Willaston Hall
Willaston Hall is a country house in the village of Willaston, near Nantwich, in the unitary authority of Cheshire East, England. It was built for John Bayley in about 1700, and re-fronted for him in 1737. Wings were added to the house in 1833 and in 1838. It is constructed in red brick with painted ashlar dressings and a tiled roof. The central block has two storeys and an attic, and is in three bays. At its corners are chamfer A chamfer or is a transitional edge between two faces of an object. Sometimes defined as a form of bevel, it is often created at a 45° angle between two adjoining right-angled faces. Chamfers are frequently used in machining, carpentry, fu ...ed quoins. Four steps lead up to a door with a stone surround and a pediment. The lateral wings have two storeys and a single bay. The parapet of the house is surmounted by urns. De Figueirdo and Treuherz express the opinion that the best room in the house, dating from 1737, is to the right of the ...
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English Country House
An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these people, the term distinguished between town and country. However, the term also encompasses houses that were, and often still are, the full-time residence for the landed gentry who ruled rural Britain until the Reform Act 1832. Frequently, the formal business of the counties was transacted in these country houses, having functional antecedents in manor houses. With large numbers of indoor and outdoor staff, country houses were important as places of employment for many rural communities. In turn, until the agricultural depressions of the 1870s, the estates, of which country houses were the hub, provided their owners with incomes. However, the late 19th and early 20th centuries were the swansong of the traditional English country house lifest ...
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