Churton Hall is a country house in the parish of Churton by Farndon

Churton by Farndon

Churton by Farndon is a civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It has a population of 146. The parish includes the southern part of the village of Churton.-External links:...

, Cheshire

Cheshire

Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...

, England. The date of building is uncertain. There is a loose board carrying the date 1569 that, according to the authors of the Buildings of England

Pevsner Architectural Guides

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series, may or may not date the house. It is a half-timbered

Timber framing

Timber framing , or half-timbering, also called in North America "post-and-beam" construction, is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs . It is commonplace in large barns...

 house built for the Barnston family, and was "heavily restored" in 1978–80. Much of the timber framing has been replaced by brick at the rear of the house. The house is roofed in slate

Slate

Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. The result is a foliated rock in which the foliation may not correspond to the original sedimentary layering...

. It has two storeys, and its plan is E-shaped. At each end of the building are gable

Gable

A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of a sloping roof. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system being used and aesthetic concerns. Thus the type of roof enclosing the volume dictates the shape of the gable...

s with different designs. The house has been designated by English Heritage

English Heritage

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 as a Grade II listed building.