Clonterbrook House
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Clonterbrook House is a former manor house in the parish of Swettenham, Cheshire, England. It was built in 1697 for Jeffery and Katherine Lockett. It passed from the Lockett family in 1769, but was bought by Derek and Elizabeth Lockett in 1939. They restored the house in 1949.{{Citation | last = de Figueiredo | first = Peter | last2 = Treuherz | first2 = Julian | year = 1988 | title = Cheshire Country Houses | publication-place = Chichester | publisher = Phillimore | page = [https://archive.org/details/cheshirecountryh0000defi/page/225 225] | isbn = 0-85033-655-4 | url = https://archive.org/details/cheshirecountryh0000defi/page/225 }} The house is constructed in brick, and it has a stone-slate roof. There are two storeys plus an attic, and it is in five bays. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.{{NHLE |num= 1277466|desc= Clonterbrook House|access-date= 20 August 2012|mode=cs2}} Around the house are three former farm buildings that have been converted into other uses; they are all listed at Grade II. The former shippon, which was damaged in an air raid in 1941, has been rebuilt as a music room.{{NHLE |num= 1278078|desc= Music room west of Clonterbrook House|access-date= 20 August 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}} A former bakehouse is now an office,{{NHLE |num= 1277469|desc= Office northeast of Clonterbrook House|access-date= 20 August 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}} and a barn has been developed into a picture gallery.{{NHLE |num= 1277480|desc= Picture gallery northwest of Clonterbrook House|access-date= 20 August 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}} Clonter Opera Theatre has been built adjacent to these buildings.{{Citation| url = http://www.clonteropera.com/about.html| title = About Clonter Opera| access-date = 15 June 2011| publisher = Clonter Farm Music Trust| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120325183552/http://www.clonteropera.com/about.html| archive-date = 25 March 2012| url-status = dead}}
See also
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Category:Country houses in Cheshire
Category:Houses completed in 1697
Category:Grade II* listed buildings in Cheshire
Category:Grade II* listed houses
Category:1697 establishments in England
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