Building record 1101/2 - Brereton Hall

Brereton Hall, Brereton Green. Built 1585, altered 1829 and late 19th century. Stone dressed brick. The present building suggests a reverse E plan, probably with a great hall behind the gateway forming the central bar, demolished and replaced by an 1829 conservatory. Front range has a turreted central gateway, the Z turrets of which were linked by a basket- arched bridge, incorporating reused stonework. Central gateway is flanked by slightly projecting cross-wings of considerable depth forming the sides of an open court to rear. Interior: radically altered in 1829, only fragments of earlier work remain. Earlier features include landing and vestiges of a probable great open-well stair of oak at junction of front range and right cross-wing; oak panelled room, Elizabethan and Jacobean chimney pieces, one dated 1633, and heraldic panels. Full architectural description. Recently a private school (1). Now a private house.

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /7/8 (Report). SCH1934.

<2> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, 3/85-6 (N) (Book). SCH1389.

<3> Cambrian Archaeological Association, 1846–present, Archaeologia Cambrensis, 10/186 1910 (Journal/Periodical). SCH305.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ76SE3/1964 (Index). SCH2487.

<5> Angus-Butterworth, LM, 1932, Old Cheshire Families and their Seats, /3-22 (Book). SCH2321.