Ashley Hall, Cheshire

Ashley Hall is a country house standing to the north of the village of Ashley, Cheshire, England. It dates from the late 16th to the early 17th century, with additions made in the 18th and 19th centuries.[1] The house is historically important because it was here that the Cheshire gentlemen met in 1715 to decide whether to support the Stuarts or the Hanoverians. They decided on the latter and later commissioned a set of portraits, which now hang in Tatton Hall.[2] The house has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.[1] Also listed at Grade II are the gatepiers to the forecourt of the building,[3] a carriage house in the forecourt,[4] the kitchen garden wall,[5] and the stable block.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ashley Hall Farm", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1329655, retrieved 12 June 2011 
  2. ^ de Figueiredo, Peter; Treuherz, Julian (1988), Cheshire Country Houses, Chichester: Phillimore, p. 213, ISBN 0-85033-655-4 
  3. ^ "Gatepiers to the forecourt at Ashley Hall Farm", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1139580, retrieved 12 June 2011 
  4. ^ "Carriage house in forecourt at Ashley Hall Farm", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1139581, retrieved 12 June 2011 
  5. ^ "Ashley Hall Farm kitchen garden wall", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1139582, retrieved 12 June 2011 
  6. ^ "Stable block at Ashley Hall Farm", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1329656, retrieved 12 June 2011