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Peel Hall was formerly a mansion, now farmhouse, near Ashton Hayes and Horton-cum-Peel, Cheshire. It was built in 1637 by Henry Hardware IV as an Artisan Mannerist house in sandstone with slate roofs in Jacobean style. An earlier hall with a mediæval peel tower is believed to have occupied the site. In 1690 William III was entertained in the house on his way to Ireland to fight the Battle of the Boyne. Ownership later fell into the hands of the Earls of Plymouth. By the 1800s, the manor house had been transformed into a farmhouse with the original forty-two hearths being reduced to seventeen. In 1812, it was reduced in size with the two tier entrance hall demolished and a number of entrances blocked up. Remains of a moat and motte and bailey were demolished in 1948. It is within the council area of Cheshire West and Chester.
Historic England Grade II* Listed 1130527.

Place Type: Historic House
Historic County: Cheshire
Lat, Long: 53.222463,-2.7527195
Grid Reference: SJ498697
Police Area: Cheshire
Council Area: Cheshire West and Chester
Civil Parish: Ashton Hayes and Horton-cum-Peel CP
Country: England

GBPNID: 303728
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Peel_Hall,_Cheshire_303728

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