High Legh Broad Oak Farm

Has been described as a Questionable Fortified Manor House

There are earthwork remains

NameHigh Legh Broad Oak Farm
Alternative Names
Historic CountryCheshire
Modern AuthorityCheshire
1974 AuthorityCheshire
Civil ParishHigh Legh

Grade II listed late C17 house with early C19 additions. It is brick with stone dressings and a stone slate roof. There is also a possible moat and a number of features, including a duck pond that may have been connected. The surviving fabric suggests the site may originally have been a semi-fortified manor. (Cheshire HER)

Gatehouse Comments

Nothing in Ormerod's history suggests this site as of particular high status. There seems no reason to believe this site is different from the numerous homesteads moats in the area and this appears to be a loose use of the term 'fortified manor house'.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

This is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law

Historic England Scheduled Monument Number
Historic England Listed Building number(s)
Images Of England
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSJ709846
Latitude53.3574485778809
Longitude-2.43763995170593
Eastings370900
Northings384600
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Books

  • Ormerod, G., 1819, History of the County Palatine and city of Chester (London) Vol. 2 p. 350-55 (tenurial history) online copy