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The manor of ''Bretune'' is listed in [[Domesday Book]]. The house dates from 1586, the date inscribed over the entrance.<ref>A history of the house by A. L. Moir, ''The Story of Brereton Hall, Cheshire'' was published in Chester.</ref> It was built for [[William Brereton, 1st Baron Brereton|Sir William Brereton]] (1550–1631), created [[Lord of Laghlin|Baron Brereton of Leighlin, Co. Carlow]] in 1624.<ref>Bernard Burke, ''A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Titles ...'', ''s.v.'' "Brereton – Baron Brereton".</ref> A portrait of Sir William, dated 1579, with a cameo of [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth]] in his cap, is at the [[Detroit Institute of Arts]].<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.dia.org/the_collection/overview/viewobject.asp?objectid=25174 |title=Sir William Brereton, 1579 |accessdate=2008-03-17 |publisher=Detroit Institute of Arts }}</ref> [[William Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton|William, 3rd Lord Brereton]] (1631–1679) was a distinguished man of letters and a founder of the [[Royal Society]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}} His younger son, Francis, 5th Lord Brereton, died a bachelor in 1722, ending the Brereton family male line.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.thornber.net/cheshire/htmlfiles/brereton.html |title=Brereton |accessdate=2008-03-17 |last=Thornber |first=Craig |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2005 |month= |work=Cheshire Antiquities |publisher= |pages= }}</ref> |
The manor of ''Bretune'' is listed in [[Domesday Book]]. The house dates from 1586, the date inscribed over the entrance.<ref>A history of the house by A. L. Moir, ''The Story of Brereton Hall, Cheshire'' was published in Chester.</ref> It was built for [[William Brereton, 1st Baron Brereton|Sir William Brereton]] (1550–1631), created [[Lord of Laghlin|Baron Brereton of Leighlin, Co. Carlow]] in 1624.<ref>Bernard Burke, ''A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Titles ...'', ''s.v.'' "Brereton – Baron Brereton".</ref> A portrait of Sir William, dated 1579, with a cameo of [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth]] in his cap, is at the [[Detroit Institute of Arts]].<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.dia.org/the_collection/overview/viewobject.asp?objectid=25174 |title=Sir William Brereton, 1579 |accessdate=2008-03-17 |publisher=Detroit Institute of Arts }}</ref> [[William Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton|William, 3rd Lord Brereton]] (1631–1679) was a distinguished man of letters and a founder of the [[Royal Society]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}} His younger son, Francis, 5th Lord Brereton, died a bachelor in 1722, ending the Brereton family male line.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.thornber.net/cheshire/htmlfiles/brereton.html |title=Brereton |accessdate=2008-03-17 |last=Thornber |first=Craig |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2005 |month= |work=Cheshire Antiquities |publisher= |pages= }}</ref> |
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The house passed to the Bracebridge family,<ref name=Binney>{{citation |url=http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/buying_and_selling/article553881.ece |title=The Tudor show home |accessdate=2008-03-17 |last=Binney |first=Marcus |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2005-08-12 |year= |month= |format= |work=TimesOnline |publisher=[[The Times|Times Newspapers]] |pages= | location=London}} Brereton Hall was for sale at the time, at £6.5 million.</ref> and as ''[[Bracebridge Hall]]'' re-sited in Yorkshire, it featured in a historical fiction of [[Washington Irving]].<ref>''Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists. A Medley'', by "Geoffrey Crayon, Gent." [Washington Irving], rev. ed. 1867. Irving's 'Bracebridge Hall' is itself a medley of seventeenth-century English houses of the gentry.</ref> In 1817 it was purchased by a Manchester industrialist, John Howard. He made alterations in 1829 to the exterior and interior in [[Regency architecture|Regency]] style.<ref name=Binney/> Further alterations were made in the late 19th century.<ref name=images/> In the 20th century it was a girls' boarding school. After this closed in July 1992,<ref>{{citation |
The house passed to the Bracebridge family,<ref name=Binney>{{citation |url=http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/buying_and_selling/article553881.ece |title=The Tudor show home |accessdate=2008-03-17 |last=Binney |first=Marcus |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2005-08-12 |year= |month= |format= |work=TimesOnline |publisher=[[The Times|Times Newspapers]] |pages= | location=London}} Brereton Hall was for sale at the time, at £6.5 million.</ref> and as ''[[Bracebridge Hall]]'' re-sited in Yorkshire, it featured in a historical fiction of [[Washington Irving]].<ref>''Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists. A Medley'', by "Geoffrey Crayon, Gent." [Washington Irving], rev. ed. 1867. Irving's 'Bracebridge Hall' is itself a medley of seventeenth-century English houses of the gentry.</ref> In 1817 it was purchased by a Manchester industrialist, John Howard. He made alterations in 1829 to the exterior and interior in [[Regency architecture|Regency]] style.<ref name=Binney/> Further alterations were made in the late 19th century.<ref name=images/> In the 20th century it was a girls' boarding school. After this closed in July 1992,<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.breretonhall.co.uk/ |title=Brereton Hall School Website |accessdate=2008-03-16 |publisher=Zoe Davies |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230082337/http://www.breretonhall.co.uk:80/ |archivedate=2007-12-30 |df= }}</ref> it was the retreat of a pop star who built a recording studio at the back.<ref name=Binney/> Since 2005 it has been a private family home and is not open to the public.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.alsager.com/tour/area/hall.htm |title=Brereton Hall |accessdate=2008-03-16 |publisher=Alsager.com }}</ref> |
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| Brereton Hall | |
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| Location | Brereton Green, Brereton, Cheshire, England |
| Built | 1586 |
| Built for | Sir William Brereton |
| Restored | 1829 |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Designated | 6 June 1952 |
| Reference no. | 56338 |
  Location in Cheshire | |
Brereton Hall is a country house to the north of the village of Brereton Green, adjacent to St Oswald's Church, in the civil parish of Brereton, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[1]
History
The manor of Bretune is listed in Domesday Book. The house dates from 1586, the date inscribed over the entrance.[2] It was built for Sir William Brereton (1550–1631), created Baron Brereton of Leighlin, Co. Carlow in 1624.[3] A portrait of Sir William, dated 1579, with a cameo of Queen Elizabeth in his cap, is at the Detroit Institute of Arts.[4] William, 3rd Lord Brereton (1631–1679) was a distinguished man of letters and a founder of the Royal Society.[citation needed] His younger son, Francis, 5th Lord Brereton, died a bachelor in 1722, ending the Brereton family male line.[5]
The house passed to the Bracebridge family,[6] and as Bracebridge Hall re-sited in Yorkshire, it featured in a historical fiction of Washington Irving.[7] In 1817 it was purchased by a Manchester industrialist, John Howard. He made alterations in 1829 to the exterior and interior in Regency style.[6] Further alterations were made in the late 19th century.[1] In the 20th century it was a girls' boarding school. After this closed in July 1992,[8] it was the retreat of a pop star who built a recording studio at the back.[6] Since 2005 it has been a private family home and is not open to the public.[9]
Architecture
The house is one of a genre of splendid Elizabethan and Jacobean houses built for dynastic display called "prodigy houses".[6] It is built in brick with stone dressings, formerly in a E-plan, of which the central wing has been demolished and replaced with a 19th-century conservatory. The front range has a lead roof; the cross-wings are roofed in slate. The front range has a basement and two storeys with a turreted central gateway. The octagonal turrets are linked by a bridge and are embattled (before 1829 they were surmounted by cupolas).[1]
Over the entrance are the royal arms of Elizabeth I in a panel, which are flanked by the Tudor rose and the Beaufort portcullis. Beyond the entrance is a lower hall and a grand staircase leading to a long gallery which runs along the front of the house. This leads to the drawing room which contains a frieze with nearly 50 coats of arms and a chimney piece carved with the Brereton emblem, a muzzled bear. Two fireplaces elsewhere are carved in a Serlian manner. The former study of the 2nd Lord Brereton contains a richly carved alabaster fireplace.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Historic England, "Brereton Hall (1229329)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 March 2012
- ^ A history of the house by A. L. Moir, The Story of Brereton Hall, Cheshire was published in Chester.
- ^ Bernard Burke, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Titles ..., s.v. "Brereton – Baron Brereton".
- ^ Sir William Brereton, 1579, Detroit Institute of Arts, retrieved 2008-03-17
- ^ Thornber, Craig (2005), "Brereton", Cheshire Antiquities, retrieved 2008-03-17
{{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - ^ a b c d e Binney, Marcus (2005-08-12), "The Tudor show home", TimesOnline, London: Times Newspapers, retrieved 2008-03-17
{{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) Brereton Hall was for sale at the time, at £6.5 million. - ^ Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists. A Medley, by "Geoffrey Crayon, Gent." [Washington Irving], rev. ed. 1867. Irving's 'Bracebridge Hall' is itself a medley of seventeenth-century English houses of the gentry.
- ^ Brereton Hall School Website, Zoe Davies, archived from the original on 2007-12-30, retrieved 2008-03-16
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Brereton Hall, Alsager.com, retrieved 2008-03-16
Further reading
- Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 181–183, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
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