Seneschal's House, Halton

Seneschal's House, Runcorn
Seneschal's House, Runcorn
Coordinates	53°20′06″N 2°41′45″W / 53.3350°N 2.6958°WCoordinates: 53°20′06″N 2°41′45″W / 53.3350°N 2.6958°W
OS grid reference	SJ 537 822
Built	1598
Listed Building – Grade II*
Designated	20 October 1952
Reference no.	1330346
Location in Cheshire

The Seneschal's House stands at the corner of Halton Brow and Main Street, Halton, Runcorn, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.^[1] The house is dated 1598, which makes it the oldest standing building in Runcorn. It was latterly a farmhouse although was originally built by the judge John King, called to the bar in London in the late 16th century and was originally known as "John King's New House"; the occupation of the original owner of the house, led to a later owner, Geoffrey Barraclough, Professor of History at Liverpool University in the mid 20th century coining the current name of the house. The house was, in fact, inhabited originally by a seneschal, that is the original owner, John King.

The house is built in sandstone and it has a stone slate roof with a sandstone ridge. It is in two storeys with an attic. At the front are three projections rising to the full height of the house. The central projection contains a porch; the others have bay windows with mullions. Each projection is surmounted by a gable and there are gables at each end of the house. The gables have corbels and moulded copings with finials at their summits.^[1]

See also

• Grade I and II* listed buildings in Halton (borough)
• Listed buildings in Runcorn (urban area)

References

1. Historic England, "The Seneschal's House, Halton (1330346)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 June 2013

Further reading

• Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 567, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6