Building record 1723/2/0 - Tushingham Hall

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 55628 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Hall, early C19 incorporating C17 features, some brought in; of rendered brick with grey slate roofs. 2 storeys; 3 windows. Tudor Revival symmetrical front with recessed centre of 1 window above canted open porch with 3 Tudor arches and parapet. Glazed double doors in panelled case; a blank loophole in each canted face of porch. The mullioned 2-light central window contains 2 8-pane sashes under a label, surmounted by a wreath below a false shaped gable with a diamond-flue chimney at each corner. Each cross-wing has a 3-light mullioned window to each storey; 18-pane sashes below, 8-pane above; mock-crenellated gables. A diminishing chimney at each outer corner has a single diagonal flue. Interior: not inspected, but C17 open-well stair with heavy turned balusters, moulded panelled plaster ceilings in the front rooms, massive overmantels and 6-panel doors can be discerned. The stair is stated to be from Ravenscroft Hall.

<2> Hartwell C, Hyde M, Hubbard E & Pevsner N, 2011, The Buildings of England: Cheshire (2011 revision) (Book). SCH7059.

Symmetrical stuccoed front with Gothic porch, dating from a remodelling of c.1815. Late C17 staircase, brought in

<3> Vaudrey B H, 1875, Antiquarian Scrapbook (Graphic Material). SCH283.

An illustration of a timber-framed gable with mullion-window now covered by the "Well Room" is given in the Vawdrey Antiquarian Scrapbook

<4> de Figueiredo P & Treuherz J, 1988, Cheshire Country Houses, p.277 (Book). SCH785.

A remodelling of a moated farmhouse for Daniel Vawdrey who purchased it in 1814. It is in plain neo-Tudor style, stuccode, with mullioned windows, square hood moulds and a triple-arched porch. Inside is a late 17th century staircase from Dearnford Hall near Whitchurch. There is a fine parkland and gardens, a lake and part of the original moat.

<5> Chester City Council, 1992-1994, Chester District Listed Buildings Survey, Tushingham_5_13-17 (Photographic Archive). SCH9385.

Photos of Tushingham Hall and outbuildings dated July 1993.

<6> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Watson, Moya (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

Sources give different locations for the origins of the stiarcase