page_title: Trafford Hall
section_title: Residents after 1920
hierarchical_section_title: Trafford Hall / Residents after 1920
caption_attribution_description: English: Sale notice for Trafford Hall, Chester in 1927
context_page_description: Trafford Hall is a country house standing to the east of the village of Wimbolds Trafford, in Cheshire, England. It was built in 1756 for George Edward Gerrard. A ballroom was added in the 19th century. As of 2011 the building is used as a hotel and conference centre, and since 1995 has been the home of the charity the National Communities Resource Centre. The house is constructed in brick with stone dressings and slate roofs. Its architectural style is Georgian. It has 2½ storeys and five bays on the entrance front. To the left of the main block is a single-storey pavilion joined to the house by a service wing. To the right, and set back, is the ballroom. The central bay of the main block projects slightly forward, and has rusticated quoins at the corners. There are similar quoins at the corner of the house. In the central bay is a porch supported by four Doric columns. All the windows on the entrance front are sashes. On the right side of the house is a Venetian window in the second story, with a diocletian window above. The interior contains a "fine staircase" with twisted balusters.
context_section_description: The next resident was Arthur Washington Willmer. He was a cotton broker from Liverpool and he lived at Trafford hall with his wife Janet and children until about 1927 when the house was put on the market. The sale advertisement is shown.
  Arthur Barrington Hines (1889-1939) was a resident from about 1930. He was a civil engineer and he lived here with his wife Martha until about 1938. After this Sir William Nicholas Cayzer and his family moved into Trafford Hall.
  Sir William Nicholas Cayzer (1910- 1999) (known as Nicholas) came from a wealthy family of shipowners. Their firm Cayzer, Irvine & Co is now called Clan Line. In 1935 he married Elizabeth Catherine Williams who came from Wales. Shortly after their marriage he moved to Trafford Hall and worked in the family’s shipping company offices in Liverpool. After the death of his uncle in 1958 he became Chairman of the Company.
  In 1957 the hall was sold to Francis Edward Hanning-Lee (known as Frank) and his wife Stella. A few years before they bought the Hall they were famous as they attempted a hydrofoil speed record in their boat called “White Hawk”. Their full story is told  here. After this they decided to make fibre glass boats and they formed a company called Fibrelite Industries. Trafford Hall was used as the site of their manufacturing business. They remained there until 1987. The Hall was sold in 1991 to the present occupants the National Communities Resource Centre who aims to provide training and support to all those living and working in low-income communities across the UK to develop their skills, confidence and capacity to tackle problems.
caption: Sale notice for Trafford Hall in 1927.
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