Located 6 miles from Chester in lowlying countryside, the early 16th c. timber-framed manor house does not survive. It was built on a quadrangular plan and surrounded by a medieval moat.
Possible performance venue. Players possibly patronized by Rowland Dutton performed in Coventry in 1591 and at Smithills Hall in 1587.
Demolished.
early 16th c. Manor acquired by a younger son of Sir Thomas Dutton of Dutton via marriage with the co-heiress of the Vernon family.
by 1882 The 16th c. house had been replaced by a brick farm house erected on the same site (Bennett, 'Hatton' 202).
REED Coventry 336; Lancashire 166
Name | Dates | Titles |
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Dutton, Rowland | 1551-1606 |