Holford Hall

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 is 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 English Heritage, "Holford Hall (1329664)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 August 2013 
  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. ↑ English Heritage, "Stone bridge crossing the moat at Holford Hall (1115432)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 August 2013 
  5. ↑ English Heritage, "Holford Hall moated site (1012413)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 August 2013 

Coordinates: 53°16′31″N 2°26′16″W / 53.27516°N 2.43791°W / 53.27516; -2.43791


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.