Maple Hayes
Maple Hayes is late 18th century manor house, now occupied by a special needs school, near
In 1728 a farmhouse stood at Maple Hayes. When the owner William Jesson died in 1732 the estate was shared by his daughters. In 1786 his great nephew sold the estate to George Addams a wine merchant of Lichfield.
Addams built a new manor house on the site in 1794. In a plain Georgian style the house was of three storeys, five bays and a central porched entrance, and with single-storey wings.
Addams sold in 1804 to John Atkinson (
Worthington extended the estate and enlarged and improved the house about 1884. The wings were raised to two storeys and bay windows added, and new a southern wing and a northern service wing were created.
The estate was broken up and sold in 1950. In 1951 the house was acquired by
Literature
The English novel The War Hero was dedicated to the schools proprietors, doctors Neville and Daryl Brown. [1][2]
See also
References
- ^ Neil Shefferd (May 29, 2019). "Aylesbury Vale setting for author's debut novel". Bucks Herald.
- ^ Ross Hawkes (May 14, 2019). "Author's tribute to experts behind Lichfield dyslexia school". Lichfield Live.