Ashcombe Park, Staffordshire
| Ashcombe Park | |
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.jpg) Ashcombe Park: from a publication of 1840 | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Grade II* listed |
| Location | Near Cheddleton, Staffordshire grid reference SJ 974 512 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 53°3′30″N 2°2′26″W / 53.05833°N 2.04056°W |
| Completed | 1811 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | James Trubshaw |
Ashcombe Park is a country house and estate near Cheddleton, in Staffordshire, England.
The house is a Grade II* listed building, listed on 2 May 1953.[1]
History and description
[edit]Ashcombe Park House was built from 1807 to 1811 for William Sneyd, after his marriage to Jane Debank. The architect and builder was James Trubshaw. The parkland around the house was designed at about this time; the fishponds date from the 1860s. The property was late owned by Dryden Sneyd,[2] and remained in the Sneyd family until 1936.[3][4]
The house is faced with sandstone ashlar, and has a Tuscan porte-cochère, said to have been moved from another Sneyd house, Belmont Hall in Cheadle.[1][3][5] There is a walled garden, and the parkland is surrounded by a stone wall.[3]
Botham Hall
[edit]On the site today occupied by Ashcombe Park House, once stood a 16th century residence, Botham Hall, that was surrounded by a deer park.[6] It was an "Elizabethan stone mansion with many gables and mullioned windows of no mean character".[2]
Botham Hall and Mossley Hall, the principal residences in Cheddleton, were the seats of the Hollins family, which were connected through marrriage. Botham's owner, William Joliffe, was the brother of Margaret Joliffe, who married John Hollins of Mossley Hall.[2] In the early 17th century, it was the home of William Joliffe, whose family held the Moiety of the lordship of Cheddleton.[7] The hall remained part of the Joliffe family's property until it was sold under the provisions of Thomas Joliffe's will in 1765.[2] In the late 18th century it was owned by the Debank family,[3][4] before it was torn down in 1806 and replaced by Ashcombe Park.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Historic England. "Ashcombe Park (1038102)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Hylton, Hylton George Hylton Jollife baron (1892). The Jolliffes of Staffordshire and Their Descendants, Down to the Year 1835: Comp. from Family Papers and Other Sources. Priv. print. by Hazell, Watson, and Viney (ld.). p. 230. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Ashcombe Park, Cheddleton" Parks and Gardens. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Ashcombe Park, Cheddleton" Staffordshire Past Track. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ "Belmont Hall, Cheadle" Parks and Gardens. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Moiety of the lordship of Cheddleton. Leek: capital messuage called by sign of Red..." discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. The National Archives. 1684–1765. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "JOLIFFE, William (c.1622-1712), of London and Caverswall Castle, Staffs. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 2021-09-28.