Thurstaston Hall

Thurstaston Hall is a house that originated in the 15th century or possibly earlier, with a west wing added in 1680, a main range also from 1680, and an east range built in 1836. The structure is made of stone with brick used in the main range. It has two storeys and a three-bay centre. The stone base features a vermiculated band above the ground floor, and there is a cornice and a top screen wall that conceals the roof, which is adorned with coping and finials. The building has quoins and blind bull's eyes with vermiculated surrounds. The windows are fitted with gauged-brick flat arches and cross casements, with leaded glazing in the first-floor windows.

The entrance is characterized by bolection moulding, flanked by Corinthian half-columns and topped with a broken pediment displaying the Whitmore arms, leading to half-glazed doors. The left wing contains double-chamfered-mullioned windows, and the inner return features a three-light ground floor window and a gabled half dormer. The gable end includes a rectangular bay window with sashed lights and a three-light window on the first floor. The outer return has half dormers and a lateral stack. There are blocked pointed entrances on the left wing, one to the inner return and another partially obscured at the angle, as well as a corresponding blocked entrance inside the hall. The gable end has a sashed window with glazing bars on the ground floor and a pointed window with a casement on the first floor. The west facade wing has a datestone inscribed with "WWD/1680".

Inside, the hall features bolection moulding around the fireplace and a re-used 16th-century overmantel with pilasters and arched panels. The staircase boasts 16th-century spiral balusters and a closed string with a pulvinated frieze, and there are two rooms with bolection-moulded panels. The west wing has two collar trusses with cusped wind braces, and a room at the rear may date from before the 15th century. There is also a wooden statue dressed in 17th-century attire, possibly representing Hugh Lupus, the 1st Earl of Chester, or John Whitmore, the 14th-century Mayor of Chester.