Situated just outside of the town of Congleton, Cheshire. Little Moreton Hall is an amazing looking Tudor house. With lovely gardens, a great moat and some well preserved paintings it would stand with a lot of national trust estates in it's offerings. What makes Little Moreton Hall stand out is it's delightfully chaotic, almost ramshackle appearance. Floors are wonky, buildings are anything but asymmetrical and the whole thing is amazing.
Built by the wealthy Moreton family in the early 1500's. There is very little known about these first few years. Building themselves up after the chaos of the Black Death they seemed keen to show off their wealth and status. This ran until the Civil War where they chose to back the Royalists, which obviously didn't pan out very well. Losing status and wealth actually meant the building was left in it's original state, rather than modernised through the years.
As well as the unusual archetecture, I was also fascinated by the ritual protection or witch marks around the house. Some 250 of these have been found and I will do a video on these later for my Five Minute Folklore playlist.
The site is well paved and a short walk from the car park. All the ground floor areas are general good accesability for all. Although the upper floors will not be available to anyone in a wheel chair. There is a cafe, shop and toilets on site.
Here is the national trust site for the hall - www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visi...
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