Despite the stout defence put up by Robert Tatton and his fellow Royalists, the defenders were overwhelmed by the Roundheads' superior weaponry.

The building was badly damaged in an arson attack in March 2016; the hall finally reopened to visitors in September 2022 after extensive repairs.

[2] A pre-1300 charter mentions an enclosed deer park in Wythenshawe where the Tatton family owned land in 1297.

There was interest from Manchester Corporation, who wanted land to build a garden suburb,[10] ostensibly to rehouse tenants from slum clearance.

[25] By 2004 the hall was only open once a week for four months in the year[26] and in 2010 closed completely[6] as a result of council spending cuts.

[29] A friends group was established in September 2012 to hold monthly open days and regular events at the hall.

[6][30] Furniture installed by the friends group (including a four-poster bed engraved with the Tatton family crest) was not damaged by the fire.

The park contains a mix of woodland, bedding, borders, grassland and meadows,[32] sports and games facilities, and Wythenshawe community farm and a horticulture centre[33] North Lodge, the Grade II listed gate lodge on the park's northern boundary was built in the Tudor style in the mid to late 19th century.

[34] Facing the hall stands a 7.16-metre (23.5 ft)-tall bronze statue of Oliver Cromwell on a granite plinth and pedestal, sculpted by Matthew Noble in 1875.