Building record 15742/1 - Brook House, Tattenhall

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Gardens Trust, 2015 - 2021, Cheshire Gardens Trust Research and Recording Chester City Reports, Brook House (Hall) (Unpublished Report).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

Late 19th century house with stables, walled Kitchen garden, ornamental gardens and a small park. House divided into 2 separate ownerships (one owning northern half of park) and stable block into 3.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ4859 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

Brook House shown as a main house with outbuildings with a driveway through gardens.

<3> Tattenhall Local History, 2012, http://www.tattenhallhistory.co.uk/, http://www.tattenhallhistory.co.uk/brook-hall/ (Web Site). SCH9319.

Brook Hall is located on the outskirts of the village. A grand property, it was variously occupied by affluent Liverpool brokers and merchants and it is also known locally because Grakle, the winning horse in the 1931 Grand National, is buried in the grounds.

This page has been created on the Website because of a set of remarkable images which illustrate the opulent interior of this substantial property during the last quarter of the nineteenth century.

Photos taken by Bedford Lemere & Company ( one of the foremost architectural photographic firms of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.)

Images from the Historic England Archive.

<4> Historic England, 1940-2021, The Historic England Archive, https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/photos/collection/HBL01 (Paper Archive). SCH9105.

Reference BL13061B, BL13062 -BL13071