Eaton Hall, Eccleston, Chester, England

The following is from the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.

17th century to 20th century formal gardens and landscape park associated with a country house, including elements by John Webb, William Andrews Nesfield , and Edwin Lutyens.

LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING

Eaton Hall lies about 2 kilometres south of the village of Eccleston and about 5 kilometres south of Chester. The countryside around the Hall, and several of the neighbouring villages, has a strong and consistent identity afforded by the very large number of late 19th and early 20th century estate buildings. To the east the registered area is bounded by the River Dee; otherwise the boundary follows field boundaries, principally those between the park and the agricultural land to the west. The area here registered is about 500 hectares.

REFERENCES used by English Heritage

Country Life, 2 (21 August 1897), pp 182-184; 9 (20 April 1901), pp 496-503; 47 (29 May 1920), pp 724-731; 149 (11 February 1971), pp 304-307

N Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Cheshire (1971), pp 207-213

D Stroud, Capability Brown (1975), p 224

M Girouard, The Victorian Country House (1979), pp 2-4, 15, 26, 28-29, 78, 294, 404, 445

Garden History 12, no 1 (1984), pp 39-57

P de Figueiredo and J Treuherz, Cheshire Country Houses (1988), pp 87-95

Maps

OS 6" to 1 mile: Cheshire sheet 46, 1st edition surveyed 1873

OS 25" to 1 mile: Cheshire sheet 46.11, 1st edition surveyed 1873

Description written: September 1997

Edited: April 1999