Mere Old Hall stands to the west of the village of Mere

Mere, Cheshire

Mere is a civil parish and linear village along the A556 road in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, North West England, about south-west of Altrincham. Bucklow Hill is at its northeast end, and the Mere crossroads is at the far end. The village of Mere is...

 and the junction of the A566 and A50 road

A50 road

The A50 is a major trunk road in England. It runs from Warrington to Leicester; however, it was once a much longer route.-Current route:...

s in 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. An earlier house on the site was rebuilt in the 17th century by Peter Brooke, a son of the Brookes of Norton Priory, who had bought the house from the Mere family. The house was extended in stages, until in the early 18th century it had become a large brick house with eleven bays

Bay (architecture)

A bay is a unit of form in architecture. This unit is defined as the zone between the outer edges of an engaged column, pilaster, or post; or within a window frame, doorframe, or vertical 'bas relief' wall form.-Defining elements:...

 by nine bays. Later a bow window

Bow window

A bow window is a curved bay window. Bow windows are designed to create space by projecting beyond the exterior wall of a building, and to provide a wider view of the garden or street outside and typically combine four or more casement windows, which join together to form an arch.Bow windows first...

 with a dome was built as an entrance, and later still pavilions were added. During the 19th century the house was reduced in size to an L-shaped building. It is constructed in brick and stone that has been whitewashed and rendered

Stucco

Stucco or render is a material made of an aggregate, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as decorative coating for walls and ceilings and as a sculptural and artistic material in architecture...

. The house is roofed with tiles and 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...

s, and is in two and three storeys. Its architectural style is Regency

Regency architecture

The Regency style of architecture refers primarily to buildings built in Britain during the period in the early 19th century when George IV was Prince Regent, and also to later buildings following the same style...

. The house has been designated by English Heritage

English Heritage

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 as a Grade II listed building. Also separately designated Grade II are the kitchen garden walls and attached sheds.