Burton Hall

Burton Hall
OS grid reference: SJ 508 639
Built for: John Worden
Listed Building – Grade II*
Designated: 22 October 1952
Reference #: 1130559
Location in Cheshire
For the house of a similar name in Wirral see Burton Manor

Burton Hall is in the small village of Burton 2 miles (3 km) to the southeast of the larger village of Tarvin, Cheshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.[1]

The house dates from the early 17th century. There have been some small 19th-century additions. It is built in brick with buff sandstone dressings, it has a Welsh slate roof, and four stone capped brick chimneys. Its plan is square and the house has three storeys over a basement, with a symmetrical three-bay front. The entrance is approached by ten stone steps.[1] The house is currently under the private ownership of the Rowton family and is being extensively refurbished.

References

  1. ^ a b "Burton Hall", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1130559, retrieved 1 May 2011 

Further reading

  • de Figueiredo, Peter; Treuherz, Julian (1988), Cheshire Country Houses, Chichester: Phillimore, p. 220, ISBN 0-85033-655-4 
  • Hartwell, Claire; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 196, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6