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List entry Summary

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Name: OVERTON HALL

List entry Number: 1106258

Location

OVERTON HALL, OVERTON HEATH

The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County	District	District Type	Parish
	Cheshire West and Chester	Unitary Authority	Overton

National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.

Grade: II

Date first listed: 22-Oct-1952

Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.

Legacy System Information

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Legacy System: LBS

UID: 55174

Asset Groupings

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List entry Description

Summary of Building

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History

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Details

SJ 44 NE OVERTON OVERTON HEATH

4/33 Overton Hall 22.1O.52 II

House, mid to late C16 altered, with early C19 wing and later additions; on an earlier moated site. Timber framed, painted brick nogging to two facades. Mostly brick faced. Slate roofs, tile ridges. 2 storey L plan. Exposed stone stack, stepped with chamfered drip. Stone stack with brick upper portion, now internal. The oldest parts have C19 3 light sash windows, one with glazing bars. 2 other recent casements. Stud door in added brick porch. 1 gable has slightly moulded bargeboards. Rear: Close studding, shallow 1st floor jettying with moulded bressumer. Moulded corbels, recent casements. C19 wing: brick, stone capped gable parapet, gable end stacks. 3 bay, recessed sashes. Central stone porch and 2 stone bays with slight stop chamfers. Eaves modillions. Added brick blocks to rear, painted, simulating timber framing. Interior: Part inspected. Inglenook. Some panelling, and doors, perhaps reused. Panelled cupboards of similar date in C19 part. Rear wing: chamfered and ovolo moulded beams. Central wing. 1st floor undecorated cruck. Stair in back wing has octagonal newel post. Ormerod, Pevsner & Hubbard.

Listing NGR: SJ4713548357

Selected Sources

1. Book  Reference - Author: G Ormerod - Title: History of the County Palatine and City of Chester - Date: 1882
2. Article  Reference - Author: Nikolaus Pevsner and Edward Hubbard - Title: Cheshire - Date: 1971 - Journal Title: The Buildings of England

National Grid Reference: SJ 47135 48357

Map

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