Eaton Boat

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| location = Eaton Hall, Cheshire, England | gbgridref = SJ418611 | area = | elevation = | formed = | founded = | built = c. 1887–80| built_for = 1st Duke of Westminster| demolished = | rebuilt = | restored = | restored_by = | architect = John Douglas| architecture = | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | governing_body = | designation1 = Grade II| designation1_offname = | designation1_type = | designation1_criteria = | designation1_date = 2 November 1983| delisted1_date = | designation1_parent = | designation1_number = 1129925| designation1_free1name = | designation1_free1value = | designation1_free2name = | designation1_free2value = | designation1_free3name = | designation1_free3value = | designation2 = | designation2_offname = | designation2_type = | designation2_criteria = | designation2_date = | delisted2_date = | designation2_parent = | designation2_number = | designation2_free1name = | designation2_free1value = | designation2_free2name = | designation2_free2value = | designation2_free3name = | designation2_free3value = }}

Eaton Boat is the name of a house within the grounds of Eaton Hall, Cheshire, England. It was originally called Gas Works Cottages.{{Citation | last =Hubbard | first =Edward | author-link = Edward Hubbard (architectural historian) | title =The Work of John Douglas | publisher =The Victorian Society | year =1991 | location =London | page = 249| isbn =0-901657-16-6 }} The house is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.{{NHLE |num= 1129925|desc= Eaton Boat with attached storeshed and domestic offices|access-date= 1 June 2013|mode=cs2}}

History

Eaton Boat was built in about 1877 or about 1880 to a design by the Chester architect John Douglas for the 1st Duke of Westminster.

Architecture

The house is constructed in sandstone and has half-timbered gables. The roof is patterned with red and blue tiles. There are five chimneys, one of which is plain and the others are shaped. To the west is a single-storey outbuilding, constructed in common brick with a tiled roof.

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