Building record 4195 - Shavington Hall

A small country house, in the Tudor revival style, built in 1877 for the Earl of Shrewsbury. Light Bowden brick with sandstone dressings, tall brick chimneys and a Welsh slate roof. Service wing to east (1).

There is a small range of farm buildings to the north which have been converted to houses (3 & 4).

Reputedly one of the two manorial sites in this township mentioned by Ormerod (5).

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 463202 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

<2> Liverpool University Field Archaeology Unit, 2000, An Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment of the Proposed A500 Basford-Hough-Shavington Bypass, No.27 (Client Report). SCH4362.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

<4> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Land Line and Master Map Vector Maps, 09/10/2012 (Maps and Plans). SCH4491.

<5> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, vol.III p.505-8 (Book). SCH1389.