Haseley Manor is a Grade II-listed English country house in Haseley, Warwickshire, England.
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_Victoria_Albert_Museum_London_to_Coventry_8_00480_(48324561012).jpg) Haseley Manor in the 1970s | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Haseley, Warwickshire, England |
| Construction started | 1875 |
| Completed | 1878 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | William Young |
Architecture
editThe house was built from 1875 to 1878, to designs by the architect William Young, for Alfred Hewlett, a coal merchant from Lancashire.[1] It has walls of rock-faced stone and plain tile roofs, and is in the Gothic and Elizabethan styles,[2][3] including a Gothic turret.[4] It has been Grade II listed since January 1987, giving it legal protection from unauthorised alterations or demolition.[2]
Uses
editIn 1930, the house was acquired by the Birmingham Society for the Care of Invalid Children, and put to use as a convalescent home and hospital school for girls.[5] It was then purchased by Birmingham Education Authority[6] and, from 1941, became Haseley Hall Residential Open-Air School For Boys,[5] and was used as a children's home and orphanage.[5]
At some subsequent point it was owned by W & T Avery. By the mid-1960s, it was being used as staff college by the British Motor Corporation,[7][8] and its nationalised successor, British Leyland.[9] It was next used as a business and conference centre.[1]
It was acquired subsequently by Spitfire Bespoke Homes who subdivided and converted it into a number of private residences, completed circa 2018, including thirteen one, two and three-bedroom apartments.[4] An additional nine residences, including three garden villas and five terraced houses, were created in its grounds.[4] The project architects were Lapworth Architects.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "1878 – Haseley Manor, Warwickshire". Archiseek - Irish Architecture. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ a b Historic England. "HASELEY MANOR, Beausale, Haseley, Honiley and Wroxall (1035207)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "Haseley Manor". Our Warwickshire. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d Knowsley, Jo (19 November 2018). "Historic Hasley Manor in Warwickshire is having a makeover". Metro Newspaper UK. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ a b c "Former resident of Haseley Hall in Warwickshire speaks of 'brutal regime'". Sunday Mercury. 29 May 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "Uffculme Open Air School, Moseley". Former Childrens Homes. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "B. M. C. College - Haseley Manor; Basics Consolidation Course". The National Archives. 12 January 1966. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ Nicholls, Ian (11 March 2013). "History : The complete BMH story - Part One". AROnline. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "ATV Today: 22.10.1981: Leyland". MACE Archive. 23 June 2017.
External links
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- Haseley Manor, Warwick – includes aerial footage