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OS grid reference
  
SJ 315,741

Built for
  
Richard Congreve

Reference no.
  
1387802

Restored
  
1904

Built
  
c. 1805

Designated
  
22 March 1974

Phone
  
+44 151 345 1107

Burton Manor

Restored by
  
Henry Neville Gladstone

Address
  
The Village, Neston CH64 5SJ, United Kingdom

Architect
  
Sir Charles Nicholson, 2nd Baronet

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Burton Manor is a former manor house in the village of Burton, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

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History

The house was built around 1805 for Richard Congreve and remodelled in 1904 by Sir Charles Nicholson for Henry Neville Gladstone, son of William Ewart Gladstone. An orangery was added in 1910 to a design by Arthur Beresford Pite. Formerly a private house, it became an adult education college with accommodation for resident students, operated by Liverpool City Council. It closed as an adult educational college in March 2011. Since its closure the organisation known as the Friends of Burton Manor has been formed to restore the manor and its associated buildings.

Architecture

The house is built in ashlar and hammer-dressed red sandstone with a roof of green slates. The chimney stacks are tall and ornate, built of stone and brick. The plan of the building is quadrangular with a central courtyard. The authors of the Buildings of England series consider it to be a "classical design of no great force" and state that its most attractive feature is the small inner courtyard.

Garden

The garden was designed in the early 20th century as a formal garden. It was designed by T. H. Mawson with a pool, lawns, and terraces with views over extensive parkland. It is listed Grade II on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. The ice house in the garden is listed at Grade II, and is a scheduled monument.

References

Burton Manor Wikipedia