[1] Since 1946 it has been used as offices by Cheshire County Council, and in 2012 its sale was agreed for residential development if planning approval was granted.
[1] Backford Hall was built by Lieutenant Colonel Edward Holt Glegg (1809-1877) of the Rifle Brigade.
"It is a beautiful specimen of the ornamental Elizabethan style and admirably built and is expected to be ready for the reception of the family in May or June next year.
The 1881 Census records him living at the Hall with his mother, Margaret and his brother, Edward as well seven servants including a butler and footman.
When he died in 1927 the house was inherited by a distant relative Lettice Valentine Lee Townshend[9] She did not live at the Hall but instead rented it to various tenants one of which was a country club.