| Eccleston Hill | |
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Location in Cheshire
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| Location: | Eccleston, Cheshire, England |
| OS grid reference: | SJ 409 623 |
| Built: | 1881–82 |
| Built for: | 1st Duke of Westminster |
| Restored: | 1892–94 |
| Architect: | John Douglas |
| Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Designated: | 2 November 1983 |
| Reference #: | 1330221 |
Eccleston Hill is a house in the village of Eccleston, Cheshire, England. The house, with its attached conservatory, wall, and service wing, has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.[1]
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The house was designed by the Chester architect John Douglas for the 1st Duke of Westminster.[1] It was built in 1881–82 as the residence for the Duke's secretary, Colonel David Scotland.[2] The house, and in particular the service quarters, were altered by Douglas & Fordham for Scotland's successor, the Honourable Arthur Lawley in 1892–94.[3]
Eccleston Hill is "a large house, virtually a mansion".[2] The house has two storeys plus attics. It is built in red brick, with blue brick diapering and stone dressings. The roof is in red tiles; it is hipped with gables and dormers. Tall shaped chimney stacks rise from the roof. The entrance front faces north and includes an oak timber-framed porch. A wall for growing fruit trees extends to the east from the south east corner of the house at the end of which is a timber conservatory with an octagonal lantern. Extending from the northeast corner of the house to the north is a single-storey stable wing.[1] The gable over the entrance to the stable is also timber-framed.[4]
Although there have been alterations to the interior, Douglas' staircase and panelling to the hall remain "as an outstanding example of [his] domestic joinery".[4]