Henbury Hall, Cheshire

The hall was remodelled in a more severe Neoclassical style in the early part of the 19th century, and then stuccoed and drastically reduced in size in the 1850s.

[citation needed] It was bought for £9000 and extensively remodelled by local silk manufacturer Thomas Unett Brocklehurst.

[a] He demolished the existing house and commissioned the architect Harry Fairhurst to convert the stable block for his own residential use.

[b] After the death of Sir Vincent in 1980, his son Sebastian and the designer Felix Kelly, who had already been involved with some work on the Henbury estate, came up with the idea of creating a house in the style of a Palladian temple.

Kelly executed an oil painting based on Villa Rotonda, a house near Vicenza built in 1552 and designed by Andrea Palladio.

Sebastian then commissioned the architect Julian Bicknell to create a design similar to Kelly's painting.

[10] Henbury Hall is constructed in brick and concrete which is faced with limestone from northeast France, with the roof in local stone.

[2] The upper floor has a gallery overlooking the great hall, with six bedrooms with bathrooms and dressing rooms.

Depiction of Henbury Hall in the 1707 Britannia Illustrata
The neo-Palladian house (left) and converted stables (right)