Delves Hall

This fortified tower was built by Sir John Delves in 1364, on the site of a former moated manor house. The tower was initially free-standing and was probably intended as a place of refuge for the family. In the 17th century it was incorporated into a range of domestic buildings known as Doddington Hall. The external staircase to the former house was retained when the house was demolished and it was attached to the tower.

The tower is built in red sandstone ashlar with a slate roof on a square plan in three storeys with corner turrets. The entrance front is approached by an external ashlar Jacobean imperial staircase. Its central lower flight leads to a half-landing on which is a crude Ionic column supporting a naked female figure. The undercroft to the lateral flights of stairs has rusticated pilasters on each side of which are large statues representing the Black Prince, Audley and his four squires, who are all dressed in armour. The parapet of the tower and the turrets are battlemented.