Site Event/Activity record ECH6137 - Somerford Booths Hall - Research and Recording

Research and recording for Somerford Booths Hall which is a private property and not open to the public. Cheshire Gardens Trust were not able to obtain access for recording purposes. Report considers the development of the gardens and landscape of the hall and records the history of site ownership and records the principal remiang features Summary A house of 1612 with ‘Gothic’ alterations of 1817 by John Webb, whose influence may be seen in the parkland’s design, with a walled kitchen garden and small formal gardens added c. 1890. The Hall, gardens and park survived as a private residence until the 1960s when a change to business premises resulted in major alterations to the hall and its historic setting. Former parkland is let for farming and the N part of the grounds is now a separate property, Woodside Business Park. Principal remaining features as suggested by aerial photographs: - Three drives from Chelford Road (from SW, W and NW) - Walls of kitchen garden - Walls of formal gardens, sundial - Single mature trees near the Hall - Two ponds and tree belt by NW drive - Woodland on slopes of the Dane valley