Utkinton Hall

Utkinton Hall
Location in Cheshire
Location Utkinton, Cheshire, England
Coordinates 53°10′37″N 2°40′14″W / 53.1769°N 2.6705°W / 53.1769; -2.6705Coordinates: 53°10′37″N 2°40′14″W / 53.1769°N 2.6705°W / 53.1769; -2.6705
OS grid reference SJ 552 646
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated 10 March 1953
Reference no. 1329835

Utkinton Hall is a country house to the southeast of the village of Utkinton, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[1]

The hall originated as a large manor house for the Done family, who were the hereditary wardens of Delamere Forest, and is now a farmhouse. It has a medieval core but most of it dates from the early 17th century. It was partly refaced around 1700 and again in the early 18th century for Sir John Crewe. The hall is built in ashlar red sandstone. Part of the hall has an orange brick façade with red sandstone dressings. It has a Welsh slate roof and brick chimneys.[1] Walls and gatepiers surrounding the hall are listed at Grade II.[2][3][4]

James I visited the hall while hunting at Delamere Forest in 1617.[5] Armorial stained glass that was formerly in the hall is now held in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow.[6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Historic England, "Utkinton Hall (1329835)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 September 2012
  2. ↑ Historic England, "East garden walls and gatepiers to Utkinton Hall (1288268)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 September 2012
  3. ↑ Historic England, "Roadside wall and gatepiers, and the west terrace walls at Utkinton Hall (1135890)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 September 2012
  4. ↑ Historic England, "Terrace walls 70m north of Utkinton Hall (1139168)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 September 2012
  5. ↑ Bevan, R. M. (2005), Tales of Old Delamere Forest, CC Publishing, pp. 11–12, ISBN 0-949001-24-4
  6. ↑ Hartwell, Claire; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 645–646, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6

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