Maple Hayes

Maple Hayes is late 18th century manor house, now occupied by a special needs school, near Lichfield, Staffordshire.

In 1786 his great nephew sold the estate to George Addams a wine merchant of Lichfield.

In a plain Georgian style the house was of three storeys, five bays and a central porched entrance, and with single-storey wings.

Addams sold in 1804 to John Atkinson (High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1828) and thereafter the house had a series of owners and tenants including Sir Thomas Fremantle Bt, his brother in law Sir James Fitzgerald Bt, and from 1851 Samuel Pole Shawe (High Sheriff in 1855).

In 1951 the house was acquired by Staffordshire County Council as a boarding facility for King Edward VI School (Lichfield).