Site Event/Activity record ECH6526 - Whitehall, Hartford, Cheshire: Heritage Assessment

Heritage assessment undertaken in 2014 to establish the significance of Whitehall, 75 School Lane, Hartford, in advance of proposals for development of the site. Whitehall is a Grade II listed building built as a semi-rural villa in 1835; the front wall and steps to the property are also Grade II listed. Originally known as Hartford Lodge, the house was designed by John Douglas senior for Thomas Firth, and was provided with spacious landscaped gardens and ranges of outbuildings to the east, including a stable block. The house remained in residential used until 1931 when it was acquired by Northwich Rural District Council for use as offices. The building was sold by Vale Royal Council in 1991 and was then used as private managed offices. The villa is considered of high significance as a good example of a late Georgian villa. The stables and outbuildings are still fairly intact. (1)