Skelmersdale Hall |
| Hob Uid: 40072 | |
Location :
Lancashire
West Lancashire
Non Civil Parish
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| Grid Ref : SD4865007410 |
| Summary : Skelmersdale Hall was a farmhouse dating to 1712. A large addition was added to the rear in the mid-late 19th century and the building has now been converted in to a public house. It is constructed from coursed squared sandstone, the older portion with quoins, with a composition tile roof. The building is of an irregular plan formed by a double-depth double-fronted addition to the north side of the earlier U-shaped house. The earlier portion, facing south, is of two low storeys with a plain doorway in the re-entrant of the right hand wing, and a datestone at the first floor with raised lettering: H/ VA/ 1712. The 19th century addition, facing north, is in a Gothic style of two-storeys and three-bays, symmetrical, with a set-back centre between steeply gabled wings, and has a gabled porch in the centre with a two-centred arched doorway. To the wings are canted bay windows with cross-windows above. |
More information : "According to Domesday Book Skelmersdale
was in 1066 held by Uctred, who also held Dalton and Uplitherland
......Later it was part of the forest fee held by the Gernet
family. The first of them known to have held it, Vivian Gernet,
gave Skelmersdale and other manors to Robert Travers; these
were held in 1212 by Henry Travers under Roger Gernet ......The
sueprior lordship descended from the Gernets to the Dacanes, with
the rest of the forest fee. The Travers mesne manor descended
like Whiston but the exact fate of it is unknown ......
it [Skelmersdale Manor] was purchased by the Earl of Derby in
1615 and descended to Henrietta Maria Lady Ashburnham, and was
sold about 1717 to Thomas Ashhurst of Dalton. From Henry
Ashhurst it was purchased in 1751 by Sir Thomas Bootle and
has since descended with Lathom, the earl of Lathom being now
lord of the manor ...." (1)
[SD 48650742] Skelmersdale Hall. [T.I.] (2)
The Hall is of two storeys, having a centre piece with two
projecting end wings. On the SW face is a tablet bearing the
initials and date "KWK 1712". It is built if ashlar and has a
stone slate roof. Chimneys, doors and windows are all modern.
Outbuildings to the west are built of hand-made brick with stone
slate roofs.
A large, modern twin-gabled extension has been built adjoining
the NE side of the 1712 building. It is in the style of the early
19c. The tenant's wife, Mrs. A. ECKERSLEY stated that it had
been added for one of the Lords Skelmersdale. She confirmed
the name and spelling correct as shewn by Authoirty 2.
There are no traces to be seen of a pre-1712 building on the site.(3)
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