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England

Dorfold Hall

Acton, near Nantwich

Cheshire

England

Circa Date: 1616 w/18th & 19th century alterations and additions

Status: Partially Extant

House Open to Public: Yes

Country House: Yes

This house has been used for TV and Film Historic Houses Member

The house from a 1905 postcard

A late 19th century lithograph of the drawing room from Joseph Nash's "Interiors of Old English Mansions"

  • Built / Designed For: Ralph Wilbraham

    House & Family History: In the early years of World War II refugees from Liverpool were housed here; after 1941 the park became a camp for Canadian soldiers.

    Comments: Nikolaus Pevsner believed Dorfold Hall to be one of the two finest Jacobean houses in Cheshire.

  • Architect: William Baker

    Date: 1757-59
    Designed: Repaired and altered for James Tomkinson

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    Architect: Edward Blore

    Date: 1837-38 & 1843
    Designed: Drawing and Dining Room chimneypieces

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  • John Bernard (J.B.) Burke, published under the title of A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, among other titles: Vol. II, p. 122, 1853.

    Country Life: XXIV, 594, 1908.

  • Title: Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, A - SOFTBACK
    Author: Colvin, Howard
    Year Published: 1995
    Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
    ISBN: 0300072074
    Book Type: Softback

  • House Listed: Grade I

    Park Listed: Grade II

  • "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" (1994 - TV series, episode 1.2, "The Dying Detective," as the exterior of Somerley House, the Savage family home). "The Making of a Lady" (2012 - TV movie, as the exterior of Lord Walderhurst's estate).

  • Current Seat / Home of: Richard Roundell

    Past Seat / Home of: Ralph Wilbraham, 17th century. James Tomkinson, 18th century.

    Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust

    Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home

    Ownership Details: Available for weddings and events

  • House Open to Public: Yes

    Phone: 01270-625-245

    Fax: 01270-628-723

    Email: [email protected]

    Website: https://www.dorfold.com/

    Historic Houses Member: Yes

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