Monument record 1213/2/1 - Peover Hall

Peover Hall, Peover Hall Park. Dated 1585 on datestone with additions & alterations c.1653-6, c.1763, c.1944 & 1966. Blt for Sir Randle Mainwaring. Intended to be 1st phase in blg of a much larger E or H-shaped house on which work was begun c.1585 & halted c.1590, & never continued to the original plan. Brick with stone dressings & stone slate roof. The blg consists of an Elizbthn block & a link wing of C16 & a main block which is Georgian. Interior: Cross passage with wall panelling with frieze above showing deer in grove of fruit- bearing trees. Kitchen has open timber ceiling of heavy beams. Hall panelling brought from Horsley, nr Chester, this C. Morning room has panelling from Otley Park, Salop & Ellesmere, Salop, this C .1st floor - Oak room has moulded truss of c.1585 with panelling of c.1650 & contemporary fireplace with Ionic pilasters. Long gallery-floor was lowered c.1764 when the bolection moulded panelling was installed with a plaster frieze above.

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /5/72 (Report). SCH1934.

<2> Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883 -, Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 72/151-166 Cordingley R & Wood-Jones R 1962 (Journal/Periodical). SCH3293.

<3> Pevsner N & Hubbard E, 1971, The Buildings of England: Cheshire (Book). SCH3078.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ77SE2/1969 (Index). SCH2487.

<5> de Figueiredo P & Treuherz J, 1988, Cheshire Country Houses, /138-142 (Book). SCH785.