More information : [SD 37871194] Gorsuch Hall. [T.I.]. (1)
GORSUCH HALL was the home of a junior branch of the SCARISBRICK
family. GOSEFORDESICHE (meaning a 'wet ditch') is mentioned in the
13c., when ADAM, son of WALTER SCARISBRICK, took up his abode
there. RICHARD SUTTON and JOAN GORSUCH came into possion of GORSUCH
HALL in 1390, and the SUTTONS held the place for over 100 years. The
Hall was plundered during CHARLES I's time. It had a mill and a
brick-kiln among its outbuildings, and a "large chapel-room"
upstairs in the interior. GORSUCH HALL passed to the SCARISBRICKS
in 1742 and was totally destroyed by fire in 1816, and now no trace
of building or moat remains. There is a farm, however, perpetuating
the name. (2)
No traces of the preceding structure are to be seen in or around
the present GORSUCH HALL, which carries a tablet inscribed "RESTORED
1895" with the arms of SCARISBRICK. (3)
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