Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Throwley Old Hall, a ruined stately home, stands near Calton village and the River Manifold in north-east Staffordshire, England. A Grade II listed building and scheduled monument, it’s privately owned.
Aligned north-east/south-west, the house features two storeys and a three-storey square tower attached to the north-east corner. S. C. Hall’s mid-19th-century description of the intact house paints a picture of its limestone construction, quoined with larger gritstones, and its timeworn appearance. The eastern gables, large bayed windows with stone mullions and depressed arches, and the strong square tower evoke the 16th century, the era of its construction. By 1921, the building’s condition mirrored its current state.
The Meverell and Cromwell families have a storied connection to Throwley Old Hall. Sampson Erdeswicke, a 16th-century writer, praised it as a “fair ancient house” and “goodly demesne” belonging to the Meverells, a distinguished family of gentlemen and prosperous landowners. Oliver de Meverell settled here by 1203, and the surviving building dates from the early 16th century. Robert Meverell, the last Meverell at Throwley Hall, passed away on 5 February 1626. His remains, along with his wife Elizabeth’s, are interred in the Church of the Holy Cross, Ilam. An inscription on their tomb reveals that their only child married Thomas Lord Cromwell, Viscount Lecale, later Earl of Ardglass, a descendant of Henry VIII’s minister Thomas Cromwell.
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Throwley Old Hall, a ruined stately home, stands near Calton village and the River Manifold in north-east Staffordshire, England. A Grade II listed building and scheduled monument, it’s privately owned.
Aligned north-east/south-west, the house features two storeys and a three-storey square tower attached to the north-east corner. S. C. Hall’s mid-19th-century description of the intact house paints a picture of its limestone construction, quoined with larger gritstones, and its timeworn appearance. The eastern gables, large bayed windows with stone mullions and depressed arches, and the strong square tower evoke the 16th century, the era of its construction. By 1921, the building’s condition mirrored its current state.
The Meverell and Cromwell families have a storied connection to Throwley Old Hall. Sampson Erdeswicke, a 16th-century writer, praised it as a “fair ancient house” and “goodly demesne” belonging to the Meverells, a distinguished family of gentlemen and prosperous landowners. Oliver de Meverell settled here by 1203, and the surviving building dates from the early 16th century. Robert Meverell, the last Meverell at Throwley Hall, passed away on 5 February 1626. His remains, along with his wife Elizabeth’s, are interred in the Church of the Holy Cross, Ilam. An inscription on their tomb reveals that their only child married Thomas Lord Cromwell, Viscount Lecale, later Earl of Ardglass, a descendant of Henry VIII’s minister Thomas Cromwell.
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The content I create is regularly featured on live drone shows around the world.
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