Description:Sited adjacent to St Nicholas' Church, Mavesyn Ridware the Old Hall is a Georgian style house which is Grade II* listed. It was built in 1718 and has later 18th and 19th century additions. Close by is the 14th century Grade I listed gatehouse.
The Rev. Grice-Hutchinson and his wife lived in the Old Hall from soon after their marriage in 1910 until their departure for his ministry in British Columbia, Canada in 1913.
This picture is from an album of photographs taken by Thomas Harvey Boycott (1876-1949) who lived with his widowed mother, Fanny Maria, whose family had lived at Handsacre Hall as farmers, together with his unmarried aunt, Sarah Elizabeth Harvey. Harvey was a Clerk at Lichfield District Probate Court and a skilled amateur photographer. The album was a parting gift from Harvey and his mother to the Rev. R.E. Grice-Hutchinson (1885-1976) who was Curate of Armitage with Pipe Ridware 1909-1913.