Moss Hall, Audlem, is a

manor house A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals w ...

north-west of

Audlem Audlem is a village and civil parish located in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in North West England, approximately south of Nantwich. Close to the border with the neighbouring county of Shropshire, t ...

, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the

National Heritage List for England The National Heritage List for England (NHLE) is England's official database of protected heritage assets. It includes details of all English listed buildings, scheduled monuments, register of historic parks and gardens, protected shipwrecks, a ...

as a designated Grade I-

listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

. The Hall overlooks the Shropshire Union Canal. Moss Hall was built in 1616 for Hugh Massey, then owned by Edward Legh of

Baguley Hall Baguley Hall is a 14th-century timber-framed building in Baguley, Greater Manchester (), North West England. A former country house, historically in Cheshire, it is now Grade I-listed and a Scheduled Ancient Monument. History The current h ...

. It is

timber-framed Timber framing (german: Holzfachwerk) and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large woode ...

with rendered infill, and

close studded Close studding is a form of timber work used in timber-framed buildings in which vertical timbers ( studs) are set close together, dividing the wall into narrow panels. Rather than being a structural feature, the primary aim of close studding is to ...

with a middle rail to both floors. It is in two storeys with attics, and has a plain tile roof. The entrance front has five bays with four

gable A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used, which reflects climate, material availability, and aesth ...

s. The house is nearly symmetrical, is E-shaped, and is set on an ashlar

plinth A pedestal (from French ''piédestal'', Italian ''piedistallo'' 'foot of a stall') or plinth is a support at the bottom of a statue, vase, column, or certain altars. Smaller pedestals, especially if round in shape, may be called socles. In ...

. In its centre is a two-storey

d porch wing, which is a later addition. The first floor is

jettied Jettying (jetty, jutty, from Old French ''getee, jette'') is a building technique used in medieval timber-frame buildings in which an upper floor projects beyond the dimensions of the floor below. This has the advantage of increasing the avail ...

and supported on carved brackets. It has been described as "a surprisingly complete example of a gentleman's house of the early 17th century".

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Grade I listed buildings in Cheshire Houses completed in 1616 Country houses in Cheshire Grade I listed houses Timber framed buildings in Cheshire 1616 establishments in England {{UK-listed-building-stub

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