Madeley Old Manor

Remains of Madeley Old Manor, for which Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford (1301-1372), received a licence to crenellate in February 1347/8, together with Stafford Castle, "and to make castles of them".[1] Red Sandstone ashlar blocks with external doorway with portcullis groove and chamfered arch at its north end. This fragment is believed to have formed part of the 1st Earl's castle, namely the west external wall and gateway[2]
Madeley Old Manor and parkland, with mediaeval fishpond

Madeley Old Manor (in the 14th century Madeley Castle), was a medieval fortified manor house in the parish of Madeley, Staffordshire. It is now a ruin, with only fragments of its walls remaining. The remnants have Grade II listed building status and the site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.[3] The Tudor manor house is illustrated by Michael Burghers as it appeared in 1686 in Plot's History of Staffordshire, together with the formal gardens and a later east frontage.[4] It is situated a short distance to the south of Heighley Castle, a mediaeval seat of the Audley family.

  1. ^ Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, new edition, vol. XII, p.175[volume & issue needed]
  2. ^ See listed building text [1]
  3. ^ English Heritage: photograph and architectural description of listed building
  4. ^ R. Plot, The Natural History of Stafford-shire (Oxford: printed at the theater, 1686), Table XVI, at p. 223. See Staffordshire Past Track, Madeley Manor House: engraving.