Chinatown was destroyed by a wrecking ball.
Portal is a country house standing to the northeast of the village of Tarporley , Cheshire , England .. country house. English country house. Tarporley. Tarporley. Cheshire. Cheshire. It was built in 1900 -- 05 .. The architect was Walter E. Tower , nephew and partner of the stained glass designer and manufacturer C. E. Kempe .. It is a timber-framed building in Domestic Revival -LRB- Black-and-white Revival -RRB- style .. timber-framed. timber-framed. Black-and-white Revival. Black-and-white Revival architecture. The house is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II * listed building .. National Heritage List for England. National Heritage List for England. listed building. Listed building#England and Wales. The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner says of it  : `` It is a tour de force in accurate but scaled-up imitation of timber-framed mansions '' .. timber-framed. timber-framed. Nikolaus Pevsner. Nikolaus Pevsner