Building record 111/1 - Hallwood (Tricorn Public House), Palace Fields Avenue

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Report). SCH1934.

Surviving house is of c.1710 for Sir John Chesshyre. Brown brick with stone dressings, two storeys and five bays. Pedimented doorcase. Now attached to contemporary stables, the bays divided by pilasters, doorways with broken pediments, and moulded window openings

<2> County Historic Environment Record, 1973-1985, Cheshire Archaeological Bulletin, 3/54-5 Greene J P 1975 (Journal/Periodical). SCH565.

Hallwood is a large moated manor house site. During conversion to public house, core of building had C16 and C17 features, including timber-framed wall and blocked mullioned windows

<3> Malcolm Reid BA, 2007, The Palace Fields Moat Project: An Examination Of The Past And An Archaeological Assessment (Client Report). SCH4897.

Hallwood house was extensively altered in the early 18th century. In the absence of any documentation it is not possible to accurately date this rebuilding but an examination of the decorative scheme suggests the work was carried out between about 1710 and 1720, and is likely to have been undertaken for Sir John Chesshyre. In addition to this work, the south western art of the house was extended shortly afterwards. Nothing now survives of this range which was demolished after being damaged by a bomb in 1941.

<4> de Figueiredo P & Treuherz J, 1988, Cheshire Country Houses, p.235 (Book). SCH785.

Remodelled c.1710. The enlargement of a late medieval building. The house if of rough stone, to whih a five bay brick front was added with a broad pediment across the whole façade. The interiors are more impressive and include pedimenteddoorcases and a carved oak staircase with fluted corinithian newels. Plans dated 1798 to reface the house in Noe Classical style were not caried out. Now the Tricorn Inn.

<5> Lichfields, 2023, Palacefields Regeneration, Local Centre Parcel: Desk-Based Assessment, R4687 (Client Report). SCH9415.

An archaeological desk-based assessment was produced in 2023 for land known as the Local Centre Parcel, Palacefields, Runcorn, prior to proposed development. The proposal includes partial demolition, alteration and refurbishment of the Grade II* Listed Tricorn Public House and the Grade II Listed stables. The study concludes that the archaeological potential of much of the site is limited, given the disturbance associated with the development of the area in the 1970s. However, there is potential for the survival of archaeological remains from the later medieval and the early post medieval periods focussed on the former Tricorn public house and associated stable block, which may have developed from an earlier medieval moated site, one arm of which survives to the south of the house and stable blocks.