Hooton Hall

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Hoton

In the civil parish of Ellesmere Port.
In the historic county of Cheshire (Modern Authority of Cheshire, 1974 county of Cheshire).

Sir William Stanley obtained a licence to crenellate in 1487. The timber framed courtyard house had a taller, buttressed and crenellated stone wing with a lookout turret. It was demolished in 1778 was pulled down and replaced in c1800 by a William Wyatt designed mansion which was demolished in 1931. Site now under Motor Vehicle Works.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible remains.

A Chester licence to crenellate was granted in 1487 Aug 10.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SJ375786

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 1398715

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 2871/1

• Web site links
  • http://homepage.ntlworld.com/g8fqf/southwirral/hooton1.htm
• Books
  • Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p577, 601
    Peter de Figueiredo and Julian Treuherz, 1988, Cheshire country houses p244
    Ormerod, G., 1882 [2edn], History of the County Palatine and city of Chester (London) Vol2 p410-15
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/shropseng.html#ches9]