Jodrell Hall is a

country house An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a Townhouse (Great Britain), town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the cit ...

near Jodrell Bank in the

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of Twemlow, in the county of

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. Requisitioned during World War II, the building later became an educational establishment, now known as

Terra Nova School Terra Nova School is a prep school in Cheshire, England for children from two and a half to thirteen years of age. It began as a school for boys in 1897, and today educates boys and girls. Children aged two and a half to seven attend the pre-prep ...

. It is recorded in the

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as a designated Grade II

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History

Built in 1779 as a country house in the Georgian style, in 1885 the

Chester Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...

architect John Douglas added a south

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and a

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to the

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for the Egerton Leigh

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(''also'' of West Hall, High Legh). Jodrell Hall became a preparatory school since 1955.

Architecture

The

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is built in

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with sandstone dressings and a

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roof A roof ( : roofs or rooves) is the top covering of a building, including all materials and constructions necessary to support it on the walls of the building or on uprights, providing protection against rain, snow, sunlight, extremes of temp ...

. Its plan consists of a five-

bay A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a Gulf (geography), gulf, sea, sound (geography), sound, or bight (geogra ...

central block, and north and south three-bay wings. The central block and the north wing have three storeys; the south block has two storeys and an attic. The middle three bays of the central block project slightly forwards and are surmounted by a

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with an

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in its tympanum. The south wing has shaped gables over the middle bay and on the gable end.

References

{{ReflistLady Marion Stockton married to Sir Edwin Stockton lived in Rodrell Hall in the 1930s. Anne Smith remembers visiting her Aunt Marion several times, and remembers the house very well, and describes the house as very Downton Abbey.

External links

Terra Nova School website
*''

Burke's Landed Gentry ''Burke's Landed Gentry'' (originally titled ''Burke's Commoners'') is a reference work listing families in Great Britain and Ireland who have owned rural estates of some size. The work has been in existence from the first half of the 19th cen ...

'' (''qv. LEIGH of West Hall, Jodrell Hall & Kermincham Hall'') Grade II listed buildings in Cheshire Grade II listed houses Houses completed in 1779 Houses completed in 1885 Houses in Cheshire Georgian architecture in Cheshire John Douglas buildings

History

Architecture

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