Saighton Grange

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Salghton

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

Of the original fabric only a square gatehouse remains dated 1490; it is not of any military character. Residential grange of the abbots of Chester for which a licence to 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.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.

listed building

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The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SJ443618

PastScape number; 69318

Books

Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p569
de Figueiredo, P. and Treuherz, J., 1988, Cheshire Country Houses (Chichester: Phillimore) p159-160
Pevsner, Nikolaus and Hubbard, Edward, 1971, The Buildings of England: Cheshire (Harmondsworth) p329
Knowles, David and Hadcock, R. Neville, 1971, Medieval religious houses in England and Wales (Longmans)
Ormerod, G., 1882 [2edn], History of the County Palatine and city of Chester (London) Vol2 p770
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p219, 420

Journal Articles

Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1967, 'Masonry castles in Wales and the Marches: a list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol116 p71-132
1958 May/June, Cheshire Life
1908, Country Life Vol23 p738-47
Ayrton, W., 1849, Journal of the Cheshire Archaeological Society Vol1 p115-23

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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Saighton Grange

Of the original fabric only a square gatehouse remains dated 1490; it is not of any military character. Residential grange of the abbots of Chester for which a licence to crenellate was obtained in 1399 and repeated in 1410, but probably not acted upon on either occasion.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SJ443618

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