Brereton Hall
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| Location | Brereton Green, Brereton, Cheshire, England |
| Coordinates | 53°10′50″N 2°19′44″W / 53.1805°N 2.3288°WCoordinates: 53°10′50″N 2°19′44″W / 53.1805°N 2.3288°W |
| Built | 1586 |
| Built for | Sir William Brereton |
| Restored | 1829 |
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Listed Building – Grade I
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| Designated | 6 June 1952 |
| Reference no. | 56338 |
 Location in Cheshire
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Brereton Hall is a country house to the north of the village of Brereton Green, adjacent to St Oswald's Church, in the civil parish of Brereton, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
The manor of Bretune is listed in Domesday Book. The house dates from 1586, the date inscribed over the entrance. It was built for Sir William Brereton (1550–1631), created Baron Brereton of Leighlin, Co. Carlow in 1624. A portrait of Sir William, dated 1579, with a cameo of Queen Elizabeth in his cap, is at the Detroit Institute of Arts.William, 3rd Lord Brereton (1631–1679) was a distinguished man of letters and a founder of the Royal Society. His younger son, Francis, 5th Lord Brereton, died a bachelor in 1722, ending the Brereton family male line.
The house passed to the Bracebridge family, and as Bracebridge Hall re-sited in Yorkshire, it featured in a historical fiction of Washington Irving. In 1817 it was purchased by a Manchester industrialist, John Howard. He made alterations in 1829 to the exterior and interior in Regency style. Further alterations were made in the late 19th century. In the 20th century it was a girls' boarding school. After this closed in July 1992, it was the retreat of a pop star who built a recording studio at the back. Since 2005 it has been a private family home and is not open to the public.
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