Upper House, Madeley
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Upper House, Madeley
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 7 Apr 2018
A building with something of a history. It has roughly three separately-identifiable periods to it; the first being an early 17th century, timber framed core (probably 1620s) on the west side, which was built by the Royalist sympathiser Francis Wolfe, a local mining and ironworks industrialist. In the 18th, this 2.5 storey wing was added, and then later in the same century a couple of extensions to the back. The whole place was Grade II listed https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101208668 & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1208668 in 1983, but is currently awaiting the next phase of its life, after most recent use as local court. It is looking somewhat forlorn in early 2018. Update August 2020. Planning permission has been granted for 'sensitive conversion' of the property into eight flats. This should save the place from further deterioration as a result of neglect, vandalism and inappropriate alteration.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.634506
Longitude
-2.452101