Haughton Hall, Cheshire

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Haughton Hall is a country house east of the village of Haughton in the English county of Cheshire .

history

The house was built between 1891 and 1894 for the shipowner and art collector Ralph Brockleback . The architect was James Francis Doyle , who was influenced by Richard Norman Shaw's old English Picturesque style . Around 1950 the house was rebuilt, whereby the top of the three floors was lost. The wall tiles were replaced by rough plaster.

construction

Haughton Hall is built of red brick , some of which has been roughly plastered. That is covered with red roof tiles. The floor plan of the house is L-shaped. The garden facade is two stories high and has five bays . A single-storey wing with five bays connects to the east and a three-storey wing for the servants with three bays in the north. The garden facade has three bay windows , a Venetian window and a door. There is a sundial above the door .

English Heritage has listed Haughton Hall as a Grade II Historic Building.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter de Figueiredo, Julian Treuherz: Cheshire Country Houses . Phillimore, Chichester 1988. ISBN 0-85033-655-4 . P. 239
  2. ^ Haughton Hall . Historic England. English Heritage. Retrieved May 24, 2016.

Coordinates: 53 ° 6 '12 "  N , 2 ° 37' 1.9"  W.