Site Event/Activity record ECH5987 - Ravenscroft Hall- Research and Recording

Research and recording carried out by the Cheshire Gardens Trust at Ravenscroft Hall, Byley. This site is private property and is not open to the public. Summary A house of 1837 with extensions of 1852-77, listed Grade II, with elements remaining of 19th century gardens, woodland and parkland damaged during and after WWII. The gardens c. 1837 may have incorporated an earlier kitchen garden/orchard. A sale in 1938 separated the Hall from the estate. The house and gardens are now in divided ownership. Principal remaining features • drive and lodge • layout of W and S gardens • trees, former parkland • shrubs and evergreens of C19 planting • ha-ha wall ending in steps with ironwork • woodland belt