Old Halls in Lancashire and Cheshire, including notes on the ancient domestic architecture of the Counties Palatine. With numerous illustrations

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. LTHOUGH many separate essays have been written on the Old Halls of Lancashire and Cheshire, and notices of several of them are given in the current works on the history of the respective counties, the present volume is, so far as I have been able to ascertain, the first attempt hitherto made to give a general description of these buildings from the strictly architectural point of view, and to assign to them their places in the history of the ancient domestic architecture of England. To fulfil this task with such completeness as to treat of every Old Hall in the two counties would require the labour of a lifetime. I have, therefore, selected for description a limited number of the most interesting or typical examples, and have endeavoured to trace the architectural history of the several buildings in such a manner as to illustrate, as much as possible, the development of English domestic architecture in general, more especially in the northern counties, and the successive changes in manners and habits of life with which that development was connected.

In this selection, the Old Halls of Lancashire are more largely represented than those of Cheshire, partly because the former have received a smaller share of attention from previous writers, and partly because, being frequently on hilly ground, they present many features of interest which are not met with in the houses of the flatter land of the adjoining county. While I have been careful to consult all the previous writings on the subject to which I have had access, the present work, so far as regards the architectural and topographical descriptions of which it is mainly composed, is in no sense a compilation, but is based throughout on original investigations, which have occupied a great part of my leisure time during fifteen years. The number of visits which it has been necessary to pay to many of the buildings here described, and the enormous

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. VI mass of measurements, sketches, and notes which had to be made, before the conclusions here presented could be regarded as established, can scarcely be conceived by any reader who has not himself been engaged in a similar undertaking. These researches have resulted in many interesting discoveries, which it is hoped will be found of some value as illustrating the history of English domestic architecture. In particular, the defensive nature of the sites of most of the old houses of the Palatine Counties, which has been ignored by former writers, will be found here minutely illustrated. The original arrangements of the great hall and the adjoining apart ments, which have been obscured by subsequent rebuildings and alterations, have in many cases (as at Denton, Wardley, and Smithells) been brought to light for the first time.

My warmest thanks are due to the enthusiastic co-operation of my friend the Rev. E. F. Letts, M.A. (Minor Canon and Precentor of the Manchester Cathedral), who has accompanied me on many of my later expeditions, and whose varied antiquarian knowledge has been of the greatest service to me. On several of my journeys, in former years, I was accompanied by my friend Mr. J. P. Earwaker, M.A., F.S.A., whose assistance and advice have in many ways been most valuable. As minute architectural descriptions are not easily followed by the general public, and are apt to be found tedious even by professional readers, I have endeavoured so far as possible to supply their place by accurate drawings. In the illustrations accompanying topographical books it has been too common to take great liberties with facts in order to attain picturesqueness of effect.

In the sketches and ground plans contained in the present work the information of the reader has been the object strictly kept in view, and the utmost pains have been taken to ensure absolute accuracy. In the case of the quadrangular houses " bird's-eye views " have been given, as no other method of representation would convey any just idea of their size and importance. Owing to pressure of business, I have been obliged to forego the pleasure of making these drawings with my own hand. The illustrations have, therefore, been prepared by others, in part from my own sketches, and in part from carefully measured drawings made specially for this work under my direction. I have to express my thanks to my friends Messrs. W. W. Baldwin,

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. VII F. Hooper, A. N. Wilson, J. W. Bellhouse, and others, for their zealous help in this department. In illustrating the domestic architecture of the hilly districts of North-East Lancashire, I have utilised a portfolio of sketches made by the Reverend S. J. Allen, who, between the years 1830 and 1840, lived near Burnley, and the remarkable accuracy of whose delineations I have verified by examination on the spot. Amongst the very numerous sketches in this collection, I have selected the following as charac teristic examples of the architecture of this part of England : — Samlesbury Hall: Screen formerly existing in great hall (Plate XVIII.). Interior view of great hall previous to alterations in 1835. Screen in chapel (Plate XXIV.). Royle Hall, Burnley, front view (Plate XXI.). The Lodge, Royle, Burnley (Plate XXIIL).

Barcroft Hall, exterior (Plate XXIV.). Worsthorne Hall (Plate XXIV.). Danes' House, Burnley (Plate XXIV.). Old Market House, Burnley (Plate XXIIL). Arkindley Hall. Hitrstwood Hall. The Higher Hall, Worsthorne. Wallstreams (Plate XXII.). Although the present work is mainly concerned with the architectural history of the Old Halls, the reader may reasonably expect to find in it some amount of information respecting the various families to which they have belonged. This part of the subject, however, has already been fully dealt with in the county histories and similar works. I have therefore not thought it necessary to attempt any original research in this department, for which I had neither leisure nor aptitude, but have contented myself for the most part with giving quotations from writers of acknowledged authority, and briefly indicating the sources in which more minute information may be found.

In many instances I have furnished extracts from the very accurate genealogical notes by the late Canon Raines in the edition of Gastrell's " Notitia Cestriensis," published by the Chetham Society, this valuable work being practically inaccessible to the general public. It remains for me to offer my best thanks to the owners of these Old Halls and to their representatives, who have afforded me every facility in prosecuting my researches, and to the numerous friends who have assisted me in various ways. The valuable surveys of the land surrounding the Chetham Hospital, in the possession of Mr. John Holden, F.R.I.B.A., have been freely placed at my disposal, and

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. VIII Mr. Hanby, the Governor, has (often at great inconvenience to himself) rendered me every help in his power during my prolonged investigations at this building. Mr. Sutton, the Chief Librarian at the Manchester Free Libraries, and Mr. J. E. Bailey, F.S.A., have also been of the greatest service in aiding my inquiries. My earnest desire is that these pages may contribute in some degree to promote an interest in the study of the noble domestic architecture of earlier times. It is only from the general diffusion of such a study that we can hope for any arrest of the invasion of pretentiousness, flimsiness, weak and foolish construction, and crude ornamentation, which is fast ruining our ancient towns and villages, and rendering the face of the country repulsive to every person of cultivated taste.

HENRY TAYLOR. 2, Saint Anne's Churchyard, Manchester, 6th March, 1884. CONTENTS. Part I. GENERAL FEATURES OF PALATINE HOUSE ARCHITECTURE. PAGE Chapter I.— Nature of the Sites. The motives for their selection ; Varieties of defensive site ; Folds - - - - 3 Chapter II.— Types of Plan. The six principal types; Origin of the quadrangular form ; Gradual changes - - - 7 Table of architectural periods - - - -11 Chapter III. — The Chief Apartments. "*" The great hall ; Its high table, canopy, and dais ; The low table ; Musicians' gallery, screens, passage ; Bay window ; Fireplace or ingle-nook ; The porch ; Buttery doors and kitchens ; Sizes of great halls - 12 The smaller hall and withdrawing-room - - - 18 The domestic chapel and priest's room - - - 18 The gatehouse - - - 20 The dancing-room - - - 21 Bedrooms, corridors, and hiding-places - - - 21 The staircase - - - - - - 22 Chapter IV. — Building Materials — Workmanship — Furniture.

Half-timbered houses ; Stone houses ; Brick houses ; Timber, brick, and stone houses ; Roofing materials ; Ceilings; Glazing; Wainscoting; Style of workmanship; Old oak furniture - - - - 23 a CONTENTS. X Part II. DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BUILDINGS. PAGE Chapter I. — The College of Thomas de la Warre, Manchester. Its ancient fortified site ; The stronghold of the barons of Manchester ; Converted into a hospital and library by Humphrey Chetham ; The Derby occupation - - 31 Chapter II. — Ordsall Hall. Originally a quadrangular half-timbered building, the seat of the Radcliffe family ; Defended by a moat, and near the river bank ; The great hall ; The smaller hall ; History of the building - - - 47 Chapter III. — Agecroft Hall. The seat of the Dauntesey family ; Its fortified position in the Irwell valley ; Half-timbered and completely quadrangular ; Great hall and domestic chapel 54 Chapter IV. — Kena'ON Peel Hall.

Mainly rebuilt in the seventeenth century, but containing interesting survivals of earlier arrangements ; Gatehouse, great hall, and three quadrangles - - - - - - 56 Chapter V— Smithells Hall. Fortified site; Fine great hall, with open-timbered roof; Domestic chapel; Quadrangle; Alterations - - - - - - 60 Chapter VI.— Wardley Hall. Quadrangular form ; The moat ; The great hall ; The gatehouse ; The domestic chapel - 66 Chapter VII.— Hall-i'th'-Wood — Little Bolton Hall — Great Lever Hall, near Bolton. Character of the sites. Hall-i'th'-Wood : The great hall ; Later additions. Little Bolton Hall : River brow site ; Almost entirely rebuilt ; Ancient open-timbered roof. Great Lever Hall : The domestic chapel ; Old glazing ; Barn - - CONTENTS. XI PAGE

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— TURTON TOWER. The residence of the Orrell family; Purchased by Humphrey Chetham ; The tower ; The withdrawing-room ; Fine oak furniture - 75 Chapter IX. — Rufford Old Hall. Fine great hall ; Oak carving ; The screens ; The withdrawing-room ; The furniture - JJ Chapter X. — Astley Hall, Chorley. Mainly rebuilt in the seventeenth century ; Sumptuous ornamentation ; The ancient quadrangle ; The great hall ; The withdrawing-room ; The long gallery - - 81 Chapter XI. — Hoghton Toaver. Hill top site; Double quadrangle; Inner and outer gatehouses ; Flanking towers ; The great hall ; The musicians' gallery ; The " guinea room;" Remains of domestic chapel - - - 84 Chapter XII. — Samlesbury Hall. Formerly quadrangular, now Ishaped; Great and smaller halls; Modern "restoration ;" Canopied recess for high table ; Fine carved standard screen in great hall ; the domestic chapel - 89 Chapter XIII.— Mytton Hall.

The great hall ; The minstrels' gallery a later addition - - - - - - 94 Chapter XIV. — Towneley Hall. A quadrangular building in stone ; Interesting domestic chapel ; The seat of the celebrated Towneley family - - - - - 96 Chapter XV — Barcroft Hall. Great hall and musicians' gallery ; Alterations in seventeenth century, showing changed habits of life ; Ingle-nook - - - 100 Chapter XVI. — Royle Hall. River junction fortified site ; A massive stone building ; Ancient roofs ; " Stepped " windows - 102

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— GAAVTHORPE Hall. Tower commanding the valley ; Restoration by Sir C. Barry ; Great hall, with high table and musicians' gallery ; Handsome plaster ornamentation CONTENTS. XII PAGE Chapter XVIII.— Worsthorne Hall — Hurstwood Hall — The Danes' House. Massive stone buildings near Burnley. Worsthorne Hall : Mullioned windows; Inscription over the front door. Hurstwood Hall : Inscription over the doorway. The Danes' House : F shaped ground plan ; Fine old doors ... - - 107 Chapter XIX. — Denton Old Hall. Originally a quadrangular building, of which two sides now remain ; The great hall ; Dais and canopy ; Musicians' gallery concealed by ingle-nook; Carved work in the family wing - - no Chapter XX. — Speke Hall. Quadrangular form ; Fine great hall ; Similarity to Denton Hall ; Ingle-nook ; Musicians' gallery ; Drawing-room ; The moat - - -114 Chapter XXI. — Newbold Hall.

Massive architecture characteristic of this district ; Peculiarity of the windows - - 118 Chapter XXII. — Belfield Hall. One of the few quadrangular houses in this neighbourhood ; Frequent rebuildings; Large size of the windows - - - - - 120 Chapter XXIII. — Clegg Hall. A massive stone house of the Elizabethan period ; Partial survival of the old great hall arrangements ------- 122 Chapter XXIV. — Moreton Old Hall. A remarkable specimen of the half-timbered style ; An irregular quadrangle ; The moat ; The gatehouse ; Secret apartments ; The great hall; The musicians' gallery ; The domestic chapel - 124 Chapter XXV— Adlington Hall. A quadrangular half-timbered building ; Portion of moat still remaining ; The great hall, its fine proportions and elaborate ornamentation ; The canopy ; The withdrawing-room ; The domestic chapel - - - - - - 131 Chapter XXVI. — Baguley Hall.

One of the earliest existing examples of house architecture in Cheshire ; The great hall ; Massive wall timbers - - - - - CONTENTS. XIII PAGE Chapter XXVII. — Wythenshawe Hall. Formerly had a moat ; Partly half-timbered ; The great hall and withdrawing-room ; The siege of Wythenshawe - - - - 139 Chapter XXVIII. — Harden Hall. Strong defensive site ; The moat ; The great hall ; The minstrels' gallery - 142 Chapter XXIX. — Bramhall Hall. Picturesque situation ; Half-timbered building ; The great hall ; The withdrawing-room ; Fine reception-room on the upper floor ; Absence of corridors; Chained prayer-books in the domestic chapel 147 Chapter XXX. — Tabley Old Hall. Situated on an island in one of the Cheshire meres; Originally a many-gabled, half-timbered building; The great hall; Alterations by Sir Peter Leycester ; Detached domestic chapel - - Plate I. — Defensive Sites.

Plate II. — Types of Plan. Plate III. — Comparative Plans of Great Halls. (i) Rufford Hall. (4) Ordsall Hall (&) Adlington Hall. (6) Hoghton Tower. (2) Samlesbury Hall. (3) Speke Hall. Plate IV. — Comparative Plans of Great Halls (1) Baguley Hall. (2) Gawthorpe Hall. (4) Barcroft Hall. (5) Smithells Hall. (3) Chetham Hospital. (6) Wythenshawe Hall. Plate V.— Map of Manchester Rivers, showing position of Old Halls and Roman Camp. Plate VI. — The Chetham Hospital (De la Warre's College) and The Collegiate Church ; Plan and Section of the ground, showing fortified position. Plate VII. — The Chetham Hospital. Bird's-eye View from the North, previous to the arching over of the river Irk. Plate VIII. — De la Warre's College, now the Chetham Hospital, Manchester. Ground and Upper Plans. Plate IX. — (1) Ordsall Hall, Lancashire.

Bird's-eye View. (2) AGECROFT HALL, Lancashire. Ditto ditto. X.— (i) Kenyon Peel Hall, Lancashire. Bird's-eye View. (2) Smithells Hall, Lancashire. The quadrangle, looking Plate towards the great hall. XL— Kenyon Peel Hall, Lancashire. Plate Ground Plan. Plate XII. — Smithells Hall, Lancashire. (1) Bird's-eye View. (2) View from the East (showing the Domestic Chapel). Plate XIII. — Smithells Hall, Lancashire. Ground Plan. Plate XIV. — Wardley Hall, Lancashire. (1) Bird's-eye View. (2) Ground Plan. XV. — Hall-i'th'-Wood, Lancashire. 0 (1) Sketch of Staircase. Plate (2) Detail of Staircase. (3) S.E. View. (4) S.W. View. (5) Ground Plan. (6) Sketch of dated Pipe Head. (7) Date Stone on fireplace in bedroom. Plate XVI. — Turton Tower, Lancashire. (1) View from the South. (2) Ground Plan. XVII. — Rufford Hall, Lancashire.

(1) Interior of great hall, looking towards Screens. (2) Ditto .ditto ditto Dais. Plate 'Plate XVIII. — (1) Samlesbury Hall, Lancashire. Carved Screen in great hall (2) Rufford Hall, Lancashire. Ditto ditto. Plate XIX.— Hoghton Tower, Lancashire. Bird's-eye View. Plate XX.— Hoghton Tower, Lancashire. Block Plan. Plate XXI. — (i) Royle Hall, near Burnley. Front Elevation. (2) Stayley Hall, Cheshire. Ground Plan. Plate XXII.— (1) Arkindley Hall, near Colne. (2) Hurstwood Hall, near Burnley. (3) Wallstreams, near Burnley. (4) The Higher Hall, Worsthorne. Plate XXIII.— (1) The Lodge, Royle, near Burnley. Front View. (2) The LODGE, Royle, near Burnley. Back View. (3) Old Market House, Burnley. Plate XXIV. — (1) Samlesbury Hall, Lancashire. Interior of great hall, looking towards Dais (previous to alterations in 1835) (2) Samlesbury Hall, Lancashire.

Screen in the Chapel. (3) Worsthorne Hall, near Burnley. (4) " Old House Fold," Romiley. (5) Barcroft Hall, near Burnley. Front View. (6) BARCROFT Hall, near Burnley. Interior of great hall, looking towards Minstrels' Gallery. (7) Newbold Hall, near Rochdale. (8) The Danes' House, Burnley. Plate XXV. — Denton Hall, Lancashire. (1) Ground Plan. (2) Detail of Fireplace in great hall. (3) External View from the Quadrangle. (4) Sections through the great hall. (5) Details of wood framing. (6) Ditto ditto Plate XXVI. — Speke Hall, Lancashire. (1) Bird's-eye View. (2) Block Plan. Plate XXVIL— Belfield Hall, Lancashire, (l) Six Measured Elevations. (2) Ground Plan (3) Sketch in Quadrangle. Plate XXVIII. — Moreton Hall, Cheshire. Bird's-eye View. b Plate XXIX. — Adlington Hall, Cheshire. (i) Bird's-eye View.

(2) Block Plan. Plate XXX. — (i) Smithells Hall, Lancashire. Interior end Elevation of great hall. (2) Baguley Hall, Cheshire. Interior end Elevation of great hall. (3) BAGULEY Hall, Cheshire. Interior sketch of great hall. (4) Baguley Hall, Cheshire. Exterior side Elevation of great hall. (5) Garratt Hall, Manchester. Elevation of Gable still existing. (6) Smithells Hall, Lancashire. Sketch of roof in great hall. Plate XXXI. — (i) Baguley Hall, Cheshire. (2) SMITHELLS HALL, Lancashire. (3) Denton Hall, Lancashire. (4) ORDSALL HALL, Lancashire. Speere in the great hall. Ditto ditto. Ditto ditto. Ditto ditto. Plate XXXII. — Harden Hall, Cheshire. (1) Section showing Fortified Position. (2) Ground Plan showing Moat. (3) Perspective Sketch from North-West, made about A.D. 1746. (4) Ground Plan of the Building.

(5) Section of the Building. (6) Detail of Mullion in half-timbered Gable. Plate XXXIIL— Bramhall Hall, Cheshire. (1) Bird's-eye View. (2) Ground Plan. Abercrombie, William, Esq., Manor House, Ashton-on-Mersey. Accrington and Church Co-operative Society, Oak Street, Accrington. Ainsworth, R. H., Esq., Smithells Halt, Bolton-le-Moors. Aitken, Mrs., Fallowfield, Manchester. Albrecht, Frank, Esq., 79, St. Bees Street, Moss Side, Manchester. Allen, Rev. G. S., The Vicarage, Kirby Wharfe, Tadcaster, Yorkshire. Allen, John, Esq., Oldfield Hall, Altrincham. Allen, Peter, Esq., Overbrook, Kersal, Manchester. Andrew, Frank, Esq., Chester Square, Ashton-under-Lyne. Anningson, Joseph William, Esq., 11, Yorkshire Street, Burnley. Anson, The Venerable Archdeacon, M.A., St. James' Rectory, Birch-in-Rusholmc.

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