Trafford Hall
Trafford Hall is a country house standing to the east of the village of Wimbolds Trafford, in Cheshire, England. It was built in 1756 for George Edward Gerrard. A ballroom was added in the 19th century.[1] As of 2011 the building is used as a hotel and conference centre,[2] and since 1995 has been the home of the charity the National Communities Resource Centre.[3] The house is constructed in brick with stone dressings and slate roofs.[4] Its architectural style is Georgian.[1] It has 2½ storeys and five bays on the entrance front.[5] To the left of the main block is a single-storey pavilion joined to the house by a service wing. To the right, and set back, is the ballroom.[1] The central bay of the main block projects slightly forward, and has rusticated quoins at the corners.[4] There are similar quoins at the corner of the house. In the central bay is a porch supported by four Doric columns. All the windows on the entrance front are sashes. On the right side of the house is a Venetian window in the second story, with a diocletian window above.[4] The interior contains a "fine staircase" with twisted balusters.[1] The house is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d de Figueiredo, Peter; Treuherz, Julian (1988), Cheshire Country Houses, Chichester: Phillimore, pp. 275–277, ISBN 0-85033-655-4
- ^ Welcome to Trafford Hall, Trafford Hall, retrieved 10 July 2011
- ^ History of Trafford Hall, Trafford Hall, retrieved 10 July 2011
- ^ a b c d Historic England, "Trafford Hall with attached service wing and carriage house (1145900)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 September 2012
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 675, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
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