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Biddulph Old Hall is a sixteenth century mansion and garden remains located in Staffordshire. The site represents an important example of early modern domestic architecture and its associated landscape features from the Tudor period. The surviving remains include structural elements of the hall itself along with traces of the contemporary garden layout, offering evidence of both the residential and ornamental aspirations of its builders. The monument contributes to understanding of Tudor-period gentry housing and the development of formal gardens in the English Midlands during the sixteenth century.
A 16th century mansion and garden remains at Biddulph Old Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014688. View the official record →
Biddulph Old Hall is a sixteenth century mansion and garden remains located in Staffordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014688.
A 16th century mansion and garden remains at Biddulph Old Hall is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1014688.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Shepherd's Cross, 250m south east of Over Hall Farm (0.4 km), Ringwork castle in Bailey's Wood (0.8 km), The Bridestones Neolithic chambered long cairn. (2.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of A 16th century mansion and garden remains at Biddulph Old Hall's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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A 16th century mansion and garden remains at Biddulph Old Hall stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.