Introduction
The grounds of Knypersley Hall are now a country park. The 19th-century formal garden remains, and there are remains of a pool and rockwork. The kitchen garden is in use as a garden centre.
The hall is a Grade II* listed building in private ownership. It has been sub-divided into residential apartments. The Grade II-listed Coach House and stable blocks also remain, and have also been converted for domestic use.
The site itself is now a country park, but the formal garden survives only in poor condition. The large kitchen garden is now in use as a garden centre. Nonetheless, the pool and rockwork are still evident. Coach house and stable block still stand (1999).
The gardens are significant as the earliest example of John Bateman's work.
- History
Knypersley Manor was the country seat of the de Knypersley, Bowyer, and Gresley families.
In the 18th century the Bowyers took down the old manor house, replacing it with a substantial mansion of three storeys and seven bays. Some degree of remodelling was undertaken around 1847, including the removal of the upper storey.
In about 1809, the Gresley family sold the estate to John Bateman (the celebrated horticulturist). Bateman started to work on the gardens but in the early 1840s he moved on to bigger things, designing the estate at nearby Biddulph Grange.
- Features & Designations
Features
- Pond
- Earliest Date:
- Latest Date:
- Kitchen Garden
- Description: The large kitchen garden is now in use as a garden centre.
- Stable Block
- Description: The coach house and stable block remain.
- Key Information
Type
Country Estate
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Mansion House
Survival
Extant
Open to the public
Yes
Civil Parish
Biddulph
- References
References
- White, W. {History, gazetteer, and directory of Shropshire; comprising a general survey of the county, etc} (Sheffield, 1851), ref: John Bateman Esq.
- Plot, R. {The Natural History of the County of Staffordshire} (Oxford: The Theatre, 1686), p106, 19C.