Listed Building: THE GARDEN HOUSE (1129924)

SJ 4161 EATON C.P. ECCLESTON APPROACH (East of) Eaton Park 8/53 The Garden House (Formerly The Bothy) II Bothy (now a house), 1893, by Douglas & Minshull for 1st Duke of Westminster. Stone-dressed red brick with half-timbering to third storey and porch gable. Graded Westmorland green slate roofs with red tile ridges. Cross-gabled 3 storey element, left, with long 1½ storey wing, right. 3 ornate brick chimneys with moulded circular flues. One simpler chimney with octagonal stack. Some blue diapering. Projecting porch at left end with basket arch, recessed door and glazed screen with arched timber heads. Ornate stone surrounds and mullions to windows, including 3 half-dormers to upper storey of right wing. Richly carved window surrounds, mullions, brackets and bargeboards to half-timbered portions. Leaded glazing in metal casements. A good composition, lavishly detailed, in Jacobethan style. Interior: Not inspected. Listing NGR: SJ4155961081