Trafford Hall

Trafford Hall is an 18th-century country house standing to the east of the village of Wimbolds Trafford in Cheshire, England, about 4+1⁄2 miles northeast of the city of Chester. It is owned by The Regenda Group and operated as a youth hostel and training centre by the Youth Hostels Association.

Trafford Hall was built in 1756 for George Edward Gerrard. The house is constructed in brick with stone dressings and slate roofs. Its architectural style is Georgian. It has 2½ storeys and five bays on the entrance front. To the left of the main block is a single-storey pavilion joined to the house by a service wing. To the right, and set back, is the ballroom, added in the 19th century. The central bay of the main block projects slightly forward, and has rusticated quoins at the corners. There are similar quoins at the corner of the house. In the central bay is a porch supported by four Doric columns. All the windows on the entrance front are sashes. On the right side of the house is a Venetian window in the second story, with a diocletian window above. The interior contains a "fine staircase" with twisted balusters. The house is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building and has 14 acres of grounds including gardens, fields and woodland.

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