Manor House, Hale
| Manor House, Hale | |
|---|---|
 Manor House, Hale | |
| Location | Church End, Hale, Cheshire, England |
| Coordinates | 53°20′01″N 2°47′47″W / 53.3336°N 2.7964°W |
| OS grid reference | SJ 470 821 |
| Built | Mid 17th century |
| Rebuilt | Early 18th century |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Official name | The Manor House |
| Designated | 28 May 1958 |
| Reference no. | 1330339 |
  Location in Cheshire | |
The Manor House, Hale is a house in Church End, Hale, a village in the borough of Halton, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.[1]
History[edit]
The house was first built, not as a manor house, but as a vicarage. It was originally built in the middle of the 17th century. In the early 18th century, when the incumbent was Rev William Langford, it was refaced and partly rebuilt.[1][2] During the 19th century the building was used as a farmhouse and was known as Manor Farm. The last lord of the manor of Hale was Peter Fleetwood-Hesketh, who was also an architectural historian.[2] In 1947 he moved into the house with his family.[3]
Architecture[edit]
The manor house is built in brown brick with red sandstone dressings. The façade is symmetrical with two-and-a-half storeys and five bays. Both lateral bays and the central bay are flanked by rusticated Doric pilasters. The central bay contains a door with Corinthian columns on each side. Above the door is a scrolled pediment containing the arms of Rev Langford. The upper storey of the central bay contains a sash window on each side of which are Corinthian pilasters on large brackets. Above the window is another pediment containing carving. The other bays each contain a sash window in both storeys while the top half-storey contains four blind oval windows; all these windows are in moulded stone frames. Across the top of the façade is a cornice and a balustraded parapet. Behind the façade the house is two-gabled, the north gable being higher than the south.[1][2]
Internally the entrance hall is panelled with fluted pilasters. There are two staircases, the main one having twisted balusters and the secondary one having flat balusters.[1]
Culture[edit]
John Betjeman wrote a poem about the house entitled The Manor House, Hale, Near Liverpool.[4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Historic England, "The Manor House, Hale (1330339)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 August 2013
- ^ a b c Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 189–190, ISBN 0-300-10910-5
- ^ The Manor House, Visit Hale Village, retrieved 8 March 2011
- ^ Poetry Landmarks, Poetry Society, retrieved 14 October 2009