Description:A postcard view of the Hall from the west. The present hall was built by the Macclesfield family, probably in the seventeenth century. The original Jacobean house can be seen to the right.
It was bought by Josiah Wedgwood II in 1805, after he was lent the money by his brother-in-law Robert Darwin (father of Charles). In 1845 William Davenport, the pottery manufacturer became the new owner. He made some alterations to the house with the building of a new morning room, billiard room and clock tower. Davenport also made significant practical improvements to the estate commissioning a road through to Maer Lodge, over which he had built a stone bridge to allow his family easier access to nearby St Peter's Church. In 1892 the house was bought by from the Davenport trustees by F.J. Harrison, a Liverpool ship owner who spent considerable money modernising the interior and installing electricity. The estate was broken up in 1963, after the death of his second daughter, Miss Jeanette Harrison, the then owner. The Hall was sold to Dr Michael Tellwright who succumbed to pressure from the Victorian Society to restore the building to its pre-1800 size and during the alterations the Clock Tower (which can be seen in the centre) was demolished. Most of the other houses and farms on the estate were bought by the existing tenants. Since 1980 the Hall has been owned by the Fradley family.
Postcard published by C.H. Deakin, 17 Market Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme.