Monument record 15782 - Site of Capenhurst Hall and Garden

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Gardens Trust, 2015 - 2021, Cheshire Gardens Trust Research and Recording Chester City Reports, Capenhurst Hall (Unpublished Report).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

Survival: Formerly the seat of the Richardson family, the house of 1792 was demolished in the early 1970s.

Previous form: The main house of 5 bays was extended and outbuildings are shown on the maps. The garden is shown as having paths, groups of trees and a large oval open area, probably that area still bounded by a wall.

Current form: The woodland shown on maps still exists, and has snowdrops and bluebells in spring, it can be seen from Capenhurst Lane and from the adjoining Dunkirk Lane. After demolition of the hall, a house, now called The Dovecote, was created from the outbuildings, or those of the adjacent farm. At least a portion of the garden wall stands, but is heavily overgrown with ivy and trees and is propped in places.

<2> Swire, W. & Hutchings, W. F., 1830, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2116.

Capenhurst Hall shown with garden on this map of 1830.

<3> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 85/2, Capenhurst. 1840 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

Plot name - Hall Buildings Yard Gardens and pleasure grounds.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ3673 1872-1874 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

Capenhurst Hall shown outbuildings and oval gardens and woodland towards the north. Earthwork of a probable Ha Ha shown across the parkland

<5> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (Book). SCH1389.

Capenhurst Hall is a modern brick building;

<6> GeoInformation Group, 1945-1948, 1945-1948 RAF National Survey (Aerial Photograph). SCH8190.

House and oval gardens extant.

<7> Huntings Surveys Ltd, 1971-1973, 1971-1973 County Survey (Aerial Photograph). SCH4881.

House still extant, gardens overgrown

<8> Airviews Ltd, 1983-5, 1983-1985 Airviews Survey (Aerial Photograph). SCH5296.

Main house has gone, outbuildings extant. Gardens overgrown