Building record 1427/2 - Legh Hall

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 58264 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Formerly hall, now house: early to mid-eighteenth century with late nineteenth century additions and twentieth century alterations. Flemish bond red brick with yellow headers. Welsh slate roof, two gable brick chimneys. Two and a half storey, symmetrical five-bay front (2:1:2). Plastered chamfered plinth and modillion cornice. End bays have twelve pane sashes under flat gauged and rubbed brick heads with stone key-blocks and sills. Breaking the cornice are two twentieth century gabled half dormers. Central bay steps forward slightly and has an eared architrave with raised key-block to door of eight lozenge shaped panels with raised fields. Twelve-pane sash above. Added to left are two late nineteenth century bays with large windows with fixed glazing bars and considerable additions to rear.

Interior: Oak dogleg stair with turned column balusters and shaped handrail. Some two-panelled doors with raised fields and a seventeenth century six-panelled door to cellar. Extensions have some grand French style early twentieth century fireplaces.