Ince Grange

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Ince Manor; Ins; Jus

In the civil parish of Ince.
In the historic county of Cheshire (Modern Authority of Cheshire, 1974 county of Cheshire).

Remains of a Benedictine monastic grange of C13/C15. Alleged moat, fishponds surviving as earthworks. Two rectangular blocks in roughly coursed sandstone form the two sides of the courtyard, slate roof. North wall partly rebuilt after a fire in the late C19. In 1399 the Licence to crenellate the manor house was granted. The hall is of earlyC15 and the domestic range probably belongs to the late C13/C14. A licence crenellate was obtained in 1399 and repeated in 1410, but probably not acted upon on either occasion.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Major remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.
This site is a Grade 1 listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 56301)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SJ44957655

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 69558

Books

Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p477
Lewis, J., 1994, Ince Manor, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
de Figueiredo, P. and Treuherz, J., 1988, Cheshire Country Houses (Chichester: Phillimore) p245-6
Thompson, Patience, 1983, Ince Manor: medieval monastic buildings on the Mersey Marshes (Cheshire monographs 5)
Platt, C., 1969, The Monastic Grange in Medieval England p210
Burne, R.V.H., 1962, The Monks of Chester. The History of St Werburgh's Abbey
Slater, F.G., 1919, A Cheshire Parish: being a short history of Ince
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p219, 420

Journal Articles

1984, Moated Sites Research Group report Vol11 p32
Davey, P.J. and Williams, S.R., 1975, Cheshire Archaeological Bulletin pp25-28

Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)

Calendar of Patent Rolls (1396-99) p552
Calendar of Patent Rolls (1408-13) p160

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*The listed building may not be the actual medieval building, but a building on the site of, or incorporating fragments of, the described site.

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