Baguley Hall, Manchester: The Structural Development of a Cheshire Manor House

Abstract

Baguley Hall near Manchester has long been recognized as one of the finest surviving medieval halls in the north-west of England. As a part of an extensive English Heritage programme of repair to the standing structure, opportunity was taken to make a more detailed study of its timber-framing and also to excavate within and immediately outside the building. As a result, this paper seeks to modify the existing published accounts of the hall's timberwork, outline its likely structural sequence, and provide details of the aisled hall that preceded it.