Holford Hall

Holford Hall is a country house standing to the west of the village of Plumley, Cheshire, England. It consists of a fragment of a much larger timber-framed house, built in 1601 for Mary Cholmondeley on a moated site. Part of the building was demolished in the 1880s.[1] The house is timber-framed with rendered infill. It has a stone-slate roof. The entrance front has two bays with gables and Ionic pilasters.[2] The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner describes this front as being "highly decorated".[3] The house has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.[2] The stone bridge crossing the moat leading to the house has been listed at Grade II.[4] The moated site on which the house stands is a Scheduled monument.[5]

References

  1. ^ de Figueiredo, Peter; Treuherz, Julian (1988), Cheshire Country Houses, Chichester: Phillimore, p. 242, ISBN 0-85033-655-4 
  2. ^ a b "Holford Hall", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1329664, retrieved 19 June 2011 
  3. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Hubbard, Edward (2003) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 303, ISBN 0-300-09588-0 
  4. ^ "Stone bridge crossing the moat at Holford Hall", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1115432, retrieved 19 June 2011 
  5. ^ "Holford Hall moated site", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1012413, retrieved 19 June 2011