Description

MANCHESTER

SJ89NE ASHTON NEW ROAD, Beswick And Clayton
698-1/5/526 (North side)
25/02/52 Clayton Hall
(Formerly Listed as:
ASHTON NEW ROAD, Clayton
Ashton Hall)

GV II*

Remains of manor house, now two dwellings. Probably C15,
altered in C16 and C17, partly rebuilt or enlarged in C18 and
restored c.1900 and in C20. Red brick, some timber framing,
stone slate roofs. Linear plan in 2 parts on north-south axis,
the C15 or C16 southern half of 2 bays and single-depth plus a
front corridor, and the later portion to the left double-depth
and double-fronted. Two storeys, 3+3 windows. The earlier
portion is of square-panelled timber-framing at 1st floor,
probably formerly jettied but the ground floor rebuilt or
enclosed in brick, and has a short gabled stair-turret offset
right of centre with a bellcote on the ridge; the ground floor
has a simple doorway to the left of the wing and a 2-light
casement left of this; the upper floor has 3 wooden mullioned
windows with diamond-pattern leaded glazing, 5 lights in the
gable of the wing, 4 lights to the left, and 3 lights to the
right, and a jettied gable with kingpost and raked struts. The
right-hand gable wall has a very large external chimney stack
of squared sandstone blocks, finished or rebuilt in brick at
the top. The later portion to the left, of hand-made brick in
English garden wall bond with stone quoins, has a
segmental-headed doorway offset slightly left of centre with
quoined stone surround, C19 diamond-paned casement windows of
3 and 3 lights to the left, 4 and 4 lights to the right, and
4, 2 and 5 lights at 1st floor, all with raised sills and
rectangular stone lintels except that in the centre at 1st
floor which has a brick label; rainwater heads dated 1900; and
2 ridge chimneys. Rear: southern portion has small-panelled
timber-framing through both floors, and almost continuous
wooden mullioned windows on both floors (probably insertions
and recently restored). Interior: southern portion has
small-framed partition walls of unusually high quality, with
timbers of large scantling: an unusual longitudinal partition
making a front corridor, and the lateral partition, with
doorways which have nicked Tudor-arched lintels (including 2
blocked doorways at 1st floor of the partition); massive
wallplates, that in the rear wall with motices of former
wallposts and studs over the present windows; massive
arch-braces to the tie-beams; rectangular stone fireplace in
south gable wall with chamfered lintel (now blocked). Forms
group with bridge over moat to south.

Listing NGR: SJ8814198568

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Clayton Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5130230

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)