Building record 819/1 - Lea Hall

Lea Hall, Off Nantwich Road. Small country house, now subdivided into three flats. Late 17th century/early 18th century. Red Flemish bond brick with ashlar dressings and plain tiled roof. Two storeys, with attic and basement. Entrance front - five bays symmetrically disposed. Projecting plinth with moulded top. Chamfered quoins to corners and to slightly projecting central bay. Cyma-moulded string course between floors and 19th century terra-cotta cornice at eaves level with egg and dart moulding. The central bay has a painted ashlar door surround with arched panels and scrolls to the jambs and a swan's neck pediment above with a crest to the centre and initials JV to either side. The house was built for a member of the Verdu family (1). Full architectural description (1) and (2).

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /8/89 (Report). SCH1934.

<2> Department for the Environment, Various, Provisional List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /18/1 1965 (Report). SCH2744.

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

<4> White, F, 1860, Whites History, Directory & Gazetteer of Cheshire, /517 White F & Co 1860 (Book). SCH1452.

<5> Directory, /488 Bagshaw 1850 (Book). SCH1050.