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{{short description|Former manor house in Handforth, Cheshire, England}}
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'''Handforth Hall''' is a former [[manor house]] in [[Handforth]], [[Cheshire]], England.  It is dated 1562, and was built by [[Sir&nbsp;Urian Brereton]].  Alterations have been made to it in the 17th&nbsp;century, and subsequently.  The hall is a [[timber-framed]] building and currently consists of a single range, with two storeys and five [[bay (architecture)|bays]].  Originally it was either E-shaped or quadrilateral in plan.  The hall is recorded in the [[National Heritage List for England]] as a designated Grade&nbsp;II* [[listed building]].  It was at one time the home of [[Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet|Sir William Brereton]], a [[Roundhead|Parliamentary]] commander in the [[English Civil War]].<ref name=nhl>{{NHLE |num= 1222483|desc= Handforth Hall|access-date= 1 August 2012|mode=cs2}}</ref>

Under a coved gable by the porch entrance there is an ornately carved inscription on the lintel, reading:

"THIS HAULLE WAS BUYLDED IN THE YEARE OF OUR LORD GOD MCCCCCLXll BY
URYAN BRERETON KNIGHT WHOM MARYED MARGARET DAUGHTER AND HEYRE OF
WYLLYAM HANDFORTH OF HANDFORTHE ESQUYER AND HAD ISSUE VI SONNES AND II DAUGHTERS."<ref name=nhl/>

==See also==
{{portal|Cheshire}}
*[[Grade II* listed buildings in Cheshire East]]
*[[Listed buildings in Wilmslow]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
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*{{Citation | last = de Figueiredo | first = Peter | last2 = Treuherz | first2 = Julian | year = 1988 | title = Cheshire Country Houses | publication-place = Chichester | publisher = Phillimore | pages = [https://archive.org/details/cheshirecountryh0000defi/page/107 107–108] | isbn = 0-85033-655-4 | url = https://archive.org/details/cheshirecountryh0000defi/page/107 }}
*{{Citation | last = Hartwell | first = Clare |last2 = Hyde | first2 = Matthew |last3 = Hubbard | first3 = Edward | author3-link = Edward Hubbard (architectural historian) | last4 =Pevsner | first4 =Nikolaus | author4-link =Nikolaus Pevsner | series= The Buildings of England| title = Cheshire | publisher =[[Yale University Press]]| year =2011| orig-year=1971| location =New Haven and London| page = 387| isbn =978-0-300-17043-6 }}
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==External links==
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[[Category:Houses completed in 1562]]
[[Category:Country houses in Cheshire]]
[[Category:Timber framed buildings in Cheshire]]
[[Category:Grade II* listed buildings in Cheshire]]
[[Category:Grade II* listed houses]]
[[Category:1562 establishments in England]]


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