3-082-631 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Moreton Hall, Cheshire, 1895. 'Gedding Hall, Suffolk; The Moat of Moreton Hall. Of the many picturesque old moated houses remaining to us, that of Moreton, in Cheshire, is the finest specimen, and also the best known. The style of the building is one peculiar to Cheshire, and is to be seen on all sides in Chester city. It is half-timbered throughout, the timbering being filled in with plaster-work. The moat is broad in parts, and runs entirely round the place; a stone bridge crosses the moat and gives access to the house. The courtyard is quaintness itself. It is composed of numerous bays with lofty transomed and mullioned windows, and is especially rich in inscriptions and carved woodwork - done mostly in the sixteenth century. Our other view is of Gedding Hall in Suffolk, another quaint old house - also a grand specimen of the "moated grange"; and though in no way so vast or picturesque as Moreton, yet it is a very beautiful house which is well worthy of a visit from the numerous tourists, British and American, in search of ancient buildings'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.