Burton Manor

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Burton Manor is a former manor house in the village of Burton, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.{{NHLE |num= 1387802|desc= Burton Manor and attached Orangery|access-date= 2 April 2012|mode=cs2}} At one time an adult education college, this is now closed, but the walled garden is open to the public and is administered by the Friends of Burton Manor Gardens.{{Citation | url = http://www.burtonmanor.org.uk/BMMainPage.html#History | title = Short history of Burton (Cheshire) and its Manor| access-date = 7 August 2019| publisher = Friends of Burton Manor Gardens}}

History

The house was built around 1805 for Richard Congreve and remodelled in 1904 by Sir Charles Nicholson for Henry Neville Gladstone, son of William Ewart Gladstone. An orangery was added in 1910 to a design by Arthur Beresford Pite. Formerly a private house, it became an adult education college with accommodation for resident students, operated by Liverpool City Council.It closed as an adult educational college in March 2011. Since its closure the organisation known as the Friends of Burton Manor has been formed to restore the manor and its associated buildings. The walled garden is open to the public and is maintained by the Friends of Burton Manor Gardens.{{Citation | url = http://www.burtonmanor.org.uk/IntheGarden.html | title = What's on at Burton Manor Gardens| access-date = 7 August 2019| publisher = Friends of Burton Manor Gardens}}

Architecture

The house is built in ashlar and hammer-dressed red sandstone with a roof of green slates. The chimney stacks are tall and ornate, built of stone and brick. The plan of the building is quadrangular with a central courtyard. The authors of the Buildings of England series consider it to be a "classical design of no great force" and state that its most attractive feature is the small inner courtyard.{{Citation | last = Hartwell | first = Clare |last2 = Hyde | first2 = Matthew |last3 = Hubbard | first3 = Edward | author3-link=Edward Hubbard (architectural historian) | last4 =Pevsner | first4 =Nikolaus | author4-link =Nikolaus Pevsner | series= The Buildings of England| title = Cheshire | publisher =Yale University Press| year =2011| orig-year=1971| location =New Haven and London| page = 197| isbn =978-0-300-17043-6 }}

External features

The former coach house is listed at Grade II,{{NHLE |num= 1387804|desc= Former coach of Burton Manor|access-date= 2 April 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}} as are the boundary walls, gate piers and library.{{NHLE |num= 1387805|desc= Front boundary wall, gate piers and Library at Burton Manor|access-date= 2 April 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}

Garden

The garden was designed in the early 20th century as a formal garden. It was designed by T. H. Mawson with a pool, lawns, and terraces with views over extensive parkland. It is listed Grade II on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.{{citation |url=http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/component/option,com_parksandgardens/task,site/id,627/tab,description/Itemid,292/ |title=Parks & Gardens UK: Burton Manor |access-date=27 January 2010 |publisher=Parks & Gardens Data Services |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226091330/http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/component/option%2Ccom_parksandgardens/task%2Csite/id%2C627/tab%2Cdescription/Itemid%2C292/ |archive-date=26 February 2012 |df=dmy-all }}{{NHLE |num= 1001422|desc= Burton Manor|access-date= 4 July 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}} The ice house in the garden is listed at Grade II,{{NHLE |num= 1387806|desc= Ice house approximately 75 metres south west of Burton Manor|access-date= 4 July 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}} and is a scheduled monument.{{NHLE |num= 1016918|desc= Icehouse 110m south west of Burton Manor College main building|access-date= 4 July 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}