Tricorn

It originated as a moated house which was possibly the home of the keeper of the deer park called Halton Park or Northwood to the south of Halton, and which was probably built in the second half of the 15th century. The present house was probably built by Thomas Chesshyre, an official of the Duchy of Lancaster, shortly before 1660. Some later alterations (notably a new baroque south façade and drawing room c.1720, now lost), probably to designs by Francis Smith, were made by his son, Sir John Chesshyre. In 1800, the house was purchased by Sir Richard Brooke of Norton Priory nearby. He commissioned plans, possibly from architect Samuel Wyatt, to modernise the house but they were not…