Listed Building: STONE PARLOUR IN GROUNDS OF BROXTON OLD HALL (1229908)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 129, 8, 26
Date assigned 19 June 1984
Date last amended

Description

SJ 45 SE BROXTON C.P. OLD COACH ROAD 8/26 Stone Parlour in Grounds of Broxton Old Hall II Chamber, early C19 or earlier, cut in sandstone cliff. Approx. 6 metres square and 4 metres high. Rock walls partly lined with tooled squared blocks of sandstone (some thrown down). The floor is stone-flagged. The ceiling slopes gently to a central ridge. Tudor-arched opening with deep splayed embrasures grooved for a former great window; weathered cill-stone. Basket-arched opening right of window-opening has peg-holes for former door-frame. Right of entrance passage a basket-arched opening leads to a shallow, partly natural cave with a small natural opening in the right corner. "A grotto 20 feet square, cut out of the solid rock, and formerly much frequented by the Egerton family" Bagshaw's Cheshire Directory 1850, Cheshire Record Office. Listing NGR: SJ4851753184

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Sources (1)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 404745. [Mapped features: #4620 404745; #9925 404745]

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 4851 5318 (10m by 9m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ45SE
Civil Parish BROXTON, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER

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Record last edited

Jan 24 2022 5:42PM