Christleton Old Hall

For the building with a similar name, see Christleton Hall.

Christleton Old Hall is a former country house in the village of Christleton, Cheshire, England.

It was built in the early 17th century as a timber-framed house by a member of the Egerton family but around 1870, when being used as a rectory, was encased in Ruabon red brick whilst the Rev Lionel Garnett was rector.^[1] The house is built in two and three storeys with Welsh slate roofs. The entrance front has seven bays.^[2] The interior of the house contains "much good Jacobean plasterwork and panelling".^[1] The house is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.^[2] The gate piers, gates and garden walls are listed at Grade II.^[3] The remains of tunnels still surround the house, possibly connecting it to the village church.

It was bought c.1710 by Gerard Townsend, a Chester merchant, who left it to his son Robert Townsend, a lawyer and the Recorder of Chester. It has been subsequently owned by The Ince Family, Mrs Mary Legh, J Verney Lace and Major & Mrs Currie. In 1946 it was acquired by the Guest Williams brothers, who were related by marriage to the Ince, Legh and Currie families. Since the sale of the property in 1974, it has been substantially restored.^[4]

See also

• Cheshire portal

• Grade II* listed buildings in Cheshire West and Chester
• Listed buildings in Christleton

References

1. de Figueiredo, Peter; Treuherz, Julian (1988), Cheshire Country Houses, Chichester: Phillimore, p. 225, ISBN 0-85033-655-4
2. Historic England, "The Old Hall, Christleton (1130666)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 July 2012
3. Historic England, "Gate piers, gates and garden walls 20 metres to either side in front of the Old Hall, Christleton (1052210)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 July 2012
4. "Christleton". Retrieved 20 January 2014.

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