Whatcroft Hall

Whatcroft Hall
Location in Cheshire
Location Near Davenham, Cheshire, England
Coordinates 53°13′29″N 2°28′51″W / 53.22482°N 2.48091°W / 53.22482; -2.48091Coordinates: 53°13′29″N 2°28′51″W / 53.22482°N 2.48091°W / 53.22482; -2.48091
OS grid reference SJ680 699
Built 1780
Restored 1807, 1938, 2011
Architectural style(s) Georgian
Listed Building – Grade II*
Designated 10 March 1953
Reference no. 1138463

Whatcroft Hall is a country house situated 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the southeast of the village of Davenham, Cheshire, England. It stands to the east of, and overlooking, the Trent and Mersey Canal.[1] The house is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.[2]

History

Whatcroft Hall was built in 1780, and enlarged in 1807 for James Topping. The enlargement included a new front, and a dome at the centre of the house over a spiral staircase. There was a later extension adding bay windows, a loggia and a service wing, These were removed in 1938 when the house was reduced in size for Mrs F. F. Stirling.[3] As of 2011, the house is being remodelled again.[4]

Architecture

The house is constructed in brick with a slate roof.[2] Its architectural style is Georgian.[3] The house is in two storeys. The entrance front, which faces northwest, has six bays. At its corners are full-height pilasters surmounted by stone ogee finials. This front contains a pair of doors in a doorcase with pilasters, above which is frieze decorated with festoons and foliage, and a dentil pediment. The windows are sashes. The garden front at the southwest of the house has five bays. It contains four French windows and more sash windows. At the rear of the house is another pilastered doorcase with a pediment. The northeast elevation contains a further door, this one surmounted by a fanlight. On the roof of the house is a copper-covered, ogee-shaped cupola, with a weathervane. It stands on a drum containing four two-light Gothic-style windows. Internally, beneath the cupola, is a stone spiral staircase, with a metal balustrade and a wooden handrail.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Whatcroft, Streetmap, retrieved 11 July 2011
  2. 1 2 3 Historic England, "Whatcroft Hall (1138463)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 July 2012
  3. 1 2 de Figueiredo, Peter; Treuherz, Julian (1988), Cheshire Country Houses, Chichester: Phillimore, p. 280, ISBN 0-85033-655-4
  4. ↑ Whatcroft Hall, Dickinson Waugh Architecture, retrieved 11 July 2011

Further reading

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