Hoole Hall

Hoole Hall is a former country house located to the north of Chester, Cheshire, England. It originated as a small house in about 1760, built for the Rev John Baldwin.[1][2] After Rev Baldwin's death in 1793, the house passed to his eldest son, Thomas Baldwin, who then sold the house and surrounding land in 1800.[3]

Extensive additions were made to it in the 19th century for the Hamilton family, including an elaborate cast iron conservatory.[1][2] The conservatory was designed by Thomas Harrison in about 1820.[4] During the 20th century the house became derelict, but was then converted into a hotel.[1][2] It is constructed in plum-coloured brick, with stone dressings and a Welsh slate roof. Its plan is square, plus a servants' wing. The west wing has two storeys, is symmetrical, sits on a stone plinth, and has rusticated quoins.[1] Figueirdo and Treuherz describe it as "a miniature astylar Palladian villa of brick with stucco dressings".[2] The house is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Historic England. "Hoole Hall (1229523)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 de Figueiredo, Peter; Treuherz, Julian (1988), Cheshire Country Houses, Chichester: Phillimore, p. 244, ISBN 0-85033-655-4
  3. ↑ Ormerod, George (1819), The history of the county palatine and city of Chester: compiled from original evidences in public offices, the Harleian and Cottonian mss., parochial registers, private muniments, unpublished ms. collections of successive Cheshire antiquaries, and a personal survey of every township in the county; incorporated with a republication of King's Vale royal, and Leycester's Cheshire antiquities. (GOOGLE EBOOK), London, p. 440, retrieved 12 January 2012
  4. ↑ Champness, John (2005), Thomas Harrison: Georgian Architect of Chester and Lancaster 1744–1829, Centre for North-West Regional Studies, University of Lancaster, p. 111, ISBN 1-86220-169-2

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Coordinates: 53°12′23″N 2°51′16″W / 53.20629°N 2.85447°W