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Bulkeley Hall is a
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 peopl ...
to the southwest of the village of
Bulkeley
Bulkeley () is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village is on the A534 road, west of Nantwich. In the 2011 census it had a population of 239.
History
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Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...
, England. It dates from the middle of the 18th century,
and was built for Thomas Bulkeley.
The house is constructed in brick with a
slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. It is the finest grained foliated metamorphic rock. ...
roof.
[ Its architectural style is ]Georgian
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Common meanings
* Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country)
** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group
** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians
**Georgian scripts, three scrip ...
. The entrance front has three storeys, and is in seven bays.[ A service wing at right-angles gives it an L-shaped plan. The interior contains 18th-century plasterwork and joinery. The house is recorded in the ]National Heritage List for England
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as a designated Grade II* listed building
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See also
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*Listed buildings in Bulkeley
Bulkeley is a former civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contained five buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed struct ...
References
Further reading
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Houses completed in the 18th century
Country houses in Cheshire
Georgian architecture in Cheshire
Grade II* listed buildings in Cheshire
Grade II* listed houses
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