Churton Hall

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Churton Hall
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Churton Hall in 2009
Location Churton by Farndon, Cheshire, England
Coordinates 53°06′07″N2°52′08″W / 53.10195°N 2.86882°W / 53.10195; -2.86882
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameChurton Hall
Designated22 October 1952
Reference no.1287224 [1]
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Location in Cheshire
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Churton Hall, 1793
not to be confused with Chirton Hall, Northumberland

Churton Hall is a country house in the parish of Churton, Cheshire, England. The date of building is uncertain. There is a loose board carrying the date 1569 that, according to the authors of the Buildings of England series, may or may not date the house. [2] Dendrochronological analysis suggests that the timbers within the cruck structure of the house were felled in or around 1461, suggesting a 15th-century construction, [3] and the 1569 date is thought to refer to the hall's gifting as a wedding present to William Barnston and his wife Elizabeth. [4]

It is a half-timbered house built for the Barnston family, and was "heavily restored" in 1978–80. [5] Much of the timber framing has been replaced by brick at the rear of the house. The house is roofed in slate. It has two storeys, and its plan is E-shaped. [1] At each end of the building are gables with different designs. [5] The house is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. [1]

The buildings were leased for three generations to a dairy-farming family following the Second World War, but the lease reverted to the Barnston Estate in February 2023. The estate has restored the original house and a 19th-century extension with the intention of leasing them as two homes. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Historic England, "Churton Hall (Grade II) (1287224)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 1 August 2012
  2. Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 359, ISBN   978-0-300-17043-6
  3. "Cheshire Manor House's Hidden History Revealed". Barnston Estate. 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  4. 1 2 Houghton, Kate (January 2024). "Building on the Barnstons' Cheshire heritage". Cheshire Life. p. 218.
  5. 1 2 de Figueiredo, Peter; Treuherz, Julian (1988), Cheshire Country Houses, Chichester: Phillimore, p.  225, ISBN   0-85033-655-4