Building record 1813/1/1 - Golborne Old Hall

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /5/63 (Report). SCH1934.

Golborne Old Hall, Whitchurch Rd. Farmhouse, dated 1682, with re-used early C17 staircase & 1727 on rainhead, some late C19 alterations & additions. English bond brick with stone dressings. Slate roof & 1 central brick chimney. 3-storey, 3-bay west front. Chamfered stone plinth, stone quoins, plain band at lst floor & stone coped hipped gable. End bays have tall C19 wooden casements with flat stone heads & original moulded hoods in top storey. Doric doorcase with rusticated pilasters & shouldered architrave. Above is plaque reading JAT JMT 1682. To side & rear are 2-light stone mullioned windows in plinth & a rainhead reading EGLI 1727. C19 ranges added to N. Interior: Heavy ceiling beams, 1cyma-moulded, the rest deeply chamfered with quirk & tongue steps & re-used pierced flat baluster stair to lst floor with finialled square newels. Full architectural description.

<2> Chester Courant, 1878-1990, The Cheshire Sheaf, 29/57 1934 (Newspaper-Magazine). SCH3105.

A moat partially surrounded the house & garden. It was drained & filled in pre 1934. It was crossed by a stone arch. There were extensive arched cellars under the building, revealed during floor repairs. Foundations 9ft wide were also found.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ45NE6 (Index). SCH2487.

Field visit dated 24/11/1964:- 'There are no identifiable remains of the moat, but a shallow hollow along the south side of the house and west side of the front garden probably indicates part of its course. There is no trace of a stone arch.'

<4> Wilson D et al, 1973-1986, Moated Sites Research Group Records (Paper Archive). SCH2205.