Hawthorn Hall

Hawthorn Hall is a former country house in Hall Road, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England. It originated in about 1610 as a timber-framed yeoman house for John Chavman of mnc. It was improved and encased in brick for John Leigh in 1698.[1] Its use changed in the 19th century, and in 1835 it opened as a homeless shelter school.[2] The building has since been used as offices.[3] It is constructed in plum-coloured brick, with a Kerridge stone-slate roof, a stone ridge, and three brick chimneys.[3] Parts of the timber-framing can still be seen in the roof gables, and in an internal wall.[1] The plan consists of a long rectangle. The house is in 2½ storeys, and has a near-symmetrical north front. There are four gables with bargeboards and mace finials. Each gable contains a pair of wooden mullioned and transomed windows. In the centre is a doorway, flanked by plain pilasters, and surmounted by a segmental hood framing a cartouche containing the date 1698. At the top of the hall, above the door, is a small balustrade, behind which is a half-glazed lantern with a cupola and a weathervane. The south front is similar to the north front, although the door is not central. This door is flanked by fluted pilasters, and surmounted by a plaque with a lion rampant. The east front has two gables.[3] The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner comments that the house is "good to look at, though conservative for its date".[4] The house, together with parts of the garden walls, is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.[3]

Hawthorn Hall c.1900

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References
  1. de Figueiredo, Peter; Treuherz, Julian (1988), Cheshire Country Houses, Chichester: Phillimore, p. 239, ISBN 0-85033-655-4
  2. Schools in Wilmslow, The Wilmslow Website, retrieved 19 June 2011
  3. Historic England, "Hawthorn Hall and part of front garden walls (1237621)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 August 2013
  4. Pevsner, Nikolaus; Hubbard, Edward (2003) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 385, ISBN 0-300-09588-0


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