Chelford Manor House stands to the southeast of the village of
Chelford
Chelford is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England, near to the junction of the A537 and A535 roads six miles (10 km) west of Macclesfield and six miles south-east of Knutsford, and is part of the Tatton constituency. The civil ...
,
Cheshire, England. It dates from the early 17th century. An extension was made to it in 1671, and more alterations and additions were carried out in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The last addition was made for Colonel Dixon of
Astle Hall
Astle Hall is a former country house house located near Chelford, Cheshire in the North West of England. The hall has been demolished; its parkland and a lodge survive.Clare Hartwell, Matthew Hyde, Edward Hubbard, Nikolaus Pevsner (2011), ''Chesh ...
.
The house is
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 ...
on a stone
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 ...
. The
infill
In urban planning, infill, or in-fill, is the rededication of land in an urban environment, usually open-space, to new construction. Infill also applies, within an urban polity, to construction on any undeveloped land that is not on the urban ma ...
is either brick or
rendered brick. It is roofed in
slate and cement tiles.
[ It is a "complex" building,][ with parts in two storeys, and other parts in three storeys.][ 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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.[ To the north of the manor house is a former ]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 ...
. This is also timber-framed with brick infill, and is listed at Grade II.
See also
*
*Listed buildings in Chelford
Chelford is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains nine buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one ...
References
Houses completed in the 17th century
Country houses in Cheshire
Timber framed buildings in Cheshire
Grade II* listed buildings in Cheshire
Grade II* listed houses
Manor houses in England
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