Description

MANCHESTER

SJ89SE SLADE LANE, Longsight
698-1/9/737 (East side)
25/02/52 Slade Hall
(Formerly Listed as:
SLADE LANE, Levenshulme
(East side)
Slade Hall)

II*

Small manor house, now Housing Association offices. Dated 1585
over doorway; enlarged, restored and altered. Timber frame on
stone plinth, brick additions to rear, slate roof.
Hall-and-crosswing plan, with porch in angle, C19 wing added
to right of original wing. Two low storeys, the upper floor
and the gables jettied; stud-and-rail framing with much
herring-bone bracing in zig-zag patterns and some quatrefoil
panels. The wide porch has a doorway to the right with studded
door and strap hinges, 2 of the studs to the coving above
inscribed "1585" and "ES", two 4-light wooden mullioned
casements at 1st floor with a quatrefoil between, small
diamond panelling in the gable painted as quatrefoils (and
probably C19), and a restored gable finial; its left side has
glazing inserted in 2 of the diagonal panels between the
braces. The hall-range to the left has a large 14-light
mullion-and-transom window (restored), a 3-light window
immediately to the right, and a 10-light mullion-and-transom
window at 1st floor. The gable of the crosswing to the right
has projected mullion-and-transom windows of 10 lights at
ground floor and 12 lights at 1st floor, an inserted
mullion-and-transom window to the left of that at ground
floor, and a king-post gable truss with raked struts.
Interior: altered, but has some exposed timber framing and at
1st floor unusually extensive moulded plaster friezes
including shields of Arms with supporters (Arms of Elizabeth
and of "ES"), stag-hunting scenes (etc).

Listing NGR: SJ8701794889

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Slade Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7538455

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