Wardley Hall

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Wardley Hall

Wardley Hall (Greater Manchester)
Wardley Hall
Shown within Greater Manchester
Building information
Town Wardley, Greater Manchester
Country England
Coordinates 53°30′55″N 2°21′57″W / 53.51522, -2.365749Coordinates: 53°30′55″N 2°21′57″W / 53.51522, -2.365749
Completion date c. 1500
Style Medieval

Wardley Hall is an early medieval manor house and a Grade I listed building in Wardley, Greater Manchester (grid reference SD757021).[1] There has been a moat on the site since at least 1292. The current hall dates from around 1500 but was extensively rebuilt in the 19th and 20th centuries. The 1894 restoration was carried out by John Douglas.[2] The building is timber framed with a slate roof.[1]

The skull of St Ambrose Barlow, one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales, is preserved in a niche at the top of the main staircase.[3] He was hung, drawn and quartered at Lancaster on 10 September 1641 after confessing to being a Catholic priest.

Wardley Hall serves as the official residence of the Roman Catholic Bishops of Salford.

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  1. ^ a b Wardley Hall. Images of England. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
  2. ^ Hartwell, Clare; Matthew Hyde, Nikolaus Pevsner (2004). The Buildings of England: Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East. New Haven: Yale University Press, 673. ISBN 0 300 10583 5. 
  3. ^ Wardley Hall. Images of England. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
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