Middleton Hall

1 Middleton Hall. Some remains of the original 12th century house survive; there is one small round-headed window surviving in the 0.9m W wall towards the courtyard. It is impossible to see how far the original masonry extends. The part identified included a chamber 8.5m long from N-S by 3.9m which was subsequently divided up by partitions and furnished with upper floors. It has been suggested that this was a chapel, but it is more probable that is was a hall. A cross-passage later divided the chamber into two. A chapel was added to the N (PRN 118). Presumably the earlier great hall was W of the chapel. Many additions have been made to the building in Post Medieval and later times. Information on the manor exists from 1086.
3 1967: The Norman window is almost entirely blocked outside. It is in the lower storey of a dilapidated Medieval stone building. 1976: Middleton Hall and outbuildings are derelict and in an advanced state of decay.
7 A small scale excavation produced information for a possible floor surface.
8 Outline study and conservation plan.
9 Detailed study and proposed conservation document.
10 Note.
11 Letters from the CPRE relating to the study document.
12 Dendrochronology successfully dated several of the phases of building in order to inform a conservation plan, with felling dates of various timbers indicating a date range of 1530-1718 AD.