Biddulph Grange

Very close to Little Moreton Hall is Biddulph Grange.

The house which started from a Victorian rectory. The Bateman's bought and created the garden. The house burnt down and was rebuilt in 1896. The house had various owners and purposes and the gardens decayed. Until 1991 it was an Orthopaedic Hospital.

The National Trust acquired the property in 1988 and have fully restored the gardens and the house are now apartments.

This one part of the house you see and you can have tea here....  I went to the tea room.

Little Moreton Hall

Isn't typical, weeks of sunshine then you go on holiday and it rains!!

I did get up as early as expected so didn't get to the church I hoped for, still may get it Monday.

I went first to Little Moreton Hall. The house is a half timbered moated manor house parts of which date to 1504. It was built upon by the Moreton family until 1610. The floors are totally uneven and makes you  think you had drunk too much!!

There is little original furniture in the house but it is a fascinating building to walk around. The gardens were long abandoned and the NT have replanted in a Tudor style.

Toilet!!

The fireplace looks at angle but it is the only straight thing!

On a nice day I would have sat and read but onward and upwards alas !