Building record 1757/1 - Broxton Old Hall

<1> Historic England, 2011, The National Heritage List for England, 1229906 (Web Site). SCH6528.

Broxton Old Hall,Old Coach Road. c.1600, extended to sides and rear and heavily restored, partly by John Douglas in 1873. Oak framed with plaster panels. Stone-slate roofs with ornate bargeboards and finials. The central (original) part of the front has two gables. Wings recessed left and projecting right, each of one gable. Two storeys. Small frame with quadrant braces in centrepiece and right wing; herringbone in left wing. Part of the upper storey and the gables are slightly jettied. Bressumers carved, probably C19. Gabled porch. Windows of oak, those to lower storey mullioned and transomed, to upper storey mullioned. Full architectural description

<2> de Figueiredo P & Treuherz J, 1988, Cheshire Country Houses, p.219 (Book). SCH785.

A large rambling black and white mansion of 1873 designed by John Douglas for Sir Philip de Grey Egerton as a dower house for Oulton Park. A timber-framed house oof the 1590s built for Thomas Dod was incorporated and the present central gablesof the entrance elevation are an exact copy of the original front. Some fragments of this earlier house survive inside, as well as re-used 17th century panelling and a good Jacobean doorcase. Carefully remodelled and extended in 1987-8.