Description

SJ 87 NE OVER ALDERLEY C.P. PRESTBURY ROAD
(North Side)

5/174 Hare Hill

4/8/1978 II

Villa: late C18/early C19 for Hibbert. family, remodelled and extended
mid C19 forBrocklehurst family. English garden wall bond red brick,
Welsh slate roof and 4 brick chimneys. 2-storey, 3-bay east front.
Lower storey has a continuous verandah with cast-iron chinoiserie
supports and frieze with a tented glass roof (only partially
surviving). Behind are 2 long casements and above 3 sashes with
marginal lights, stone sills and flat wedged brick heads. Verandah
continues onto south front where there is a porch with a hipped roof
on brick piers and 2 wooden Tuscan columns. Half-glazed doors and
panels behind. Addition to left with 4-pane sashes.
Interior: Well staircase with square balusters and curving mahogany
headrail. Hall has late classical fireplace with sub-Corinthian
columns. 6-panelled doors have moulded panels in doorcases. Rosettes
in ceiling frieze.

Listing NGR: SJ8742976734

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Hare Hill at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5656711

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Recommended Books

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  For the Record
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)