page_title: Seneschal's House, Halton
hierarchical_section_title: Seneschal's House, Halton
caption_attribution_description: Photograph taken by me on 14 March 2007.
context_page_description: The Seneschal's House stands at the corner of Halton Brow and Main Street, Halton, Runcorn, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. The house is dated 1598, which makes it the oldest standing building in Runcorn. It was latterly a farmhouse although was originally built by the judge John King, called to the bar in London in the late 16th century and was originally known as "John King's New House"; the occupation of the original owner of the house, led to a later owner, Geoffrey Barraclough, Professor of History at Liverpool University in the mid 20th century coining the current name of the house. The house was, in fact, inhabited originally by a seneschal, that is the original owner, John King.
  The house is built in sandstone and it has a stone slate roof with a sandstone ridge. It is in two storeys with an attic. At the front are three projections rising to the full height of the house. The central projection contains a porch; the others have bay windows with mullions. Each projection is surmounted by a gable and there are gables at each end of the house.
context_section_description: The Seneschal's House stands at the corner of Halton Brow and Main Street, Halton, Runcorn, Cheshire, England.  It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.  The house is dated 1598, which makes it the oldest standing building in Runcorn.  It was latterly a farmhouse although was originally built by the judge John King, called to the bar in London in the late 16th century and was originally known as "John King's New House"; the occupation of the original owner of the house, led to a later owner, Geoffrey Barraclough, Professor of History at Liverpool University in the mid 20th century coining the current name of the house. The house was, in fact, inhabited originally by a seneschal, that is the original owner, John King.
  The house is built in sandstone and it has a stone slate roof with a sandstone ridge.  It is in two storeys with an attic.  At the front are three projections rising to the full height of the house.  The central projection contains a porch; the others have bay windows with mullions.  Each projection is surmounted by a gable and there are gables at each end of the house.  The gables have corbels and moulded copings with finials at their summits.
caption: Seneschal's House, Runcorn
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