Churche's Mansion
Grade I listed mansion in Cheshire East, United Kingdom / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Churche's Mansion is a timber-framed, black-and-white Elizabethan mansion house at the eastern end of Hospital Street in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. The Grade I listed building dates from 1577, and is one of the very few to have survived the Great Fire of Nantwich in 1583.
Churche's Mansion | |
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Location | Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Coordinates | 53°03′56″N 2°30′52″W |
Built | 1577 |
Built for | Richard Churche |
Current use | Restaurant |
Architectural style(s) | Elizabethan |
Website | churchesmansion |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | Churche's Mansion |
Designated | 19 April 1948 |
Reference no. | 1039605[1] |
Built for Richard Churche, a wealthy Nantwich merchant, and his wife, it remained in their family until the 20th century. In 1930, it was rescued from being shipped to the US by Edgar Myott and his wife, who began restoration work. As well as a dwelling, the mansion has been used as a school, restaurant, shop, and granary and hay store.
The building has four gables to the front; the upper storey and the attics all overhang with jetties. The upper storeys feature decorative panels, and the exterior has many gilded carvings. The principal rooms have oak panelling, some of which is Elizabethan in date. The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner considered Churche's Mansion to be among the best timber-framed Elizabethan buildings in Cheshire,[2] describing it as "an outstanding piece of decorated half-timber architecture."[3]