Stretton Hall, Cheshire

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Stretton Hall is a country house in the parish of Stretton in Cheshire, England. It was built in about 1763 for John Leche. [1] The house is constructed in brick on a sandstone basement, with painted stone dressings, and a slate roof. It has three symmetrical elevations. The entrance front is in three two-storey bays with a single-storey wing on each side. The central bay is canted, with five steps leading up to a doorway with a pediment. The windows are sashes. The garden front has similar windows, other than the wings, each of which contains a Venetian window. To the right of the house is attached a further wing, converted from the 17th-century stable of an earlier house. The house and former stable area is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. [2] The sandstone garden walls are listed at Grade II. [3]

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References

  1. de Figueiredo, Peter; Treuherz, Julian (1988), Cheshire Country Houses, Chichester: Phillimore, p.  273, ISBN   0-85033-655-4
  2. Historic England, "Stretton Hall and adjoining stable wing (1229257)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 19 August 2012
  3. Historic England, "Walls to garden of Stretton Hall (1229210)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 19 August 2012
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