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Clayton
Hall
is
a
15th-century
manor
house
on
Ashton
New
Road,
in
Clayton,
Manchester,
England.
It
is
hidden
behind
trees
in
a
small
park.
The
hall
is
a
Grade
II*
listed
building,
the
mound
on
which
it
is
built
is
a
scheduled
ancient
monument,
and
a
rare
example
of
a
medieval
moated
site
(grid
reference
SJ88099857).
The
hall
is
surrounded
by
a
moat,
making
an
island
66
m
by
74
m.
Alterations
were
made
to
the
hall
in
the
16th
and
17th
centuries,
and
it
was
enlarged
in
the
18th
century.
The
building
has
Georgian
and
Tudor
sections
which
form
the
remaining
western
wing
of
a
once
larger
complex.
The
hall
is
reached
across
the
moat
over
a
listed
stone
bridge,
thought
to
be
dated
around
the
late
17th
Century.
The
oldest
section
of
the
remaining
wing
of
Clayton
Hall
was
built
in
the
15th
century
on
the
site
of
a
12th-century
house
built
for
the
Clayton
family.
When
Cecilia
Clayton
married
Robert
de
Byron
in
1194
it
passed
to
the
Byron
family,
of
which
poet
Lord
Byron
was
a
later
member.
The
Byrons
lived
there
for
more
than
400
years
until
they
sold
it
for
£4,700
in
1620
to
London
merchants,
George
and
Humphrey
Chetham,
who
originated
from
Manchester.
George
Chetham
died
in
1625,
leaving
his
share
to
his
brother
Humphrey
Chetham,
who
later
died
at
the
Hall
in
1653.
Ownership
then
passed
to
his
nephew,
George
Chetham,
son
of
his
brother
James
and
part
of
Humphrey's
legacy
was
used
by
his
family
to
found
Chethams
School
and
Library
in
the
centre
of
Manchester,
close
to
the
Cathedral.
This
had
long
been
a
dream
of
Humphrey's,
as
depicted
in
one
of
artist,
Ford
Madox
Brown's,
Manchester
Murals
which
are
held
in
the
Great
Hall
of
Manchester
Town
Hall.
George
Chetham
was
High
Sheriff
in
1660
and
died
in
1664.
In
1666
James
Chetham
had
18
hearths
liable
for
hearth
tax,
making
it
the
largest
house
in
the
area.
Clayton
Hall
then
passed
to
Edward
Chetham,
and
from
him
to
his
sister
Alice,
who
had
married
Adam
Bland.
Their
daughter
Mary
married
Mordecai
Greene,
a
Spanish
merchant
and
their
only
son
James
was
MP
for
Arundel
in
1796
and
died
in
1814.
Clayton
Hall
then
passed
with
Turton
Tower,
the
other
Chetham,
seat
to
one
of
James'
five
daughters
Arabella
Penelope
Eliza
Greene,
who
had
married
banker
Peter
Richard
Hoare.
From
1863
to
1897
the
Hall
was
the
rented
to
Lomax
(1863–1867),
W.
H.
Burns
(1872–1890)
and
John
White
(1890–1897),
clergy
of
St
Cross
Church.
In
1897
the
Hall
was
sold
by
Charles
A.
R.
Hoare
to
Manchester
City
Corporation
and
it
was
restored
in
1900.
The
16th-century
part
of
the
Hall
was
rented
to
tenants.
The
18th-century
part
contained
the
dining
room,
kitchen,
larder,
scullery
and
pantry.
The
oldest
structure
on
the
site
is
the
sandstone
bridge
crossing
the
now
empty
moat.
Dating
from
the
late
medieval
era,
it
was
built
to
replace
the
original
wooden
drawbridge.
During
the
Civil
War,
Parliamentary
cavalry
were
stationed
there,
before
the
attack
on
Manchester.
Afterwards,
according
to
legend,
Oliver
Cromwell
was
said
to
have
spent
three
nights
there.
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