Birtles Hall
Birtles Hall, Birtles Lane
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1329626
- Date first listed:
- 14-Apr-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Birtles Hall
- Statutory Address:
- Birtles Hall, Birtles Lane
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1329626
- Date first listed:
- 14-Apr-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Birtles Hall
- Statutory Address 1:
- Birtles Hall, Birtles Lane
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Birtles Hall, Birtles Lane
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Over Alderley
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 85878 74584
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 13/01/2021 to correct the spelling of a person's name and reformat the text to current standards
SJ 87 SE
8/158
OVER ALDERLEY C.P.
BIRTLES LANE (west side)
Birtles Hall
14/4/1967
GV
II
Mansion: c.1790 for the Hibbert family, balustrade early C19, interior rebuilt by JH Sellers after fire in 1938, and some demolition. Ashlar buff sandstone Welsh slate roof and three brick chimneys. Two storey symmetrical five bay south front (2:1:2). Plain frieze and projecting cornice supporting balustrade. End bays have twelve-pane sashes in plain reveals with carved classical panels between each pair of windows. Central bay steps forward and has a Ionic porch in antis approached by four steps with a pair of doors behind in a simple architrave with a flat hood on consoles. Semi-circular headed niches in the side walls of the porch. Balustraded parapet has Hibbert arms and twelve-pane sash above. East front has canted end bay windows and four continuous steps between them.
Interior: original stone well staircase with plain cast-iron balusters containing simple tracery and a mahogany handrail. Pair of good Georgian mahogany doors with original brass furniture and a reset cast-iron grate. Remaining fireplaces are a collection from other Georgian houses. Remaining interior of 1938 in a good but restrained Classical style.
The architect was said to have been Sir John Soane though the design lacks real distinction and is unlikely to be his.
Listing NGR: SJ8587874584
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 58324
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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