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: PARROT HOUSE AT NORTH END OF BROAD WALK
List entry Number: 1138401
Location
PARROT HOUSE AT NORTH END OF BROAD WALK, EAST GARDEN TO HALL
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
| County |
District |
District Type |
Parish |
| Cheshire West and Chester | Unitary Authority | Eaton |
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II
Date first listed: 02-Nov-1983
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 55280
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List entry Description
Summary of Building
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
SJ 4160 EATON C.P. EAST GARDEN TO HALL
Eaton Park
9/84 Parrot House at north
end of Broad Walk
GV II
Former Parrot House, 1881-3, by Alfred Waterhouse for 1st Duke of
Westminster. Yellow terracotta. Designed in the form of a circular
colonnaded Ionic temple with shallow domed roof. Frieze of swags
above the colonnade; concentric balustrades above the colonnade and
the inner drum. Flight of 11 steps to south entrance; projecting
heating chamber to north.
Interior: 4 semi-circular niches in central chamber and one on each
side of lobby to heating chamber. Frieze of griffins below
clerestory; caryatids between clerestory windows carry the dome.
The Parrot House was incorporated in Detmar Blow's redesign of the
east garden (1911) as the north terminal of the main cross axis.
Listing NGR: SJ4159360870
Selected Sources
- Article Reference - Title: Part 6 Cheshire - Journal Title: Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England
National Grid Reference: SJ 41594 60870
Map
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