Burton Manor

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Burton Manor from the garden with the orangery on the right
Burton Manor from the garden with the orangery on the right

Burton Manor is in the village of Burton in the district of Ellesmere Port and Neston, Cheshire, England (grid reference SJ315741). It is a Grade II listed building.[1] Formerly a private house, it is now a college of further education with accommodation for resident students.[2]

The house was built around 1805 for Richard Congreve and remodelled in 1904 by Sir Charles Nicholson for Henry Neville Gladstone, son of William Gladstone. An orangery was added in 1910 to a design by Arthur Beresford Pite. It is built in ashlar and hammer-dressed red sandstone with a roof of green slates. The chimney stacks are tall and ornate, built of stone and brick. The plan of the building is quadrangular with a central courtyard.[1] Pevsner considers it to be a "classical design of no great force" and states that its most attractive feature is the courtyard.[3] The garden was designed in the early 20th century as a formal garden designed by T. H. Mawson with a pool, lawns, and terraces with views over extensive parkland.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Images of England: Burton Manor and attached Orangery. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
  2. ^ Burton Manor. Burton Manor College. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
  3. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Edward Hubbard [1971] (2003). The Buildings of England: Cheshire. New Haven: Yale University Press, 122. ISBN 0 300 09588 0. 
  4. ^ Burton Manor. United Kingdom Database of Historic Parks and Gardens. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.


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