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Peover Hall is an Elizabethan house near Over Peover, Cheshire. It was built in 1585 for Sir Ralph Mainwaring. There have been alterations and additions to the house in around 1653–56, around 1764, around 1944 and in 1966. It was intended to be the first phase of a much bigger house but was never completed. The alterations in the 1760s included a wing at a right-angle to the house (added c.1764), making it a T-shape, and a new stable block and coach house. In 1919 the Mainwaring family sold the house to John Graham Peel and it was sold again to Harry Brooks in 1940. During the Second World War the house was requisitioned and used by General George Patton and his staff. The hall was also used as a prisoner of war camp, and as a resettlement home for allied prisoners of war and for English people repatriated after the partition of India. It was returned to the Brooks family in 1950 and they undertook a major programme of restoration and have lived at the hall ever since. The 1760s wing was in poor condition and was demolished in 1964, taking the house from 21 to 11 bedrooms, other modifications were made too, including a new entrance. It is within the council area of Cheshire East.
Historic England Grade II* Listed 1329813.

Place Type: Historic House
Historic County: Cheshire
Lat, Long: 53.257976,-2.3422098
Grid Reference: SJ 7726 7349
Civil Parish: Peover Superior and Snelson CP
Council Area: Cheshire East CA
Police Area: Cheshire PA

GBPN ID: 303806
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Peover_Hall,_Cheshire_303806

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