way; also good early C17 heavy oak staircase. Early C19 front with later alterations. Two stone mullioned windows in rear wall with iron lattice glazing. Full architectural description (1). One of only two buildings in Macclesfield that retain features of a medieval townhouse (2).

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /1/4 (Report). SCH1934.

<2> Turner, RC, 1985, Notes on Medieval Macclesfield (Unpublished Report). SCH2286.

<3> Earwaker, J P, 1877-1880, East Cheshire Past & Present, 2/1880/477 (Y) (Book). SCH1080.

<4> Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Revised List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, Borough of Macclesfield 1994/ 38 (Unpublished Report). SCH4570.