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Alvanley Hall is in Manley Road, to the southeast of the village of
Alvanley
Alvanley is a small rural village and civil parish near Helsby, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village is on the B5393 road and near junction 14 of the M56 motorway. ...
,
Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the
National Heritage List for England
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as a designated Grade II*
listed building
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.
The hall dates from various periods, mainly the 17th century, with some parts from earlier dates, and with later additions.
It is constructed in red
sandstone
Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks.
Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates ...
, with later brick additions, and has a grey
slate roof. It is an L-shaped building in two storeys and an attic.
It contains tall
mullion
A mullion is a vertical element that forms a division between units of a window or screen, or is used decoratively. It is also often used as a division between double doors. When dividing adjacent window units its primary purpose is a rigid supp ...
ed windows, and internal
timber-framed
Timber framing (german: Holzfachwerk) and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large woode ...
partitions. In the cellar are two large
medieval
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piers Piers may refer to:
* Pier, a raised structure over a body of water
* Pier (architecture), an architectural support
* Piers (name), a given name and surname (including lists of people with the name)
* Piers baronets, two titles, in the baronetages ...
standing on polygonal concave-sided bases.
Some to the southeast of the hall is a
tithe barn
A tithe barn was a type of barn used in much of northern Europe in the Middle Ages for storing rents and tithe
A tithe (; from Old English: ''teogoþa'' "tenth") is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a contribution to a religious orga ...
dating from the late 17th century constructed in brick with a slate roof, and standing on a sandstone
plinth
A pedestal (from French ''piédestal'', Italian ''piedistallo'' 'foot of a stall') or plinth is a support at the bottom of a statue, vase, column, or certain altars. Smaller pedestals, especially if round in shape, may be called socles. In ...
. It is listed at Grade II.
See also
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Listed buildings in Alvanley
Alvanley is a civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It contains the village of Alvanley, but is otherwise rural. Included in the parish are 24 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designa ...
References
Country houses in Cheshire
Grade II* listed buildings in Cheshire
Grade II* listed houses
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