ERDINGTON HALL

ABOUT THIS MONUMENT

+ / -

EH Visitor Information
Related Monuments
Related Text
Investigation History

More Pictures
Modern Map
Old Map
Aerial Photograph

Monument Types
Sources
Thesaurus
Description

DESCRIPTION

+ / -

The site of a house, strongly fortified by a double moat, on the front and two other sides. The river served as defence at the back. A documentary source refers to a chapel within the moat. No trace remains of either hall or moat. The last hall on the site was built in the 17th century (possibly the second half of that century) and demolished in 1912 during the construction of a road. Images of the hall from a private collection show it to have been a three storey brick building with steep gabled roofs and curved "shaped" gables parralel to the roof; there was a lower two storey gabled wing. There was some debate in the press in the early 20th century as to whether it incorporated earlier architectural features from an earlier medieval house and also speculation as to whether this was the site of a Saxon- and then medieval manor house indicated in Doomesday and later baronial court records.

DETAIL

+ / -

MORE INFORMATION & SOURCES

+ / -

[SP 10999008. ]Erdington Hall [GT] (site of) (1)

"ERDINGTON HALL occupies the site of the old mansion of the De ERDINGTONS, and presents externally the characteristics of Charles II's time. The entrance is by a bridge over the long since dried-up moat." (2)

Mentioned Ed. IV. It was strongly fortified by a double moat, on the front and two other sides. The river served as defence at the back. There was an ancient chapel within the moat mentioned to John. (3)

No trace remains of either hall or moat. The (published) site of the hall occurs in the centre of an arterial roadway. The area to the south of this (between it and the canal) is occupied by disused workshops. To the north, the area is absorbed in housing development.
(4)

Noted as the site of a possible castle by Cathcart King. (5)

Erdington Hall: the last hall on the site was built in the 17th century and demolished in 1912 during the construction of a road. Images of the hall from a private collection show it to have been a brick built three storey building with steep gabled roofs and curved "shaped" gables parralel to the roof; there was a lower two storey gabled wing. There was some debate in the press in the early 20th century as to whether it incorporated earlier architectural features from an earlier medieval house and also speculation as to whether this was the site of a Saxon- and then medieval manor house indicated in Doomesday and later baronial court records. (6)

SOURCE TEXT

( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

O.S. 6' 1921

( 2) Birmingham and Midland Institute, Birmingham Archaeological Society transactions, excursions and reports

(Article by Mr. Allen E. Everit) 1880-1881 Page(s)4

( 3) General reference

Ants. of Warwick 1656 (Dugdale). Reprint of B'ham & Aston parts, 1851, p.15. (Carter)

( 4) Field Investigators Comments

F1 DAD 18-JAN-60

(5) David J Cathcart King 1983 Castellarium anglicanum : an index and bibliography of the castles in England, Wales and the Islands. Volume II : Norfolk-Yorkshire and the islands

Page(s)486

(6) Externally held archive reference

Newspaper clippings: Daily Mail 13-DEC-1909, unidentified newspapers partly dated 1912, 1921, authors and page numbers not known; postcards and photographs in private collection.

MONUMENT TYPES

+ / -

COMMENTS

+ / -

Please help us keep our information accurate let us know if you see any errors on this page.

Further information about monuments may be obtained by contacting NMR Enquiry and Research Services , through the English Heritage website.

EH Prints
English Heritage
Heritage Explorer
Heritage Gateway
Images of England
NMR
ViewFinder