Editing Wythenshawe Hall (section)

==History==
A pre-1300 charter mentions an enclosed [[Deer park (England)|deer park]] in Wythenshawe where the Tatton family owned land in 1297.<ref name="EHWP"/> Around 1540, Robert Tatton of [[Chester]]<ref name="BBC_15Mar16" /> built Wythenshawe Hall as the Tatton family residence.<ref name="mc_parkhistory" /> The timber-framed [[Tudor architecture|Tudor]] house<ref name="pastscape" /> was the home of the family for almost 400 years.<ref name="BBC_15Mar16" /> and may originally have had a [[moat]].<ref name="EHWP"/>

The hall was besieged during the [[English Civil War]] over the winter of 1643–44 by [[Robert Duckenfield]]'s [[Roundhead|Parliamentarian]] forces.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Greatorex |first1=Jean |last2=Clarke |first2=Sheila Garner |title=Looking Back at Wythenshawe |date=1984 |publisher=Willow Publishing |isbn=978-0-946361-06-9 |page=4 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Grindon |first1=Leopold Hartley |title=Country rambles, and Manchester walks and wild flowers |date=1882 |publisher=Palmer and Howe |page=80 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2gkHAAAAQAAJ&dq=wythenshawe+hall+siege+Robert+Duckenfield&pg=PA80 |access-date=7 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref> It was defended by [[Cavalier|Royalists]] led by [[Robert Tatton]] until the Roundheads brought two cannons to the hall from Manchester, leading to the Royalist surrender on 27 February 1644.<ref name="mc_parkhistory" /> The Parliamentarians subsequently confiscated Wythenshawe Hall, but it was returned to the Tatton family on payment of a fine of just over £700. After recovering the estate, the family expanded it to about {{convert|2500|acre|ha}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wythenshawe Hall |work=Wythenshawe's History and Heritage |url=http://www.wythenshawe.btck.co.uk/HallsFarmsCottages/WythenshaweHall |publisher=Wythenshawe History Group |access-date=1 December 2017}}</ref>

[[File:Damage to Wythenshawe Hall following suspected arson attack.jpg|thumb|Damage to Wythenshawe Hall after the 2016 fire]]
In 1924 [[Robert Henry Grenville Tatton]] inherited the Wythenshawe estate. There was interest from [[Manchester Corporation]], who wanted land to build a [[Garden city movement|garden suburb]],<ref>{{cite news |work=The Manchester Guardian (1901–1959)|date=17 Jan 1921 |title=The Wythenshawe estate}}</ref> ostensibly to rehouse tenants from [[Slum clearance in the United Kingdom|slum clearance]]. By April 1926 Wythenshawe Hall and {{convert|250|acre|sqkm|0}} of its surrounding estate had been sold to [[Ernest Simon, 1st Baron Simon of Wythenshawe]] and [[Shena Simon, Lady Simon of Wythenshawe]], who donated them to Manchester Corporation "to be used solely for the public good".<ref>{{cite news |title=Splendid gift to Manchester |work=The Manchester Guardian |date=13 April 1926}}</ref> Later that year, the corporation purchased the rest of the estate,<ref>{{cite news |work=The Manchester Guardian |title=The Wythenshawe estate |date=13 October 1926}}</ref><ref name="RileyP22" /> and went on to build one of the largest housing estates in Europe on the land.

Repairs were made to the hall in the 1950s,<ref name="MEN_8Nov16" /> and it was designated as a [[Grade II* listed]] building on 25 February 1952.<ref name="NHLE" /> Its former stable block, to the west of the hall, was Grade II listed in 1974.<ref name="NHLE1255038" />

The roof of the hall and an upper floor were severely damaged by a fire that started at around 3:30 am on 15 March 2016; the clock tower was also damaged.<ref name="BBC_15Mar16" /> On 23 March, Jeremy Taylor of Wythenshawe was charged with arson in connection with the fire.<ref name="MEN_8Nov16" /><ref name="men_23Mar16" /><ref name="bbc_23Mar16" /> In July 2017, after changing his plea and admitting guilt,<ref>{{cite news |last=Butler |first=Katie |title=Arsonist facing jail after admitting torching Wythenshawe Hall |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/arsonist-admits-wythenshawe-hall-arson-13412177 |work=Manchester Evening News |date=31 July 2017 |language=en}}</ref> he was sentenced to four and a half years in prison.<ref name=BBCsent>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-40962726 |title=Wythenshawe Hall fire: Man jailed for arson attack |work=BBC News |date=18 August 2017}}</ref> The hall was added to the [[Heritage at Risk Register]] in October 2016.<ref name="MEN_21Oct16" /> A planning application to restore the building was submitted in November 2016, with the intention of keeping as much of the original material as possible;<ref name="MEN_8Nov16" /> the repairs were completed at a cost of £6.7&nbsp;million and the building reopened to the public in September 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last=Maidment |first=Adam |title=Renovated Wythenshawe Hall to reopen for first time since arson attack |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/renovated-wythenshawe-hall-reopen-first-24903533 |work=Manchester Evening News |date=1 September 2022}}</ref>