Stanlawe Grange in

Aigburth Aigburth () is a suburb of Liverpool, England. Located to the south of the city, it is bordered by Dingle, Garston, Mossley Hill, and Toxteth. Etymology The name Aigburth comes from Old Norse ''eik'' and ''berg'', meaning ''oak-tree hill''. T ...

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, is the remains of a 13th-century

monastic grange Monastic granges were outlying landholdings held by monasteries independent of the manorial system. The first granges were owned by the Cistercians and other orders followed. Wealthy monastic houses had many granges, most of which were largely a ...

. Little remains of the original

cruck frame A cruck or crook frame is a curved timber, one of a pair, which support the roof of a building, historically used in England and Wales. This type of timber framing consists of long, generally naturally curved, timber members that lean inwards and ...

structure. It has been constantly changed and now is a small sandstone structure.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20070929134332/http://www.btinternet.com/~m.royden/mrlhp/local/monastic/mondoc.htm Grade II* listed buildings in Liverpool {{Merseyside-struct-stub