For the house with a similar name near the village of Backford

Backford

Backford is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is situated between Chester and Ellesmere Port on the A41 trunk road, to the north of the Shropshire Union Canal....

, see Chorlton Hall, Backford

Chorlton Hall, Backford

Chorlton Hall is a country house in the parish of Chorlton-by-Backford and stands to the east of the village of Backford, Cheshire, England. The house was built probably in the middle of the 18th century. The original owners were the Stanley family of Hooton. In 1811 it was bought by the...

Chorlton Old Hall is a country house in the parish of Chorlton

Chorlton, Cheshire West and Chester

Chorlton is a civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It has a population of 68. The main settlement in the parish is Chorlton Lane.-External links:...

, Cheshire

Cheshire

Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...

, England. The house was built in 1666, with later additions and alterations. It is constructed in red-brown brick, and has slate

Slate

Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. The result is a foliated rock in which the foliation may not correspond to the original sedimentary layering...

 roofs. The house has a T-shaped plan. It formerly had an E-plan, but one wing has been demolished. The house is in 2½ storeys and its entrance front has four bays

Bay (architecture)

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. The right-hand bay projects and has a shaped gable

Gable

A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of a sloping roof. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system being used and aesthetic concerns. Thus the type of roof enclosing the volume dictates the shape of the gable...

. The second bay is the entrance bay; this also projects and has a shaped gable, but is smaller. Dormer

Dormer

A dormer is a structural element of a building that protrudes from the plane of a sloping roof surface. Dormers are used, either in original construction or as later additions, to create usable space in the roof of a building by adding headroom and usually also by enabling addition of windows.Often...

 windows have been inserted in the roof in the first and third bays. The house has been designated by English Heritage

English Heritage

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 as a Grade II* listed building.