OS grid reference SJ 409 623 Restored 1892–94 Architect John Douglas | Built 1881–82 Designated 2 November 1983 | |
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Built for 1st Duke of Westminster Similar Eccleston Paddocks, Eaton Hall - Cheshire, Coronation Chair, St Paul's Church - Boughton, Dutch Tea House - Eaton Hall | ||
Eccleston Hill is a house in the village of Eccleston, Cheshire, England. The house, with its attached conservatory, wall, and service wing, is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
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History
The house was designed by the Chester architect John Douglas for the 1st Duke of Westminster. It was built in 1881–82 as the residence for the Duke's secretary, Colonel David Scotland. The house, and in particular the service quarters, were altered by Douglas & Fordham for Scotland's successor, the Honourable Arthur Lawley in 1892–94.
Architecture
Eccleston Hill is "a large house, virtually a mansion". The house has two storeys plus attics. It is built in red brick, with blue brick diapering and stone dressings. The roof is in red tiles; it is hipped with gables and dormers. Tall shaped chimney stacks rise from the roof. The entrance front faces north and includes an oak timber-framed porch. A wall for growing fruit trees extends to the east from the south east corner of the house at the end of which is a timber conservatory with an octagonal lantern. Extending from the northeast corner of the house to the north is a single-storey stable wing. The gable over the entrance to the stable is also timber-framed.
Although there have been alterations to the interior, Douglas' staircase and panelling to the hall remain "as an outstanding example of [his] domestic joinery".