Eccleston Hill

For the lodge at the entrance to the Eaton Hall estate, see Eccleston Hill Lodge.
Eccleston Hill
Location in Cheshire
Location Eccleston, Cheshire, England
Coordinates 53°09′17″N 2°53′04″W / 53.1547°N 2.8845°W / 53.1547; -2.8845Coordinates: 53°09′17″N 2°53′04″W / 53.1547°N 2.8845°W / 53.1547; -2.8845
OS grid reference SJ 409 623
Built 1881–82
Built for 1st Duke of Westminster
Restored 1892–94
Architect John Douglas
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated 2 November 1983
Reference no. 1330221

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.[1]

History

The house was designed by the Chester architect John Douglas for the 1st Duke of Westminster.[1] It was built in 1881–82 as the residence for the Duke's secretary, Colonel David Scotland.[2] The house, and in particular the service quarters, were altered by Douglas & Fordham for Scotland's successor, the Honourable Arthur Lawley in 1892–94.[3]

Architecture

Eccleston Hill is "a large house, virtually a mansion".[2] 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.[1] The gable over the entrance to the stable is also timber-framed.[4]

Although there have been alterations to the interior, Douglas' staircase and panelling to the hall remain "as an outstanding example of [his] domestic joinery".[4]

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