Talk:Brocton Hall

Brocton Hall was built in 1760 by William Chetwynd, utilising the stone from the then just demolished Brocton Manor for the basement and foundations. In around 1801 George Chetwynd substantially remodeled the building by adding a wing to the NE and moving the entrance from the NE to the SE facade, which he marked with a circular reception hall positioned behind a stone portico of twinned solid stone columns, base and entablature said to have been acquired from St Thomas' Priory at Baswich. The most substantial alteration however was to raise the first floor six feet and the second floor accordingly. The height of the building was increased by a new mansard roof with a dome located above the circular rooms to the front. The extended plan represents the golden section, a proportion adopted from antiquity by the Georgians suggesting that it was deliberately taken in to account.

Chris Cooper RIBA 86.159.10.64 (talk) 17:02, 7 May 2010 (UTC)