《临终的侦探》拍摄地之一:Dorford Hall
Dorfold Hall is a fine Jacobean manor house set on an ancient site in the wooded countryside of south Cheshire.
The present red-brick house with stone dressings was built in 1616 by Ralph Wilbraham, a member of a leading Cheshire family.
His son, Richard, was a Parliamentarian and in 1643 Dorfold Hall was plundered by the Royalist forces. In 1754 the property was purchased by James Tomkinson, a Nantwich lawyer, who commissioned Samuel Wyatt to redecorate the ground floor.
In the late-18th century the house became an important hunting centre and the Tomkinson family added extra stables to the property.
In 1892 Wilbraham Spencer Tollemache, who married Ann Tomkinson, made several additions to the house. He also engaged W. A. Nesfield to redesign the park and gardens, including the planting of a marvellous avenue of lime trees.
The property descended from the Tollemache family to the Roundells of Yorkshire and the present owner is the third generation of that family to live at Dorfold Hall.
An attractive lodge gives access to the splendid avenue of lime trees leading to the house. The compact building is symmetrical, with the Hall in the centre and the Great Chamber over it. Gabled wings project slightly forward on either side and in the angles are the porch and the Hall bay window.
Ralph Wilbraham's house had a forecourt with small stone lodges at the corners but in the 1860s these were joined to the main house by low service wings with shaped gables.
Entering throught the porch, the visitor enters a vaulted corridor which was remodelled from the screens passage by Samuel Wyatt the the 18th century.
On the right is the Dining Room (the original Hall) which was also rebuilt by Wyatt and has a splendid decorated ceiling. A portrait of Ralph Wilbraham, the builder of the house, hangs to the right of the chimneypiece. The room has good Georgian furniture including some superb lacquer cabinents, an excellent inlaid longcase clock and Empire-style chairs.
Passing along the vaulted corridor, hung with 19th century portraits of the Roundell family, the visitor reaches the Library. The shape of this room is 17th century but it was also redecorated in the 18th century. The stairs leading up to the first floor are Jacobean with ornate oak balustrading.
The Oak Room on the left at the top of the stairs is a small bedroom with the original panelling and the arms of leading Cheshire families over the mantelpiece.
The splendid Great Chamber is the most impressive room in the house. The great barrel-vaulted ceiling, one of the grandest of its date in England, is decorated with bands of intricate geometric patterns. Pendants hang from the apex and there are royal emblems including the rose, thistle and fleur-de-lys.
The huge original chimneypiece has Doric columns and prominent coats of arms. The ornately decorated panelling is also original and the room has fine 16th and 17th century furniture including some superb tortoiseshell and ebony inlaid cabinets.
The Jacobean country house is set in attractive woodland gardens with beautiful summer herbaceous borders.


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