Description:Photograph shows the ruins of the old Madeley Manor. The mediaeval manor house of Madeley was rebuilt by the Offleys and it was illustrated in Dr Robert Plot’s Natural History of Staffordshire, published in 1686. The illustration shows a very fine house indeed with elaborate formal gardens. However, as the Offley-Crewes spent more and more of their time at Crewe Hall, so Madeley Manor fell into disrepair and it was demolished in 1793. Manor Farm was built from some of the building materials from the demolition.