Littywood Manor was originally a large moated 12th century fortified manorial complex, founded by the Baron of Stafford. Continuously occupied ever since, the central oval platform now supports a timber-framed manor house of 1400. Originally the house was a two-bay open hall, with a two-bay solar range built in line and when converted in the 16th and late 18th centuries it was given its brick shell. With an entrance causeway is on the north-east side, the two wide encasing concentric, oval moats, are separated by a wide flat-topped bank. The inner moat is now dry but the outer moat still remains wet on its eastern side. A miles north-east is Coppenhall Gorse.
Picture © Littywood Manor Hotel