Monument record 7015/1 - Site of Barrowmore Hall

<1> Pevsner N & Hubbard E, 1971, The Buildings of England: Cheshire, p.375 (Book). SCH3078.

The site of the house remains clear of buildings and a lodge dated 1881, amongst over features remains.

<2> de Figueiredo P & Treuherz J, 1988, Cheshire Country Houses, p.215 (Book). SCH785.

A large house designed in 1881 by John Douglas for H. Lyle Smith, a Liverpool grain merchant. The house and park were developed on a green field site. Reputedly Douglas’s best domestic work, it was built of Ruabon brick and terracotta and was richly ornamented with cusped panelling and diaper patterns. As in Douglas’s earlier house at Oakmere the skyline was dominated by a huge castellated tower. The house was destroyed during the Second World War and a hospital is now built within the park.

<3> Edward Hubbard, 1991, The Work of John Douglas (Book). SCH4659.

<4> Various, Written Communication to the HER, M Morris 22/06/2009 (Written Communication). SCH3756.

Site visit on the 14th of October 2004 to view an area of the hall exposed by the Estate during the construction of tennis courts. Well-preserved brick foundations for at least one room was visible c.4-700mm below the modern ground surface. No in situ flooring was apparent. The site appeared to be backfilled with demolition material including ?Ruabon floor tiles and brick, plaster fragments and metalwork etc. from internal fittings. There is a high probability that most, if not all, the foundation footprint survives.