Introduction
The Hayes is a mid-17th-century, cruciform stone building of some pretension (with later additions). It may be a hunting lodge. Associated gardens were recorded up until the 1960s.
The Hayes is a high quality, mid-17th-century, stone building of cruciform plan, with later additions. In 1961 the garden contained a row of 21 (of an original 22) ancient yew trees, under which was a walk known as the Monk's Walk. East of the house was the site of a large pool, filled in in the 1880s. The current situation is unclear.
- History
While reputedly (and quite conceivably) once a hunting lodge, this is not substantiated by any of the surviving documentary evidence, which begins in 1577. In later years, gardens with wooded areas were associated with the building.
- Features & Designations
Features
- Pool
- Latest Date:
- Key Information
Survival
Part: standing remains
Civil Parish
Oswestry
- References
References
- Stamper, P. {Historic Parks and Gardens of Shropshire} Shrewsbury: Shropshire Books (1996, p. 19).
- {Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological Society} 56 (1957-60), 295-307
- Anon. 1986. {List of Historic Buildings: Oswestry Borough}, (Shropshire Record Office, p.46).