High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The present day Alderley House is a mid-19th century Grade II listed country house designed by Lewis Vulliamy and built for Robert Blagden Hale in the small Cotswold village of Alderley, near Wotton-under-Edge in Gloucestershire,England. It was built on the site of The Lower House, Sir Matthew Hale`s original 17th century manor house, and is situated immediately to the southwest of St Kenelm`s Church. In 2009 it reverted to a private residence after 70 years serving as the private prepapratory school Rose Hill School, Alderley.