Building record 326/1 - Egerton Hall

Egerton Hall. Remains of two arms of a moat on the south and west of the site of the medieval hall survived in 1964 to be surveyed. By 1976, the south arm was filled in and the west arm altered. Nothing of the medieval hall survives but parts of a mid C14 chapel survive (1). There are remains of three walls (west missing), the north and east standing c.4.0m high, south only 0.7m. Hammer dressed coursed red sandstone. Single ground and first floor openings one above the other. Wide splayed reveals internally and evidence of lost mullion. Heads missing. Doorway with oak lintel, later insertion. Buttress against north wall. Fireplace-like projection internally (2). Used as a barn, later renovated (1).

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ55SW3 1976 (Index). SCH2487.

<2> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Report). SCH1934.

<3> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, 2/627 1882 (Book). SCH1389.