page_title: Eaton Hall, Cheshire
section_title: Grounds
hierarchical_section_title: Eaton Hall, Cheshire / Grounds
caption_attribution_description: Salted paper print by Henry Fox Talbot
context_page_description: Eaton Hall is the country house of the Duke of Westminster. It is 1 mile south of the village of Eccleston, in Cheshire, England. The house is surrounded by its own formal gardens, parkland, farmland and woodland. The estate covers about 10,872 acres.
  The first substantial house was built in the 17th century. In the early 19th century it was replaced by a much larger house designed by William Porden. This in turn was replaced by an even larger house, with outbuildings and a chapel, designed by Alfred Waterhouse. Building started in 1870 and concluded about 12 years later. By 1960 the fabric of the house had deteriorated and, like many other mansions during this period, it was demolished, although the chapel and many of the outbuildings were retained. A new house was built but its design was not considered to be sympathetic to the local landscape, and in the late 1980s it was re-cased and given the appearance of a French château.
  The house has been surrounded by formal gardens since the 17th century, the design of which has changed over the centuries in accordance with current ideas and fashions, as has the surrounding parkland.
context_section_description: The estate covers an area of about 10,872 acres (4,400 ha), within which about 1,235 acres (500 ha) of parkland and about 50 acres (20 ha) of formal gardens. These are listed at Grade II* on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.  The boundaries of the estate generally follow field boundaries but on the east side they follow the line of the River Dee.
caption: Entrance Lodge, Eaton Hall, Cheshire by Henry Fox Talbot, circa 1845.
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