Landscape record 2766/2/1 - Birtles Old Hall Park

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1881-2, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 6 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ87SE 1882 (Maps and Plans). SCH2474.

This map depicts a formal garden with parkland and a lake.

<2> Parks and Gardens Data Services Ltd, Various, Parks & Gardens UK, 418 (Web Site). SCH6814.

Birtles Old Hall's parkland has lakes with ornamental bridges. In one lake, there is an island planted with rhododendrons. Birtles Old Hall has a small formal garden with clipped beech and yew hedges. There is also a cricket ground, with an ornamental pavilion and a conservatory. Eighteenth century.

<3> Manchester Metropolitan University, 1995, Historic Cheshire Landscapes: Appendix 1 Selected Landscapes and Appendix 2 Full Inventory, 1 & 2 (Unpublished Report). SCH1356.