Located in lowlying countryside overlooking the River Weaver, the timber-framed hall was built on a quadrangular plan surrounded on 3 sides by a moat.
'The mannor-house of Dutton is well seated, and hath great store of
meadowing by the river-side belonging to the demain, which is accounted the largest and best demain within our county...' (Ormerod, History of Cheshire 1.642)
Possible performance venue. Players possibly patronized by John Dutton performed in Coventry in 1591 and at Smithills Hall in 1587.
Disassembled and relocated to Sussex. Now Stoke Brunswick School, Ashurst Wood, near East Grinstead. The original site is now a stud farm.
ca. 1150 First hall built by Sir Geoffrey de Dutton.
1539 Hall rebuilt by Sir Piers Dutton on a different site.
1640s Partially destroyed during the Civil War but ordered rebuilt by Oliver Cromwell.
1665 Charles Gerard, 4th Baron Gerard of Gerard's Bromley, inherited Dutton from his grandmother Eleanor Dutton, wife of the 2nd Baron.
late 17th c. Acquired by Thomas Fleetwood via marriage.
ca. 1745 Estate sold to R. Lant of Putney, Surrey. Subsequently it was acquired via marriage by John Bullock of Faulkburn Hall, Essex and then Thomas Langford Brooke of Mere (ca. 1776).
18th/19th c. Most of the house demolished. Remaining E wing and great hall used as a farmhouse.
1929 Purchased by Cheshire County Council and sold to a demolition contractor.
1933 Remnants purchased by John Dewar of The Homestall, Sussex. Dismantled and reassembled as an extension of the family residence, renamed Dutton Homestall.
REED Coventry 336; Lancashire 166
| Name | Dates | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| Dutton, John | 1538-1609 |
