For the house with a similar name near the village of Backford

Backford

Backford is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is situated between Chester and Ellesmere Port on the A41 trunk road, to the north of the Shropshire Union Canal....

, see Chorlton Hall, Backford

Chorlton Hall, Backford

Chorlton Hall is a country house in the parish of Chorlton-by-Backford and stands to the east of the village of Backford, Cheshire, England. The house was built probably in the middle of the 18th century. The original owners were the Stanley family of Hooton. In 1811 it was bought by the...

Chorlton Hall is a country house in the parish of Chorlton

Chorlton, Cheshire West and Chester

Chorlton is a civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It has a population of 68. The main settlement in the parish is Chorlton Lane.-External links:...

, Cheshire

Cheshire

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, England. It stands some 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the northwest of Malpas

Malpas, Cheshire

Malpas is a large village which used to be a market town, and it is also a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The parish lies on the border with Shropshire and Wales...

. The house dates from the 17th century, with additions made in the second quarter of the 19th century. Its entrance front is pebbledashed and it stands on a stone plinth

Plinth

In architecture, a plinth is the base or platform upon which a column, pedestal, statue, monument or structure rests. Gottfried Semper's The Four Elements of Architecture posited that the plinth, the hearth, the roof, and the wall make up all of architectural theory. The plinth usually rests...

. The roof is slate

Slate

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d. The house is in 2½ storeys plus cellars. Across the front are three bays

Bay (architecture)

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, each with a gable

Gable

A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of a sloping roof. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system being used and aesthetic concerns. Thus the type of roof enclosing the volume dictates the shape of the gable...

, and with the central bay protruding. On the gables are ball finial

Finial

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s. The porch has an ogee

Ogee

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-arched entrance. The house has been designated by English Heritage

English Heritage

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 as a Grade II listed building. A stable block and two cottages to the southeast of the house have also been designated Grade II.