Middlewich Manor (also called the Manor House, Middlewich) is a former manor house in Middlewich, Cheshire, England. It was originally constructed in brick in about 1800, and it was encased in ashlar in about 1840, when the porch was also built The bay windows were added in the 1870s. As of 2011, it is a residential care home. The house is constructed in yellow ashlar and is in two storeys. On its entrance front is a porch supported by four fluted Ionic columns. Along the top of the porch is a frieze and a cornice. On each side of the porch are two-storey canted bay windows. Between the stories is a band of Greek keys. A parapet runs along the top of the house, behind which is a low-pitched roof. On the garden front there are sash windows and a canted two-storey bay window to the right, and a wing with a stone oriel window and a pyramidal slated roof to the left. There is more decoration with bands of Greek keys on this front. The house is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. Residents John Roylance (1745-1812) built The Manor in about 1800. During the nineteenth century the house was often called “Newton Manor” or Manor Hall. The historian Daniel Lysons said in 1810 that John Roylance had recently purchased the estate and built a mansion as his residence. He was a wealthy landowner who also owned properties in Stanthorne and Winsford. In 1802 he married Elizabeth Billington but the couple had no children. When he died in 1812 he left his wife an annuity and her marriage settlement. His property was left to William Court who was the son of John’s cousin Ann Court. William Court (1786-1856) became a wealthy landowner and salt proprietor after his inheritance. He made substantial additions to the Manor in about 1840 which are shown on the etching. In 1809 he married Elizabeth Wood (1883-1818) who was the daughter of John Wood of Longnor. The couple had four children. Elizabeth died in 1818 and William was a widower for the next 34 years. Then in 1852 he married Elizabeth Turner (1800-1882) who had independent means. When William died in 1856 his eldest son William Roylance Court (1812-1881) became the owner of the estates including the Manor. William Roylance Court (1812-1881) married in 1846 Jane