Wardley Hall

Wardley Hall

Infobox Historic building


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Wardley Hall is an early medieval manor house and a Grade I listed building in Wardley area of Worsley, in Greater Manchester (gbmapping|SD757021).cite web |title=Wardley Hall |url=http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=44262|publisher=Images of England |accessdate=2008-01-14] 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. [cite book | last =Hartwell | first =Clare | authorlink = | coauthors =Matthew Hyde, Nikolaus Pevsner | title =The Buildings of England: Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East |edition= | publisher =Yale University Press | date =2004 | location =New Haven | pages =673 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =0 300 10583 5 ] The building is timber framed with a slate roof.

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. [cite web |title=Wardley Hall |publisher=Images of England |url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=400052&mode=quick |accessdate=2008-01-22] 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.

ee also

*Grade I listed buildings in Greater Manchester

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