Building record 5673 - Hinderton Grange, Quarry Road, Hinderton, Neston

Hinderton Grange
LL44 (Previously LL HD/5)

Address: Quarry Road, Hinderton, Neston
Architect: Not known
Date: 1913

Description

Approached via entrance gates set in splayed walls of coursed sandstone capped with York stone flat copings and ball finials to pillars.

The house is a late example of a Liverpool merchants house, of which there are a number in this area.

The detailing has “Arts and Crafts” elements, reflecting the works of William Morris and John Ruskin.

Pitched slate roofs to main house and to single storey former coach house at rear (now converted) to form courtyard. Distinctive French Romanesque tiered arch main doorway. Elevation to garden is less distinctive, with altered windows.

Condition

Good – currently building work being carried out to alter single storey rear extension.

Current use

In use as a domestic dwelling. (1)

<1> Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council, 2007, Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council Local List of Historic Buildings, LL44 (Index). SCH5437.