Capesthorne Hall

Capesthorne Hall

Capesthorne Hall
Siddington
Macclesfield
Cheshire

SK11 9JY

Tel: 01625 861 221
Fax: 01625 861 619
E-Mail: info@capesthorne.com

Web: Capesthorne Hall

About Capesthorne Hall

Capesthorne Hall in Macclesfield, Cheshire Capesthorne has been touched by nearly 1,000 years of English History. Roman Legions passed across it. Titled Norman families hunted on it. In the Civil War the family was Royalist and an ancestress helped Charles II to escape after the Battle of Worcester. The Hall itself was built between 1719 and 1732. Extensive changes over a hundred years later, included the distinctive turrets and pinnacles. But in 1861 a disasterous fire threatened to destroy the Hall completely. It was only saved by a change of the direction of the wind, which left just two wings remaining. The entire central section was gutted and had to be completely rebuilt. During the Second World War, Capesthorne was used as a Red Cross Hospital and its cellars became an effective bomb shelter for nurses and soldiers. The historic collection displays a family's taste collected over three centuries and include fine art, marble sculptures, tapestries, Regency, Jacobean and Rococo antiques from throughout Europe and America and the Far East. The present Squire, William Bromley Davenport, Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire and his American wife Elizabeth, a professional artist, are the latest of eight generations to live there.