Burton Hall is in the small village of
Burton, to the southeast of the larger village of
Tarvin
Tarvin is a village in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It had a population of 2,693 people at the 2001 UK census, rising to 2,728 at the 2011 Census, and the ward covers about .
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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 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 house dates from the early 17th century, and was built by
John Werden.
There have been some small 19th-century additions. It is built in brick with buff
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) ...
dressings, it has a Welsh
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, and four stone-capped brick chimneys. Its plan is square and the house has three storeys over a basement, with a symmetrical three-
bay
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a Gulf (geography), gulf, sea, sound (geography), sound, or bight (geogra ...
front. The entrance is approached by ten stone steps.
[ The garden walls and gateway are separately listed at Grade II.][ In 2018, they advertised a raffle in which participants could buy tickets for £5 and have the chance of winning the house.]
See also
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*Listed buildings in Burton, Gowy
Burton is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Duddon and Burton, in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It contains two buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. These consis ...
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Grade II* listed buildings in Cheshire
Country houses in Cheshire
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