Halecroft
Halecroft | |
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![]() Halecroft in 1976 | |
General information | |
Town or city | Hale, Greater Manchester |
Country | England |
Coordinates | 53°22′24″N 2°19′11″W / 53.373451°N 2.319812°W |
Completed | 1890 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Edgar Wood |
Designations | |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Official name | Halecroft |
Designated | 12 October 1975 |
Reference no. | 1356501 |
Halecroft is a Grade II* listed building in Hale, Greater Manchester (grid reference SJ78728636). The building was designed by the architect Edgar Wood as part of a speculative development commissioned by J. Richardson, and was built in 1890–91; it is an example of Wood's work influenced by the Arts and Crafts Movement.[1][2] It is one of eleven Grade II* listed buildings in Trafford.[3]
Halecroft is two storeys high with a single-storey 20th-century extension.[4] It uses timber framing, carved wood, pargeting and tile hanging.[2] One of the craftsmen involved was James Lenegan.[5] The windows have mullions and transoms; Clare Hartwell and coauthors write that there are "some interesting touches" to the window design, particularly noting a dormer window featuring a "tiered cap".[2]
As of February 2025[update], Halecroft is the head office of Britannia Hotels.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Historic England. "Halecroft (1356501)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
- ^ a b c Hartwell et al., p. 385
- ^ "Planning and building control: listed buildings". Trafford MBC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2007.
- ^ "Halecroft". Telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
- ^ David Morris (2012). "'Here, by experiment': Edgar Wood in Middleton". Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester. 89 (1): 130.
- ^ "Contact Us". britanniahotels.com. Britannia Hotels. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- Source
- Clare Hartwell, Matthew Hyde, Edward Hubbard, Nikolaus Pevsner. Cheshire (Buildings of England series) (Yale University Press; 2011) ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6