Oughtrington Hall

Oughtrington Hall was a country house east of the village of Lymm in Cheshire, England.

The manor house was rebuilt in about 1810 for Trafford Trafford (né Leigh: a descendant of the ancient Leighs of West Hall, High Legh), who assumed the surname and arms of Trafford by Royal Licence 5 December 1791 in compliance with the Will of his maternal uncle Richard Trafford, of Swythamley.[1][a]

In 1862 Oughtrington Hall was bought by G. C. Dewhurst, a cotton manufacturer from Manchester. Dewhurst enlarged the service wing and also paid for the construction of St Peter's Church nearby.[3]

Built in the neoclassical architectural style, it is rendered of brick with stone dressings and a slate roof.[3][4] At the centre of the entrance front is a wide canted bay containing a porch with paired Tuscan columns. On each side of the porch are three-light windows under a segmental arch.[3]

The former mansion now forms the main building of Lymm High School,[5][4] and is designated in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II listed building.[4]

See also

• Listed buildings in Lymm
• List of works by Thomas Harrison

Notes

1. According to his biographer, John Champness, the house was almost certainly designed by Thomas Harrison.[2]

References

1. Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 518, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
2. Champness, John (2005), Thomas Harrison: Georgian Architect of Chester and Lancaster 1744–1829, Centre for North-West Regional Studies, University of Lancaster, pp. 96–97, 144, ISBN 1-86220-169-2
3. de Figueiredo, Peter; Treuherz, Julian (1988), Cheshire Country Houses, Chichester: Phillimore, p. 261, ISBN 0-85033-655-4
4. Historic England, "Portion of Lymm Grammar School which formerly comprised Oughtrington Hall (1227311)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 August 2012
5. www.lymmhigh.org.uk

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