The old half-timbered house known as Battenhall Manor was destroyed in the 1960s. In Victorian times it was known as Battenhall Grange. It is believed that it was built of the timbers from Prior Moore's mansion when it was taken down in the 17th century. The Grange was the parish workhouse in the 18th century, for before the formation of the Poor Law Unions in 1782 each parish maintained a separate workhouse. On the establishment of a Union Workhouse, that at Bathhenhall was acquired by a Mr. St. John, son of a Dean of Worcester, who with taste, converted it into a charming residence, with delightful gardens, approached from the road by a wee-established avenue.
It was subsequently occupied by Walter Chamberlain, the last of the famous potters, and about 1860 it became the residence of his kinsmen, George Chamberlain, who made his fortune as host of the Star Hotel, and was a man of interesting personality. George Chamberlain was almost the last of the locals 'Carolians'. Stiff in opinion and hot-headed, jovial and generous, he was a 'typical cavalier of the 17th century projected into the 19th', and while he lived Oak Apple Day was never forgotten, for at his own expense, the Diglis fisherman and the Bull Entry sweeps annually paraded the Worcester streets with nets, chimney brushes and banners, decked out with blue ribbons and oak branches.