Building record 1901 - Horton Hall

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /2/33 (Report). SCH1934.

Horton Hall, Chester Road. Farmhouse, late C16 origins, partly rebuilt early C18 and new facade of early C19, some C20 alterations. Brick, partly on stone base, some timber framing to rear. Welsh slate roof and brick chimneys. Plan of hall and crosswings. 2-storey, 5-bay E front. End bays project forward under gables with shaped bargeboards and pointed finials. Wooden casements with segmental brick heads and stone sills. Plain brick band at 1st floor of left side and some timber framing to rear. Interior: Some timber framing exposed. Full architectural description

<2> Department for the Environment, Various, Provisional List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 2/18 1974 (Report). SCH2744.

Some evidence of possible cruck construction

<3> County Historic Environment Record, 1973-1985, Cheshire Archaeological Bulletin, 2/8 Archer A & Wilson D 1974 (Journal/Periodical). SCH565.

Alleged moat. Included in a list of moats

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ46NE9 1986 (Index). SCH2487.

Field visit notes from 1959 state that the water feature shown on OS plans of 1911 and annotated as Moat appears to be no more than a natural drainage course which ahs been drained out. Further field visits in 1964, 1975, 1976 and 1986 state that no trace of a moat was seen.

<5> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Ormerod G 1882 2/332 (Book). SCH1389.

Ormerod describes Horton Hall as a large old farmhouse of brick on the bank of a small brook which seperates this township from Tarvin, containing nothing of interest. Webb (17th century) mentions the estate is an ancient seat of the Trevices (or Travis's)