Tenants' Hall At Alderley Park

SJ 87 SW NETHER ALDERLEY C.P. CONGLETON ROAD (East Side)

7/139 Tenants' Hall at Alderley Park

GV II

Meeting Hall: dated 1904 by Paul Phipps for the 4th Lord Stanley. English garden wall bond orange brick, buff sandstone dressings, and a green slate roof. 1-storey, 7-bay north front. Bays divided by buttresses. Stone frieze, moulded cornice and a stone coped blocking course. Left 2 bays are blank, remainder have stone mullioned and transomed windows with applied lead glazing except for the 5th bay which steps forward and has a pair of similar windows divided by a king mullion. Door in east front under stone coped gable has a chamfered doorcase with a 3-light mullion as a fanlight above a pair of oak doors approached by 4 stone steps. Plaque above reads "S of A M.K.S. 1904". Interior: Porch under east gallery. Entrance through Doric portico leads into hall open to the roof with exposed arch-braced tiebeams. Heavily carved oak fireplace supported by a Herm and a Caryatid has gadrooning in cross piece. Oak balustrade to gallery and 6-panelled oak doors throughout. Windows contain stained glass coats of arms.

Listing NGR: SJ8455574976