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Broad Oak Farm, High Legh

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

SMR record reads "Grade II listed late C17 house with early C19 additions. It is brick with stone dressings and a stone slate roof. There is also a possible moat and a number of features, including a duck pond that may have been connected. The surviving fabric suggests the site may originally have been a semi-fortified manor." I can see no reason to believe this site is different from the numerous homesteads moats in the area and this appears to be a loose use of the term 'fortified manor house'.

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


This site is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 58532)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SJ709846

Modern Map fromOrdnance Survey logo

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from streetmap logo

Good for general location

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County Sites and Monuments Record number; 1266/1

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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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This record last updated on Friday, April 6, 2007

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