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Peover Hall 
PEE-ver
Over Peover, Cheshire, England
Circa Date: 1585
Status: Partially Extant
PEE-ver
Over Peover, Cheshire, England
Circa Date: 1585
Status: Partially Extant
Special Info / Location/ Date
Special Info
Phonetic Pronunciation of House Name
PEE-ver
Location
Country
England
District Today
Cheshire
Historic County
City / Town / Village
Over Peover
Latitude
53.26318
Longitude
-2.32722
Date
Start Date
Completion Date
Circa Date
1585
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Architects
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Extant / Listed / References
Extant
Extant Type
Partially Extant
Extant Details
Listed
House Listed As
Grade II*
Gardens Listed As
Grade II
On SAVE Britain's Heritage's List of Buildings at Risk
No
Country House: Yes
References
Vitruvius Britannicus
Vitruvius Scoticus
J.B. Burke (Burke's Visitation of Seats)
Vol. II, p. 123, 1853.
Country Life
J.P. Neale (Neale's Views of Seats)
Access / Ownership / Seat
Access
Open to Public Please note: Houses listed as being open "By Appointment" are usually country house hotels or B&Bs.
Yes
Historic Houses Association Member
Yes
Phone Number If calling from the U.S., delete the first "0" in British numbers.
01565-632-358
Fax Number
Email
Website
Awards
Current Ownership
Current Ownership Type
Individual / Family Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use
Private Home
Current Ownership Use / Details
Seat ("Seat" is loosely defined
as any family that occupied the house for a period of 2 years or more)
Today Seat of
Randle Brooks
A Past Seat(s) of
Mainwaring family, until early 20th century.
Possible (Unsure) Seat of
History / Gardens & Park / Movies
History
Earlier House(s) / Building(s)
House Replaced By
Built / Designed For
Sir Ralph Mainwaring
House & Family History
Peover Hall is an Elizabethan manor house with a carved staircase, paneled walls, and a fine Long Gallery. The Dining Room contains carved pilasters from Oteley Hall, Shropshire. During World War II the House served as the headquarters of General George Patton's American Third Army.
Collections
This field lists art objects that are currently or were previously in the collection of the house.
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Comments
Gardens & Park
Garden, Park, Follies and Outbuildings
Peover has a fine 20th century Arts and Crafts garden, an avenue of lime trees, yew hedges, a rose garden, a white garden, a pink garden, and a lily pool with a summer house. The Grade I-listed Carolinian Stables are brick with mullioned windows; they are particularly noted for their remarkable and rare plasterwork ceilings.
Chapel & Church
The Mainwaring Chapel is notable.
Movies
Location for Movies / TV
"The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes" (1991 - TV series, episode 1.3, "Shoscombe Old Place, " as Shoscombe Hall stables). "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" (1988 - TV series, episode 2.2, "Silver Blaze," as Mapleton stables).
Bibliography
| Author | NA |
| Year Published | 1999 |
| Reference |
| Author | NA |
| Year Published | NA |
| Reference | Winter 2002, pg. 22 |
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