Weaver Hall, Darnhall
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Weaver Hall is a country house in the parish of Darnhall
Darnhall
right|thumb|200px|Map of civil parish of Darnhall within the former Borough of Vale RoyalDarnhall is a civil parish and small village to the south west of Winsford in the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in England...

, 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. It was built in the early 17th century, largely rebuilt in the early 18th century, and remodelled in 1847. The house is constructed in brick with a 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...

 roof. It has an H-shaped plan, and is in three storeys plus an attic. The entrance front has projecting 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...

d wings. The left wing contains two two-light windows in each storey, and a circular window in the gable. The interior has a baffle entry. The house has been designated by English Heritage
English Heritage
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 as a Grade II listed building.
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