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'''Toft Hall''' is a 17th century country house in [[Toft, Cheshire|Toft]], [[Cheshire]], England to which additions and alterations have been made during the following three centuries. |
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| ⚫ | It is constructed in brick, which has been [[stucco|rendered]], with stone dressings and a [[slate]] roof. It is in two storeys, and has four-storey towers. The house has been designated by [[English Heritage]] as a Grade II* [[listed building]].<ref>{{NHLE |num= 1106302|desc= Toft Hall|accessdate= 25 September 2012|separator=,|ps=}}</ref> Its stable block has been listed separately at Grade II.<ref>{{NHLE |num= 1329783|desc= Stable block circa 20 yards west of Toft Hall|accessdate= 25 September 2012|separator=,|ps=}}</ref> |
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Features of the estate include an arched stone bridge, a ha-ha, a woodland garden and parkland. |
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==History== |
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The Toft estate came into the Leycester family when a Tabley Leycester married a Toft heiress in the reign of Richard II. The hall itself was built in the later part of the 17th century "to an extremely old-fashioned layout".<ref>{{Citation | last = de Figueiredo| first = Peter | author-link = | last2 = Treuherz | first2 = Julian | author2-link = | publication-date = | date = | year = 1988 | title = Cheshire Country Houses | edition = | volume = | series = | publication-place = Chichester | place = | publisher = Phillimore | pages = 186–188| page = | format = | id = | isbn = 0-85033-655-4 | doi = | oclc = | url = | accessdate =}}</ref> |
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Ralph Leycester (1764-1835), MP for Shaftesbury, commissioned the London architect [[Samuel Pepys Cockerell]] to renovate the hall between 1810 and 1813. These improvements included the addition of a library, dining-room and twin towers. Ralph was succeeded by his only son, Ralph Gerard Leycester (1817-1851) who was succeeded in turn by his son, Rafe Oswald Leycester (1844-1929). Rafe died childless and left the estate to his nephew, Cyril Leycester Maude Roxby (1877-1942) and in 1949 it was inherited by Cyril's nephew, Edmund Roxby (b. 1913).<ref> {{cite web|url= http://archives.li.man.ac.uk/ead/search?operation=search&fieldidx1=ead.familyName&fieldrel1=exact&fieldcont1=leycester%20family%20of%20toft,%20cheshire|title= Catalogue of the Library at Toft Hall, Cheshire|accessdate=2012-10-12}} </ref> |
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During the Second World War Toft Hall was the site of a prisoner of war camp.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.communigate.co.uk/chesh/altrincham/page6.phtml| title = POW Camps in Cheshire| series = This is Cheshire |accessdate = 25 September 2012| publisher = Newsquest (North West)}}</ref> |
During the Second World War Toft Hall was the site of a prisoner of war camp.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.communigate.co.uk/chesh/altrincham/page6.phtml| title = POW Camps in Cheshire| series = This is Cheshire |accessdate = 25 September 2012| publisher = Newsquest (North West)}}</ref> |
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It is currently used as commercial office accommodation. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==Further reading== |
==Further reading== |
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*{{cite web|url =http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-59150-toft-hall-toft-|title = Toft Hall, Toft|publisher= English Heritage|accessdate = 2012-10-12}} |
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*{{Citation | last = Hartwell | first = Claire |last2 = Hyde | first2 = Matthew |last3 = Hubbard | first3 = Edward | author3-link=Edward Hubbard | last4 =Pevsner | first4 =Nikolaus | author4-link =Nikolaus Pevsner | series= The Buildings of England| title = Cheshire |edition= | publisher =[[Yale University Press]]| year =2011| origyear=1971| location =New Haven and London| pages = 643–644| url = | doi = | id = | isbn =978-0-300-17043-6 }} |
*{{Citation | last = Hartwell | first = Claire |last2 = Hyde | first2 = Matthew |last3 = Hubbard | first3 = Edward | author3-link=Edward Hubbard | last4 =Pevsner | first4 =Nikolaus | author4-link =Nikolaus Pevsner | series= The Buildings of England| title = Cheshire |edition= | publisher =[[Yale University Press]]| year =2011| origyear=1971| location =New Haven and London| pages = 643–644| url = | doi = | id = | isbn =978-0-300-17043-6 }} |
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Revision as of 20:25, 12 October 2012
Toft Hall is a 17th century country house in Toft, Cheshire, England to which additions and alterations have been made during the following three centuries.
It is constructed in brick, which has been rendered, with stone dressings and a slate roof. It is in two storeys, and has four-storey towers. The house has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.[1] Its stable block has been listed separately at Grade II.[2]
Features of the estate include an arched stone bridge, a ha-ha, a woodland garden and parkland.
History
The Toft estate came into the Leycester family when a Tabley Leycester married a Toft heiress in the reign of Richard II. The hall itself was built in the later part of the 17th century "to an extremely old-fashioned layout".[3]
Ralph Leycester (1764-1835), MP for Shaftesbury, commissioned the London architect Samuel Pepys Cockerell to renovate the hall between 1810 and 1813. These improvements included the addition of a library, dining-room and twin towers. Ralph was succeeded by his only son, Ralph Gerard Leycester (1817-1851) who was succeeded in turn by his son, Rafe Oswald Leycester (1844-1929). Rafe died childless and left the estate to his nephew, Cyril Leycester Maude Roxby (1877-1942) and in 1949 it was inherited by Cyril's nephew, Edmund Roxby (b. 1913).[4]
During the Second World War Toft Hall was the site of a prisoner of war camp.[5]
It is currently used as commercial office accommodation.
References
- ^ Historic England. "Toft Hall (1106302)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|separator=ignored (help) - ^ Historic England. "Stable block circa 20 yards west of Toft Hall (1329783)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|separator=ignored (help) - ^ de Figueiredo, Peter; Treuherz, Julian (1988), Cheshire Country Houses, Chichester: Phillimore, pp. 186–188, ISBN 0-85033-655-4
- ^ "Catalogue of the Library at Toft Hall, Cheshire". Retrieved 2012-10-12.
- ^ POW Camps in Cheshire, This is Cheshire, Newsquest (North West), retrieved 25 September 2012
Further reading
- "Toft Hall, Toft". English Heritage. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
- Hartwell, Claire; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 643–644, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
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