There are 4 brochures that can be purchased from Eaton Estate Office. They are; The Gardens, The carriage collection, The railway and Halls of Eaton.
HRH The Prince of Wales visited the Eaton Estate village of Aldford. He laid the corner stone of a new Affordable Housing initiative and met the local people. In the evening there was a ball for the Prince's Trust. For the full story please click here.
Alfred Waterhouse (1830 – 1905) was a versatile English architect particularly associated with the Victorian Gothic Revival. Perhaps best known for his design for London’s Natural History Museum and the headquarters of Prudential Assurance, he also built a number of churches and country houses, the largest and most exceptional of which was Eaton Hall.
The Waterhouse Hall as it became known was described by the leading architectural historian Nikolas Pevsner as 'an outstanding expression of High Victorian originality and the most ambitious instance of Gothic Revival domestic architecture anywhere in the country.' Unfortunately in very poor order following years of military occupation, and entirely unsuited to family life in the 21st century, it was almost entirely demolished in the 1960s although the Chapel and Court Yard still remain.
Whilst held in high regard Sir Alfred earned the nickname ‘Slaughterhouse Waterhouse’ as a consequence of his preference for using red brick.
