Crag Hall

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Crag Hall
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Crag Hall
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Location Wildboarclough, Cheshire
Coordinates 53°12′59″N2°01′11″W / 53.21634°N 2.01960°W / 53.21634; -2.01960
Builtc.1815
Owner Earl of Derby
Website craghall.co.uk
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameCrag Hall
Designated14 April 1967
Reference no. 1329979
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Location of Crag Hall in Cheshire

Crag Hall is a country house east of the village of Wildboarclough, Cheshire, England and owned by the Earl of Derby.

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It was built in 1815 by George Palfreyman, the owner of a textile printing works nearby. It has since been extended by the addition of large curved bow windows at each end of the entrance front. [1] The house is constructed in brick-sized blocks of brown sandstone, with ashlar quoins and dressings. It is roofed in slate. The house is in two storeys. [2] The entrance front has five bays. [3] In the centre is a raised portico with four Ionic columns. It is approached from each side by a flight of steps. Its base is rusticated and contains three arched recesses. [2] Above the portico is a window with an entablature. About the house, Figueirdo and Treuherz comment that "it has an imposing air of millstone grit solidity". [1] The house is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. [2] Associated with the house are three structures listed at Grade II: the gateway with its wing walls, [4] the retaining wall to the garden terrace, [5] and a wall and summer house in the garden. [6]

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References

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