Burton Hall

Burton Hall is in the small village of Burton convert|2|mi|km|0 to the southeast of the larger village of Tarvin, Cheshire, England (gbmapping|SJ508639). It is a Grade II* listed building.cite web |url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?pid=1&id=55712 |title=Images of England: Burton Hall |accessdate=2008-03-17 |publisher=English Heritage ]

The house is said to date from 1569 [cite book | last =Pevsner | first =Nikolaus | authorlink =Nikolaus Pevsner | coauthors =Edward Hubbard | title =The Buildings of England: Cheshire |edition= | publisher =Yale University Press| date =2003| origyear=1971| location =New Haven| pages =121 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =0 300 09588 0 ] or from the early 17th century. There have been some small 19th century additions. It is built in brick with buff sandstone dressings, it has a Welsh slate roof and four stone capped brick chimneys. Its plan is square and the house has three storeys over a basement, with a symmetrical three-bay front. The entrance is approached by ten stone steps. The house is currently under the private ownership of the Rowton family and is being extensively refurbished.fact|date=July 2008

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