page_title: Hoole Hall
section_title: The Oliver family
hierarchical_section_title: Hoole Hall / The Oliver family
caption_attribution_description: English: Hoole Hall, Chester in 1846
context_page_description: Hoole Hall is a former country house located to the north of Chester, Cheshire, England. It originated as a small house in about 1760, built for the Rev John Baldwin. After Rev Baldwin's death in 1793, the house passed to his eldest son, Thomas Baldwin, who then sold the house and surrounding land in 1800.
  Extensive additions were made to it in the 19th century including an elaborate cast iron conservatory. The conservatory was not designed by Thomas Harrison in about 1820, as some have stated. He in fact designed the one at Hoole House. The Hoole Hall conservatory does not appear in illustrations until after 1850. During the 20th century the house became derelict, but was then converted into a hotel. It is constructed in plum-coloured brick, with stone dressings and a Welsh slate roof. Its plan is square, plus a servants' wing. The west wing has two storeys, is symmetrical, sits on a stone plinth, and has rusticated quoins. Figueirdo and Treuherz describe it as "a miniature astylar Palladian villa of brick with stucco dressings". The house is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
context_section_description: John Oliver bought Hoole Hall in about 1795 as his eldest son Thomas Long Oliver was baptised at Thornton-le-Moors at this time. He remained at Hoole for the next twelve years and during this time he and his wife Jane had seven more children two more boys and five girls. In 1817 he moved to Harley Street London but retained ownership of Hoole Hall. He rented it to James Sedgwick for the next 17 years.
  John Oliver died in 1832 and his eldest son Thomas Long Oliver inherited the property. Thomas lived in France so Hoole Hall was continually rented until his death in 1855. After James Sedgwick left William Yates rented the house with his mother Elizabeth Yates and two sisters Jane and Harriet. William died in 1839 while he was holidaying in Rome and his mother died the following year. The 1841 Census shows the two sisters still living there. They left in 1846 and John Lister became the next tenant. A picture of the house in this year is shown. John Lister left in 1852 and one of the rental advertisements for the Hall is shown at this time. After the death of Thomas Long Oliver, the owner, in 1855 the property was sold to Arthur Potts.
caption: Hoole Hall in 1846
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