Building record 1366/1/1 - Whirley Hall

Whirley Hall, Whirley Lane. Hall, c.1670 with 20th century alterations and additions. Brick with buff sandstone dressings. Stone-slate roof. Five bay symmetrical front. Brick bands at first, second and third floors. Above each pair of end bays is a stone-coped, shaped, gabled dormer with an obelisk finial. End gables are stone-coped on stone kneelers. Two bay 20th century extensions to left and right in keeping. Interior: original ground plan but only chamfered ceiling beams. This house was an addition to a timber framed hall, now demolished. A stone with '1599' was found during renovation but the existing features point to a late 17th century date. Full architectural description (1). Symmetrical facade in 1950s. Photo predating that period in (2).

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /8/176 (Report). SCH1934.

<2> de Figueiredo P & Treuherz J, 1988, Cheshire Country Houses, /281-2 (Book). SCH785.