Building record 235/2 - Doddington Hall

Doddington Hall. Mansion built 1777-90 by Samuel Wyatt for Sir Thomas Broughton, replacing the ruinous Old Hall. Considered to be Wyatt's most successful country house with its restrained detailing. Full architectural description (1) & (2). Large rectangular block with a tall rusticated basement and one-&-a half storeys. Has double projecting staircase modelled on that at Kedleston Hall. Two principal rooms are the rectangular entrance hall and the circular saloon. House formerly let as a boarding school, Goudhurst College, but now empty (3).

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

<2> Pevsner N & Hubbard E, 1971, The Buildings of England: Cheshire, /199-200 (Book). SCH3078.

<3> de Figueiredo P & Treuherz J, 1988, Cheshire Country Houses, /72-76 (Book). SCH785.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ74NW10 1978 (Index). SCH2487.

<5> IPC Media, 1897-Present, Country Life, /3076 1953 (Newspaper-Magazine). SCH993.