Utkinton Hall
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 Location in Cheshire
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| Location: | Utkinton, Cheshire, England |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: 53°10′37″N 2°40′14″W / 53.1769°N 2.6705°W |
| OS grid reference: | SJ 552 646 |
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Listed Building – Grade I
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| Designated: | 10 March 1953 |
| Reference #: | 1329835 |
Utkinton Hall is a country house to the southeast of the village of Utkinton, Cheshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.[1]
The hall originated as a large manor house for the Done family, who were the hereditary wardens of Delamere Forest, and is now a farmhouse. It has a medieval core but most of it dates from the early 17th century. It was partly refaced around 1700 and again in the early 18th century for Sir John Crewe. The hall is built in ashlar red sandstone. Part of the hall has an orange brick façade with red sandstone dressings. It has a Welsh slate roof and brick chimneys.[1] Walls and gatepiers surrounding the hall are listed Grade II.[2][3][4]
James I visited the hall while hunting at Delamere Forest in 1617.[5] Armorial stained glass that was formerly in the hall is now held in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow.[6]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Utkinton Hall", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1329835, retrieved 30 April 2011
- ^ "East garden walls and gatepiers to Utkinton Hall", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1288268, retrieved 30 April 2011
- ^ "Roadside wall and gatepiers, and the west terrace walls at Utkinton Hall", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1135890, retrieved 30 April 2011
- ^ "Terrace walls 70m north of Utkinton Hall", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1139168, retrieved 30 April 2011
- ^ Bevan, R. M. (2005), Tales of Old Delamere Forest, CC Publishing, pp. 11–12, ISBN 0-949001-24-4
- ^ Hartwell, Claire; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 645–646, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
[edit] Further reading
- de Figueiredo, Peter; Treuherz, Julian (1988), Cheshire Country Houses, Chichester: Phillimore, p. 278, ISBN 0-85033-655-4
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