Old Manor Farm, Marple

Building in Greater Manchester, England

53°23′42″N 2°05′31″W / 53.3949°N 2.092°W / 53.3949; -2.092Completedc. 15th centuryTechnical detailsStructural systemTimber-framedDesignations

Listed Building – Grade II*

Official nameOld Manor FarmDesignated20 December 1967Reference no.1242469

Old Manor Farm is a 15th-century hall in Marple, Stockport, historically in Cheshire, now within Greater Manchester, England (grid reference SJ945885). Built in the 15th century, it has had additions made in the 16th, 17th and 20th centuries. Called "one of the finest existing examples of a small medieval manor house in Lancashire or Cheshire",^[1] it is a Grade II* listed building.^[2]

Marple has five nationally important buildings, listed by English Heritage as either Grade I or Grade II. One of these is Old Manor Farm, tucked away above the Marple Brook which runs in the valley near Dan Bank. Described by Pevsner as "a small medieval manor house, the central part timber-framed, probably 15th century, with a two-bay hall of cruck construction. Later wings were added, the service wing of stone, the other half-timber." Its importance was recognised in 1951 when it was featured in Cheshire Life magazine as one of the "Homes of Cheshire".^[3]

References

^ Singleton, W. A. (1952). Traditional House-Types in Rural Lancashire and Cheshire. Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. p. 89.
^ Historic England. "Old Manor Farm (Grade II*) (1242469)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
^ "Old Manor Farm - Marple Local History Society". marplelocalhistorysociety.org.uk. Marple Local History Society. Retrieved 12 August 2023.