Green Paddocks (originally The Limes Farmhouse) is a house in Pulford,

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, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

History and critique

The house was built in 1872 for Hugh Grosvenor (then the 3rd Marquess of Westminster and later the 1st Duke of Westminster), and designed by the

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architect John Douglas. In the '' Buildings of England'' series, the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner states that it is "employed with inventiveness and virtuosity" and "meticulously detailed" . In his biography of Douglas, Edward Hubbard states that it is "remarkable ... for the care and expense lavished on it".

Architecture

Green Paddocks is constructed in brown brick with red tile roofs; it has two storeys and attics. The entrance front is symmetrical in three

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, with the central bay projecting forwards. The central bay has an arched doorway with a twelve-

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door. Above this is panelled brickwork and a mullioned window, and over this is a pargetted gable. The lateral bays have mullioned windows in both lower storeys, and in the attics. Above these are shaped gables. The roof is steeply

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, and at the rear is a small turret-like roof. Internally, great care has been given to detail, particularly in the staircase, the doors, and the fireplace in the front room. Some of the panelled

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doors had been brought in from a demolished

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hotel.

References

{{Reflist Grade II listed buildings in Cheshire Grade II listed houses Houses in Cheshire Houses completed in 1872 John Douglas buildings

History and critique

Architecture

See also

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