Monument record 1298/2/0 - Tatton Hall (18th Century)

The early 18th century Tatton Hall was built to a design by John Barker, it stood on a low hill with views south-east across the park 1km west of the Old Hall. Its cellar survives in the present house, as do parts of the additions made to that house c.1760 by T.F.Pritchard (d.1777). (1)

The 18th century witnessed the final abandonment of the Old Hall and its precinct as the capital messuage of the estate. A new mansion house was built in the first two decades of the 18th century on the site now occupied by the 19th century great house. This was on a 'green field' site in the north-west quarter of the principal manor, within the demense lands. On the basis of the elevation provided by Hussey in 1733 the house appears to have been a double-fronted, two storey building of brick or stone with two chimney stacks and a hipped roof, fronting over Turn Mere to its south. Building development on the house was being undertaken at the same time as the parkland was being formed, ie. during the 1750s. (3)

The hall has evolved over nearly two centuries although the major development were undertaken by two members of the Wyatt family, Samuel in the late 18th and Lewis in the early 19th century. John Egerton commenced building at Tatton on a new site distinct from the Old Hall and his modest brick house, designed by John Barker was completed in 1715. Samuel Egerton added to the house in the late 1750s and again in the 1760s to designs possibly of John Hope and Thomas Pritchard. (4)

Hussey, John, 1974, Redrawing of 1733 Hussey Tatton Estate Map (Maps and Plans). SCH4969.

<1> English Heritage, 2001, Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest (Report). SCH2822.

<2> Hussey, John, 1974, Redrawing of 1733 Hussey Tatton Estate Map, Tatton Park (Maps and Plans). SCH4969.

<3> Higham N.J., Aylett P,. Smith J.H., 2001, The Tatton Park Project, Part 3: The Post-Medieval Estate and Halls; Grandeur to Decline, p.82-83+104 (Article in Journal). SCH4938.

<4> Parklands Consortium Ltd, 2002, Tatton Park Survey, Knutsford, Cheshire: Historic Landscape Appraisal. Volume 1, 2.6.1.2. (Report). SCH4977.