Hefferston Grange

The house was built in 1741 for Philip Henry Warburton,[2] incorporating parts of an earlier house dating from about 1700.[1] It was enlarged in Neoclassical style for Nicholas Ashton of Woolton Hall in the 1770s.[2] Extensions and alterations were made to the house for Robert Heath in 1876.[1] During the 20th century it became part of the Grange Hospital (formerly Hefferston Grange Sanatorium). This was established in 1921 for the treatment of patients suffering from tuberculosis.[3] The property was sold by the National Health Service in 1986.[4]

The house is constructed in orange brick with stone dressings. It has hipped roofs covered in Welsh slate, and has brick chimneys. Its plan is that of a rectangular block.[1] The architectural style is Early Georgian.[5] The entrance front is on the east side; it is symmetrical, in two storeys, and has seven bays. It has a moulded stone plinth, and rusticated quoins. The lateral pair of bays on each side are stepped forward. All the windows in this front are sash windows. Above the doorcase is a frieze of Tudor roses under a moulded architrave and a segmental pediment. Two bays at the right end of the south front are canted. This front has a mixture of sash and casement windows. Attached to the west front is a 19th-century cast iron conservatory with a semicircular end. On the north front is a stone porch.[1] Inside, the ceilings of the staircase and one of the upstairs rooms have Rococo stucco decoration.[5]

To the east of the house is an icehouse. It dates from the late 18th or early 19th century, and is constructed in orange brick covered in earth. The structure is a Grade II listed building.[6]

• Grade II* listed buildings in Cheshire West and Chester
• Listed buildings in Weaverham