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Historic Buildings of Lancashire
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Castles, Baronial and Historic houses
... in alphabetical order
Including Castles, Abbeys, Priories, Manor Houses, Mansions, Stately Homes, Country houses, Estate houses, Courts, Halls, Parks and other listed buildings of historic interest.
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● Abbeystead House was built in 1886 as a shooting lodge for the 4th Earl of Sefton.[1] It was designed by the Chester firm of architects Douglas & Fordham,[2] who added gun and billiard rooms in 1894.[3] The estate holds the record for the biggest grouse bag in a day; when on 12 August 1915, 2,929 birds were shot by eight guns (shooters). In 1980 the Abbeystead Estate, totalling 18,000 acres (73 km2) and including the house, was bought by a trust relating to the family of the Duke of Westminster.
● Abney Hall, in Cheadle, near Stockport, Greater Manchester
● Adlington Hall Now Cheshire(demolished)
● Agecroft Hall, Formerly Lancashire, England, Now Virginia USA
● Aldcliffe Hall (demolished)
● Alkincoats Hall Alkincoats was once an estate owned by the de Alkincoats family which in 1570 comprised several estates held by John Parker, a descendant of the de Alkincoats, and James de Walton. It was the home of a branch of the Parker family of Browsholme, who were park keepers for the King's forest of Bowland. The hall and its estate were bought by Robert Parker (1662–1714). It passed down through Parker family from father to son via Thomas, Robert (1720–1758), Thomas (1754–1819), a Justice of the Peace (J.P.) and Deputy Lieutenant {D.L.} of Lancashire, to Thomas Parker (died 1832), an Army captain, J.P. and D.L. who also bought Browsholme Hall from his cousin. On his early death he was succeeded by his younger brother Edward (1786–1865), also a J.P. and D.L., who left it to his son Thomas Goulburne Parker (1818–1879) a barrister-at-law, J.P. and D.L. for the West Riding of Yorkshire and also J.P. for Lancashire. Thomas Goulburne had three sons, the eldest of which was Edward (1846–1894) who died childless, as a result of which ownership passed to his younger brother, Colonel John Robinson Parker (1857-1938), who later fought in the Boer War. In 1921 the 92½ acre (37.5 ha) estate was sold to Colne Borough Council by Colonel Parker for the sum of £24,082 and partly used as a public park.[3] The hall was demolished in 1957 because of structural problems. The estate lodge, now a private house, is a grade II listed building.[4] The park has held Green Flag status each year since 2009.
● Alkrington Hall, Middleton, Rochdale, Greater Manchester
● Alston Hall designed by the architect Alfred Darbyshire, was built c.1876 for John Mercer, a Newton-le-Willows colliery owner. It passed down to his granddaughter, who was a nun, and was then sold to the Eccles cotton manufacturing family who sold it in turn to William Birtwistle, another wealthy cotton industrialist. In 1949 the Birtwistles sold most of the land to the Church Commissioners and the Hall itself, together with the remaining three acres of land, to Preston Borough Council as a Day Continuation College. In 1974 it was purchased by Lancashire County Council and converted to an residential training centre.
● Ancoats Hall, Ancoats, Manchester
● Atherton Hall Leigh, Greater Manchester
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● Baguley Hall Baguley, Greater Manchester
● Bardsea Hall (demolished)
● Billinge Scar (demolished)
● Birchley Hall
● Blythe Hall, Lathom
● Borwick Hall
● Broughton Hall
● Browsholme Hall
● Bryn Hall
● Buckshaw Hall
● Burrow Hall
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● Capernwray Hall
● Calderstones Mansion House
● Carr House
● Chingle Hall
● Clayton Hall Ashton New Road, in Clayton, Manchester
● Clegg Hall Littleborough, Greater Manchester
● Croston Hall (demolished)
● Croxteth Hall
● Cuerden Hall
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● Dawpool (demolished)
● Dunnow Hall
● Duxbury Hall (demolished)
E
● Eaves Hall
● Emmott Hall (demolished)
● Escowbeck
● Extwistle Hall (derelict)
F
● Formby Hall
G
● Elizabeth Gaskell's House 84 Plymouth Grove. Manchester
● Gawthorpe Hall
● Gayton Hall
● Gillibrand Hall
● Gisburne Park
● Greaves Hall (demolished)
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● Haigh Hall Haigh, Wigan, Greater Manchester
● Hammerton Hall
● Hazelwood Hall
● Heaton Hall and Park Manchester
● Heskin Hall
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Hoghton Tower
Image Public Domain, WIKI
A fortified manor house east of the village of Hoghton standing on a hill top. It gets the name from the de Hoghton family, its historical owners since at least the 12th century. The family descends from Harvey de Walter, who was a companion of William the Conqueror, and the name de Hoghton was assumed in 1150. The present building dates from about 1560–65, and was built for Thomas de Hoghton, replacing an earlier house on or near the same site. 1692–1702 Sir Charles de Hoghton carried out repairs and rebuilding. It was damaged during the Civil War and subsequently became derelict, but was rebuilt and extended between 1862 and 1901. The family ceased to live in the house from 1768, and it was rented to local farmers. The house is listed at Grade I, as is the Great Barn in its grounds, which is dated 1692. Also in the grounds are two structures listed at Grade II. The house and garden are open to the public at advertised times, and are administered by a charitable trust.
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Holker Hall
Image Right Public Domain, Wiki
privately owned country house located southwest of the village of Cartmel, Cumbria, previously in the historic county of Lancashire. The first house was built in the early 16th century by George Preston. Since becoming a private house following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the estate has never been sold, having passed by inheritance from the Preston family to the Lowther Family, and then to the Cavendish family. 
Stable Block
Image left By Keith Salvesen, CC BY-SA 2.0, WIKI
In 1644 the estate was confiscated from George Preston's successor, Thomas Preston, by Parliament, but was later restored to him. On the death of Thomas Preston, the estate passed to the Lowther family by the marriage of Thomas' heiress, Catherine, to Sir William Lowther, 1st Baronet, of Marske. In 1756 it passed again by marriage to Lord George Augustus Cavendish, and has remained in the ownership of the Cavendish family since.
● Hollinshead Hall (ruined)
● Holme Hall (ruined)
● Hopwood Hall between Middleton and Rochdale
● Hornby Castle
● Huntroyde Hall
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● Ince Blundell Hall
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● Knowsley Hall
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● Lathom House (demolished)
● Leck Hall
● Leighton Hall
● Littledale Hall
● Lostock Hall South Ribble borough
● Lytham Hall
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● Martholme
● Mawdesley Hall
● Meols Hall
● Mitton Hall
● Moor Hall, Aughton
● Morleys Hall Morleys Lane, on the edge of Astley Moss in Astley, Greater Manchester
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● New Hall, Edenfield
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● Old Hall, Great Mitton
● Ordsall Hall Ordsall, an area of Salford, in Greater Manchester
P
● Poulton Hall
Q
● Quernmore Park
R
● Read Hall and Park
● Rivington Hall
● Rossall Hall
● Rufford New Hall
● Rufford Old Hall
● Runshaw Hall
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● Samlesbury Hall
● Scarisbrick Hall
● Shaw Hall, Leyland
● Shaw Hill
● Shuttleworth Hall
● Speke Hall
● Storeton Hall
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● The Old Zoo
● Thingwall Hall
● Thingwall House
● Thornton Manor
● Thurland Castle
● Thurnham Hall
● Thurstaston Hall
● Towneley Hall
● Tulketh Hall (demolished)
● Turton Tower
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● Waddington Old Hall
● Waddow Hall
● Wennington Hall
● Whittington Hall
● Winmarleigh Hall
● Woodfold Hall
● Woolton Hall
● Wrightington Hall
● Wycoller Hall (ruined)
● Wyresdale Hall
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References and Sources
Lancashire Specific
General
- Stravaiging.com
- Secret Scotland
- Canmore
- Historic Scotland
- National Trust
- English Heritage
- WIKI List of country houses in the UK
- Britain's Finest
- Britain Express
- Lankdmark Trust
- Historic Houses Association - represents 1,500 houses in the UK
- Hudson's Historic Houses and Gardens - UK - guidebook of over 2,000 houses open to the public
- The DiCamillo Companion to British & Irish Country Houses - database of over 7,000 houses
- Lost Heritage - A Memorial to the Lost Country Houses of England - list of over 1,700 houses
- National Trust for Historic Preservation - online database of historic houses in the United States
- WIKI Historic Houses Association
- Historic Houses Association
- WIKI Treasure Houses of England
- List of country houses in the United Kingdom
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