Staley Hall is a Grade II* listed building dating from the 16th Century, originally timber

framed and occupied until the mid 20th Century. By the 1990’s the hall had fallen into

serious disrepair with the internal timber oak frame seriously decayed and generally

collapsed. The Hall was on the English Heritage Buildings at Risk Register.

Persimmon purchased the property to convert into apartments.

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There was involvement over a period of many years from inception

to final completion. The structural concept was developed at an

early stage and maintained.

In particular the scheme avoided costly and probably impractical

underpinning and served to maintain a maximum of the external

fabric with minimum intervention.

The final result is a derelict historic building successfully restored

achieved by effective team working with the Structural Engineer

playing a key role

Structural Engineer: Robert Atkinson - Brian Clancy Higby Partnership

Client: Persimmon Homes

Architect: Buttress Fuller Alsop Williams, Manchester

Main Contractor: H. H. Smith, Salford

The structural requirement was to provide

support to apartments at three floor levels

and a new roof and maintain the stability of

the external walls. The solution involved

the construction of a load bearing masonry

inner structure founded on a raft type

foundation independent of the existing

building. In-situ concrete floors cast on

permanent formwork provided restraint to

the outward leaning rear wall. The new oak

framed roof is supported on the upper floor