Madeley Court

The house is ashlar built in two storeys to an L-shaped plan and is a Grade II* listed building.

[4] In 1651 the house was occupied by a Roman Catholic, Francis Wolfe, when he received a visit from Charles II, accompanied by Richard Penderel, when escaping after the Battle of Worcester.

[7] In 1727 Basil Brooke died a minor and the manor was divided between his two sisters, Catherine and Rose.

The earliest part of the building dates from the 13th century and was occupied by a variety of tenants until John Brooke, son of Sir Robert, inherited it c.1572.

A large formal garden was created, surrounded by red brick walls, in which stands an elaborate sundial.

[10] Some repairs were made in 1904 but by the 1970s the hall range and garden walls were in a ruinous condition, the gatehouse was cracking and by 1977 none of the buildings were habitable.

In 1973 Telford Development Corporation embarked on a restoration project, making the house structurally sound and weatherproof in 1976–79 and later partly dismantling and rebuilding the gatehouse.