Holcroft Hall is a
Grade II* listed privately owned historic house in
Holcroft, Culcheth,
Cheshire.
History
The manor of Holcroft was the product of a division of the manor of Culcheth in the mid-13th century, and the Holcrofts may have been descended from the de Culcheth family, the original holders of the manor, although the succession of the estate is not certain before John Holcroft, the lord of the manor in the early 16th century and father of the politician
John Holcroft
John Holcroft (died 1656) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1648. He fought in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War.
In April 1640, Holcroft was elected Member of Parliament for Live ...
(d.1560) and the courtier
Sir Thomas Holcroft (d.1558).
One of the family was Colonel John Holcroft, who favored the Parliamentary side in the Civil War. His eldest daughter, Mary Holcroft, married
Colonel Thomas Blood to attempted to gain possession of the estate in the 1670s. Mary’s brother, Thomas Holcroft’s daughter Eleanor married Thomas Tyldesley of Myerscough and Morley, and the manor passed to the Tyldesley family until 1761. By 1787, the Hall was owned by Samuel Pool.
Architecture
This late 15th- or early 16th-century farmhouse was enlarged in the 18th century and later centuries. It preserves mullion windows, some timber eaves gutters, and a large chimney stack, as well as some interesting interiors.
See also
*
Listed buildings in Culcheth and Glazebury
References
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Grade II* listed buildings in Cheshire