Brandlesholme Old Hall Explained

Brandlesholme Old Hall
Alternate Names:Brandlesholme Hall
Location Town:Bury
Location Country:United Kingdom
Coordinates:53.6147°N -2.3225°W
Start Date:13th Century
Building Type:Private Residence
Mapframe:yes

Brandlesholme Old Hall is a Grade II* listed privately owned historic house in Brandlesholme, Bury, Greater Manchester, England.

History

The Hall was owned by the Greenhalgh family for eleven generations. John Greenhalgh (d.1651) was appointed Governor of the Isle of Man in 1640 by James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby. His estates were seized by parliamentary authorities. On the death of Henry Greenhalgh in 1728 it passed to the Matthews family, who sold it in the 1770s to the merchant Richard Powell of Heaton Norris, Stockport. The hall was sold at auction in 2018.[1] [2] [3]

Architecture

The building was originally an open-hall cruck-framed house, originating in the 13th century, later remodelled in the 16th century and again in 1849. The south end was dismantled and rebuilt in 1852 and was repaired in 1908. It has 19th-century moulded oriel windows and the tall l½-storey range with steep slate roof contains the medieval hall.

Externally, the house preserves little of its ancient appearance, but the interior exhibits a good deal of the timber construction. The hall preserves its wide open fireplace and has a wide, well-formed 16th or 17th-century upper cruck frame.[4] [5]

The site also includes a Grade II listed cruck barn from the 16th century and a Grade II listed barn dating from c.1830.[6] [7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Townships: Elton British History Online. 1 April 2021. british-history.ac.uk.
  2. Web site: One of Bury's oldest buildings, with haunted past, put up for auction. 1 April 2021. Bury Times. en.
  3. Web site: Wilkinson. Damon. 2018. One of Bury's oldest buildings - with its macabre history - is going under the hammer. live. Manchester Evening News. https://web.archive.org/web/20181010154957/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/property/brandlesholme-old-hall-bury-auction-15258905 . 10 October 2018.
  4. Web site: Brandlesholme Old Hall, Elton, Bury. live. 1 April 2021. britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20191016202804/https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101067287-brandlesholme-old-hall-elton-ward . 16 October 2019.
  5. Web site: Brandlesholme Old Hall, Non Civil Parish - 1067287 Historic England. live. 1 April 2021. historicengland.org.uk. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304222027/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1067287 . 4 March 2016.
  6. Web site: Cruck Barn to North East of Brandlesholme Old Hall, Non Civil Parish - 1162937 Historic England. live. 1 April 2021. historicengland.org.uk. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20191016204802/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1162937 . 16 October 2019.
  7. Web site: Barn to East of Cruck Barn, North East of Brandlesholme Old Hall, Bury - 1356791 Historic England. live. 1 April 2021. historicengland.org.uk. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20200921002118/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1356791 . 21 September 2020.

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