Landscape record 15372/2 - Aldersey Hall Parkland and Gardens

<1> Cheshire Gardens Trust, 2015 - 2021, Cheshire Gardens Trust Research and Recording Chester City Reports, Aldersey Hall 2001 (Unpublished Report). SCH9313.

Ornamental gardens and walled kitchen garden to Aldersey Hall (demolished 1958) with sinuous lake or fish pond with boat house associated with woodland, and drives through parkland to hall.

Survival: Two lodges, two sets of gate piers and section of kitchen garden wall dated 1901. Parkland
Current Form: 9 executive homes developed on site of hall and gardens. Walled garden area appears to be intact and contain a paved sports area. Mature trees
Previous form: Hall (dem 1958) with ornamental gardens and walled kitchen garden; sinuous lake or fish

<2> Greenwood, C. & Greenwood J., 1819, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2115.

Area of Parkland site of the house shown. Marked Aldersey Hall

<3> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

Indicating a loss of parkland to the south and a realignment of the public road to the east, the old road becoming the drive to the Hall.

<4> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 120/2 Coddington (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

Buildings, Gardens and Pleasure grounds around the Hall

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, 05SJ4956 1911 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

The ornamental gardens include two wells, a long sinuous fish pond, a boathouse, sundial, many paths and a formally laid out walled garden. The original public road now lies within the park, serving the Hall.

<6> de Figueiredo P & Treuherz J, 1988, Cheshire Country Houses, p.211 (Book). SCH785.

A housing estate now occupies the site in the middle of derelict parkland and all that remains are two pairs of gate piers, two lodges and a section of the walled garden with a gate dated 1901.