| Seneschal's House, Runcorn | |
|---|---|
 Seneschal's House, Runcorn | |
  Location in Cheshire | |
| 53°20′06″N 2°41′45″W / 53.3350°N 2.6958°W | |
| SJ 537 822 | |
| History | |
| Built | 1598 |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Designated | 20 October 1952 |
| Reference no. | 1330346 |
The Seneschal's House stands at the corner of Halton Brow and Main Street in Runcorn, Cheshire. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
The house is dated 1598, which makes it the oldest standing building in Runcorn. It was latterly a farmhouse although was originally built by the judge John King, called to the bar in London in the late 16th century and was originally known as "John King's New House"; the occupation of the original owner of the house, led to a later owner, Geoffrey Barraclough, Professor of History at Liverpool University in the mid 20th century coining the current name of the house. The house was, in fact, inhabited originally by a seneschal, that is the original owner, John King.[citation needed]
The house is built with sandstone and it has a stone slate roof with a sandstone ridge. It is two storeys with an attic roof. At the front are three projections rising to the full height of the house. The central projection contains a porch; the others have bay windows with mullions. Each projection is surmounted by a gable and there are gables at each end of the house. The gables have corbels and moulded copings with finials at their summits.
