Knypersley Hall

Knypersley Hall is a house dating from the early to mid-18th century, with significant alterations made in the 19th century. The construction used roughcast brick, and the roof is slated with lead rolls to the hips and ridge. Brick axial stacks are present. Originally, the house was three storeys and comprised three bays, with a further two bays to the left and three bays to the right, facing southwest. In the 19th century, the four western bays, encompassing much of the northwest side of the original structure, were demolished, and the remaining four bays on the southeast side became the primary facade.

The southeast front is symmetrical with a three-bay central section flanked by two-storey canted bays, each containing three windows. These windows have keyblocks, cills, and 12-pane sashes; the ground floor windows on the left and centre have thick glazing bars, although the glazing bars have been removed from the ground floor window on the left. A doorway is located to the left of the centre, featuring a fanlight and a glazed and panelled door. The left return displays remnants of the original front, with a recessed one-bay section followed by a two-bay section. The northeast side, originally the rear of the house, is recessed at the centre, while the northwest elevation exhibits an irregular appearance.

The interior features a fine open-well staircase with scrolled tread-ends and a wrought-iron and brass balustrade decorated with anthemions and a monogram "JB" along with the date 1800, signed by W. Marsh. A moulded mahogany handrail sweeps over the curtail. The drawing room boasts a remarkable mid-18th century Rococo plaster ceiling, displaying intricate arabesques, interlacing patterns, cartouches, shells, ribands, baskets of flowers, branches of blossom, and delicate sheaves in deep relief, particularly the elaborate centrepiece. It is complemented by an enriched modillion cornice. The front left, or east, room contains a moulded dentilled cornice.

Knypersley Hall was formerly the seat of Sir Francis Bowyer in the early 17th century and was rebuilt in the early to mid-18th century. It later became the home of the Bateman family in the early 19th century. James Bateman, a noted horticulturalist and landscape gardener who designed the gardens at Biddulph Grange, grew up at Knypersley, where he undertook his initial landscape designs. The house and park are depicted on a Spode plate commemorating James Bateman's 21st birthday in 1832.