A pre-1300 charter mentions an enclosed deer park in Wythenshawe where the Tatton family owned land in 1297.
Around 1540, Robert Tatton of Chester built Wythenshawe Hall as the Tatton family residence.
The timber-framed Tudor house was the home of the family for almost 400 years.
and may originally have had a moat.

The hall was besieged during the English Civil War over the winter of 1643–44 by Robert Duckenfield's Parliamentarian forces.
It was defended by 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.
The Parliamentarian's 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 2,500 acres (1,000 ha).

In 1924 Robert Henry Grenville Tatton inherited the Wythenshawe estate.
There was interest from Manchester Corporation, who wanted land to build a garden suburb, ostensibly to rehouse tenants from slum clearance.
By April 1926 Wythenshawe Hall and 250 acres (1 km²) of its surrounding estate had been sold to Ernest Simon and his wife, who donated them to Manchester Corporation "to be used solely for the public good".
 Later that year the corporation purchased the rest of the estate, 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, and it was listed as a Grade II* structure on 25 February 1952.
Its former stable block, to the west of the hall, was Grade II listed in 1974.

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.
On 23 March, Jeremy Taylor from Cheadle Hulme was charged with arson in connection with the fire.
In August 2017, after changing his plea and admitting guilt, he was sentenced to four and a half years in prison.
The hall was added to the Heritage at Risk Register in October 2016.
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; as of August 2017, the building was scaffolded and undergoing repairs under a protective roof.
A pre-1300 charter mentions an enclosed deer park in Wythenshawe where the Tatton family owned land in 1297. Around 1540, Robert Tatton of Chester built Wythenshawe Hall as the Tatton family residence. The timber-framed Tudor house was the home of the family for almost 400 years. and may originally have had a moat.
The hall was besieged during the English Civil War over the winter of 1643–44 by Robert Duckenfield's Parliamentarian forces. It was defended by 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. The Parliamentarian's 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 2,500 acres (1,000 ha).
In 1924 Robert Henry Grenville Tatton inherited the Wythenshawe estate. There was interest from Manchester Corporation, who wanted land to build a garden suburb, ostensibly to rehouse tenants from slum clearance. By April 1926 Wythenshawe Hall and 250 acres (1 km²) of its surrounding estate had been sold to Ernest Simon and his wife, who donated them to Manchester Corporation "to be used solely for the public good".  Later that year the corporation purchased the rest of the estate, 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, and it was listed as a Grade II* structure on 25 February 1952. Its former stable block, to the west of the hall, was Grade II listed in 1974.
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. On 23 March, Jeremy Taylor from Cheadle Hulme was charged with arson in connection with the fire. In August 2017, after changing his plea and admitting guilt, he was sentenced to four and a half years in prison. The hall was added to the Heritage at Risk Register in October 2016. 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; as of August 2017, the building was scaffolded and undergoing repairs under a protective roof.
Wythenshawe Hall