Mellor Hall
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| Mellor Hall | |
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  Location within Greater Manchester | |
| General information | |
| Location | Mellor, Greater Manchester, England |
| Coordinates | 53°23′59″N 2°01′18″W / 53.3998°N 2.0218°W |
| Completed | 1688 |
| Design and construction | |
| Designations | |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Official name | Mellor Hall and Mellor Hall Farmhouse |
| Designated | 20 December 1967 |
| Reference no. | 1241992 |
Mellor Hall is a country house in Mellor, Greater Manchester, England, 0.4 miles (0.64 km) north of the Devonshire Arms off Longhurst Lane.
The completion date of the present hall is thought to be 1688. The hall and the adjoining farmhouse, dated to 1691 and originally a smithy, has been designated by Historic England as a Grade II* listed building.[1]
Mellor Hall was historically the seat of the Mellor family from the 15th century, and afterwards belonged to the Radcliffes.[2] In 1686 James Chetham purchased the Mellor and Botham Hall estates in Mellor from Susanna Radcliffe, daughter of William Radcliffe.[3] It is believed that he ordered a rebuilding of the previous manor house; the year 1688 has been mentioned as the year of completion of the hall and 1691 as the year of completion of the farmhouse, which appears to have been used originally as a smithy.[1] His great-grandson, Thomas Chetham of Highgate, Middlesex, sold the Botham Hall estate in 1787 to local cotton magnate Samuel Oldknow, and the Mellor Hall estate to Ralph Bridge in about 1797.[2] Bridge's son was using the hall as a farmhouse as of 1819.[2]
On 20 December 1967, the house was Grade II* listed.[1] In 1978 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council established the Mellor/Moorend Conservation Area on the border of Stockport and Derbyshire, which incorporates the hamlet of Moorend and outlying farms Longshaw Clough and Podnor, settlements at the end of Longhurst Lane, including Brook Bottom and Lower Hall and St Thomas' Church and Mellor Hall.[4] The conservation area was extended in 2007.
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