Belmont Hall, Cheshire

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Belmont Hall, Cheshire is a country house to the northwest of the village of Great Budworth, Cheshire, England (grid reference SJ654783). It is a Grade I listed building.[1] The house is now occupied by a school, Cransley School.[2]

[edit] History and architecture

The house was built in 1755 to a design by James Gibbs, which was altered during its construction. It is built in brown brick and has a slate hipped roof.[1] The entrance façade is symmetrical with seven bays and three storeys. It has a central three-bay pediment and two two-storey bay windows. The doorway also has a pediment. On each side of the house is a three-bay wing at right angles to the house. Each wing is joined to the house by a five-bay wall which includes a central pedimented archway. The rear of the house is plain. The interior has "quite sumptuous decoration" in Rococo style.[3]

[edit] Surrounding buildings and grounds

In the grounds is a five-sided moated island and a fishpond. This was part of a medieval monastic grange which was granted to Norton Priory by Geoffrey Dutton during the reign of Henry I.[4] The main lodge to the hall,[5] and the north lodge[6] are listed Grade II.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Images of England: Belmont Hall. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
  2. ^ Cransley School. Cransley School. Retrieved on 2008-04-10.
  3. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Edward Hubbard [1971] (2003). The Buildings of England: Cheshire. New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 228. ISBN 0 300 09588 0. 
  4. ^ Belmont Hall. Department for Children, Schools and Families. Retrieved on 2008-04-10.
  5. ^ Images of England: Main Lodge to Belmont Hall. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-04-10.
  6. ^ Images of England: North Lodge to Belmont Hall. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-04-10.