Haseley Manor (Warwickshire)

Haseley Manor is a Grade II-listed country house in Haseley, Warwickshire, England.

Haseley Manor
Haseley Manor in the 1970s
General information
LocationHaseley, Warwickshire, England
Construction started1875 (1875)
Completed1878 (1878)
Design and construction
ArchitectWilliam Young
Perspective view and ground plan, published in The Building News, 16 July 1875

Architecture

The 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

In 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 is 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
  1. "1878 – Haseley Manor, Warwickshire". Archiseek - Irish Architecture. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  2. Historic England. "HASELEY MANOR, Beausale, Haseley, Honiley and Wroxall (1035207)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  3. "Haseley Manor". Our Warwickshire. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  4. Knowsley, Jo (19 November 2018). "Historic Hasley Manor in Warwickshire is having a makeover". Metro Newspaper UK. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  5. "Former resident of Haseley Hall in Warwickshire speaks of 'brutal regime'". Sunday Mercury. 29 May 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  6. "Uffculme Open Air School, Moseley". Former Childrens Homes. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  7. "B. M. C. College - Haseley Manor; Basics Consolidation Course". The National Archives. 12 January 1966. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  8. Nicholls, Ian (11 March 2013). "History : The complete BMH story - Part One". AROnline. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  9. "ATV Today: 22.10.1981: Leyland". MACE Archive. 23 June 2017.
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