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Latitude: 53.0734 / 53°4'24"N
Longitude: -2.7699 / 2°46'11"W
OS Eastings: 348517
OS Northings: 353184
OS Grid: SJ485531
Mapcode National: GBR 7G.BKNX
Mapcode Global: WH892.F07P
Plus Code: 9C5V36FJ+93
Entry Name: Stone Parlour in Grounds of Broxton Old Hall
Listing Date: 19 June 1984
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1229908
English Heritage Legacy ID: 404745
ID on this website: 101229908
Location: Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, CH3
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Civil Parish: Broxton
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: Bickerton Holy Trinity
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: Grotto
SJ 45 SE BROXTON C.P. OLD COACH ROAD
8/26 Stone Parlour in Grounds
of Broxton Old Hall
II
Chamber, early C19 or earlier, cut in sandstone cliff. Approx. 6
metres square and 4 metres high. Rock walls partly lined with tooled
squared blocks of sandstone (some thrown down). The floor is
stone-flagged. The ceiling slopes gently to a central ridge.
Tudor-arched opening with deep splayed embrasures grooved for a former
great window; weathered cill-stone. Basket-arched opening right of
window-opening has peg-holes for former door-frame. Right of entrance
passage a basket-arched opening leads to a shallow, partly natural
cave with a small natural opening in the right corner.
"A grotto 20 feet square, cut out of the solid rock, and formerly much
frequented by the Egerton family" Bagshaw's Cheshire Directory 1850,
Cheshire Record Office.
Listing NGR: SJ4851753184
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