Arderne Hall, Chester, England

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Brief description of site

Three houses are known to have been built on this imposing site which overlooks the Cheshire plain with views of Beeston Castle and the Peckforton Hills. Only the double-tower house built in 1966 remains and today forms the Club house of a golf course which was opened in 1990. This is now the Macdonald Portal Hotel, Golf Course and Spa and a new hotel block stands alongside it. Only remnants of the gardens of the former houses remain including the rock garden/grotto, known as 'The Dell', the fake 'ruin' with cross and the fish pond. Sandstone steps with six fastigiate yews lead down the slope, and there are graves of dogs or horses and many ancient trees.

Brief history of site

The first known house was Eaton Banks which had landscaped parkland surrounding the house, a substantial garden, a dell, a fake ruin with a cross and probably a walled kitchen garden. In 1865 a large neo-gothic Victorian hall, Arderne Hall, was built on the site of the earlier house. Terraces and lawns surrounded this house. In 1958 Arderne Hall was demolished and later replaced by a double-towered house. In recent years a golf course has been created on the old parkland.

Location information:

OS Landranger Map Sheet Number:	117	Grid Ref:	SJ 563629
Latitude:	53.16142	Longitude:	-2.655046

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