Brereton Hall

Has been described as a Possible Fortified Manor House

There are major building remains

NameBrereton Hall
Alternative Names
Historic CountryCheshire
Modern AuthorityCheshire
1974 AuthorityCheshire
Civil ParishBrereton

Hall, 1585 altered 1829 and late C19. Stone-dressed brick; leaded roof to front range, slate roofs to cross-wings. The present building suggests a reversed E plan, probably with a great hall behind the gateway forming the central bar, demolished and replaced by an 1829 conservatory. Front range has basement and 2 storeys with turreted central gateway and a bay of 2 windows to each side flanked by slightly projecting cross-wings of considerable depth forming the sides of an open court to rear. Gateway has replaced Gothick glazed door-screen in basket-arched opening with stone steps; the storey above has a continuous mullioned and transomed window across entrance bay and turrets, with heraldic panel below and above - Brereton plays 2nd fiddle to the royal arms. The turrets were linked by a basket-arched bridge incorporating reused stonework, shorn of their cupolas, slightly foreshortened and crenellated in 1829. (Listed Building Report)

Not scheduled

This is a Grade 1 listed building protected by law

Historic England Scheduled Monument Number
Historic England Listed Building number(s)
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Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSJ781648
Latitude53.1803016662598
Longitude-2.32868003845215
Eastings378126
Northings364855
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Books

  • Goodall, John, 2011, The English Castle 1066-1650 (Yale University Press) p. 458, 459
  • Moir, A.L., 1949 (2edn), The Story of Brereton Hall, Cheshire (Chester)
  • Ormerod, G., 1882 (2edn), History of the County Palatine and city of Chester (London) Vol. 3 p. 85-6
  • Ormerod, G., 1819, History of the County Palatine and city of Chester (London) Vol. 3 p. 47-51 (tenurial history) online copy

Journals

  • Binney, Marcus, 2005 Aug 12, 'The Tudor show home' The Times online copy
  • 1910, Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol. 65 p. 186