Monument record 131/2/1 - Seventeenth Century Great Moreton Hall

<1> British Library, 1756-Present, Additional Manuscripts (Addit. MS.), 42043/81 Blore E 1841 (Paper Archive). SCH122.

A drawing of this house by Edward Blore of before 1841 is in the British Museum.

<2> Pevsner N & Hubbard E, 1971, The Buildings of England: Cheshire, p.228-9 (Book). SCH3078.

Stonework from the hall building was probably used to dress up the boathouse (CHER131/2/2).

<3> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol.III p.46 (Book). SCH1389.

"The hall of Great Moreton is a spacious building of timber and plaster, finished with gables in the style of the early part of the seventeenth century. It has been of late much altered, and previous to these alterations windows of comparatively modern appearance had been substituted for the original ones, and the timber-work concealed by stucco. In front of the house, near the road side, were the steps of an antient cross (CHER 131/2/3), which much resembled in appearance those which are described in the account of Lymme.' These were removed about the year 1806. (The hall above described was built in 1602, and according to a unique water colour drawing in the possession of Dr. Renaud, F.S.A. was a· many-gabled and picturesque mansion. It was demolished, and the present hall…….was built in 1841-'43…..)."

<4> de Figueiredo P & Treuherz J, 1988, Cheshire Country Houses, p.104-4 (Book). SCH785.

The Ackers brothers had begun, on purchasing the estate, by repairing and modernising Bellot's old Hall, but there was little change.

<5> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 278/2, 1838 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

The hall is clearly depicted c.130m south-east of the mill. The front façade of the hall faces south-west. There are lawns and gardens to the south-west and north-west. To the immediate north are four ranges of barns arranged around a central courtyard. Another possible barn lies to the immediate south-east. The otherside of this building is a pond c.85m x 25m.