Site Event/Activity record ECH5983 - Over Tabley Hall - Research and Recording

Research and recording carried out by the Cheshire Gardens Trust at Over Tabley Hall. House of 1760 in ‘Gothick’ style, a remodelling of the E range of an earlier hall which was demolished during C19 Main features of the associated landscape park (c.1760-1820) have been lost: - 2 ornamental lakes were drained and open parkland changed for agricultural use: c.1820-50; - Woodlands separated from the site by the construction of M6 motorway: 1960s; - remaining open aspects threatened by new A556 Road Scheme: 2015 start of construction Principal remaining features: - House (Grade II) of 1760: an early and rare example of the ‘Strawberry Hill’ Gothick style, Cheshire’s “only exterior that could be called Rococo”, and the only known surviving building by painter/architect John Astley. Renovated and restored to its original width from 2007. - Walls of walled garden with triangular buttresses, probably C172 and documented from 1849. - Unusually large field E of the house, last remains of the former designed landscape. - C17 stables/farm building (Grade II), on ‘buildings at risk’ list, now in separate ownership.