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

History

The current hall may be on the site of an earlier hall house, possibly dating from the 11th or 12th century.

Ownership

Baguley Hall was in the possession of the de Baguleys and later the Legh family for about 400 years. Sir William de Baguley's daughter, Isabel, married Sir John Legh of Booths, near Knutsford. Her son, Sir William Legh, succeeded and the estate remained in the possession of the Leghs until the latter part of the 17th century. The last male heir was Edward Legh who married Eleanor, daughter of William Tatton of Wythenshawe Hall. They had three daughters and Baguley was leased to the Viscounts Allen until 1749 when the estate was bought by Joseph Jackson of Rostherne, whose family married into the Leighs of West Hall, High Legh. Jackson left it in his will to the Revd Millington Massey from whom it was inherited by his daughter, before being conveyed by the trustees of her marriage settlement to Thomas William Tatton, via his son Thomas Egerton Tatton to Robert Henry Grenville Tatton. The hall was bought by Manchester Corporation in 1926. Since 1968, the building has been owned by HM Government. The Ministry of Works initiated the 1971 to 1982 restoration program. The hall is currently under the guardianship of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The structure and grounds are maintained by English Heritage. , the hall is listed on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register, rating its condition as "poor". In May 2024 owner Historic England invited offers to buy the freehold or a leasehold.