Madeley Old Hall is a black and white Elizabethan house, now a small hotel, in the

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

of Madeley in Staffordshire,

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. It stands in 2 acres of landscaped gardens and is a

Grade II* 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 Ir ...

. Built in the late 1500s, it is a timber-framed building with plaster infill standing on a sandstone plinth, originally with a cruciform floor-plan. Across the front gable of the house is carved the warning "WALLK KNAVE. WHAT LOOKEST AT". The property was acquired in 2007 by Gary and Simon White and run as a country house hotel. It is also licensed for weddings.

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English Heritage: photograph and architectural description of listed building
Country houses in Staffordshire Grade II* listed buildings in Staffordshire {{Staffordshire-struct-stub

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