Description

MADELEY MADELEY COURT LANE
1.
5362 Madeley Court

SJ 60NE 31/492

II* GV

2.
Mainly C16 with traces of C13 fabric. Built as a grange to Wenlock Priory. At
the Dissolution bought in 1553 by Sir Robert Brooke, Speaker in the House of Commons,
and stayed in the Brooke family until early C19. Tenanted by Abraham Darby I from
1709 until his death. Large ashlar house, at time of survey (1980) being restored.
Tiled roofs with gables with parapet coping. Large brick shafted chimney stacks.
Two-storeys and attics. L-shaped on plan, originally on west wing as well. The
north-west hall range extensively rebuilt. Gabled stone attic windows with finials.
Large stone mullion transom windows with dripmoulds. Early C17 stone porch to right
hand of hall range with moulded round arch and ornate gables with volutes, pediments
and strapwork foliage decoration.
The east wing contains large C16 timber newel staircase and rooms with bolection
moulded panelling and chimney piece.

Listing NGR: SJ6954905153

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Madeley Court at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17549433

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)