More information : [SD 6952 2935] LITTLE HARWOOD HALL [AT] (1)
HALL [GT] (2)
"Little Harward was a member of the lordship of Walton forming
part of the feoffment of one knight's fee made by Henry de Lacy
to Robert Banastre about the year 1160. ...... The actual tenant of
the manor about 1300 was Henry de Clayton,probably of the
Clayton-le-Dale family..." The manor remained in the hands of the
Claytons until 1815 when Thomas Clayton sold it to John Hoyle of
Haslingden. "Mr Henry Hoyle of Little Harwood Hall succeeded to
the property on his father's death in 1834. It was sold...in
1873...to Mr Henry Robinson of Blackburn....
Little Harwood Hall is a two-storey 17th c. house built on the
usual plan of central hall and projecting wings, facing south,
with low mullioned windows and stone slated roofs. The south
front, which has rough stone walling retains some of its original
features, but the north front was rebuilt in brick in the 18th
c. with square headed barred sash windows and central doorway...
The greater part of the building is now used as a Conservative
Club and the surroundings have lost all their original rural
characteristics." (3)
SD 69502932 LITTLE HARWOOD HALL, now known as "ST STEPHENS
CONSERVATIVE CLUB" as may be seen from a sign above the entrance,
has a Georgian NW front. The roof is of grey slate and chimneys
are of modern brick. The remainder of the two-storey house is of
rough-fashioned stone with stone quoins. There are attics in the
gabled roofs. In the NE end windows are modern, except for a
four-light stone mullioned window on the ground floor with a
stone hood mould. There is a modern single storey outbuilding
adjoining this end. The SW end contains a blocked-up original
window with a modern doorway inserted midway on the first floor.
The two wings on the SE side contain original stone mullioned
windows of from two to six lights with hood moulds. Between the
wings is a modern gabled addition. Above it in the centre section
of the old hall, are two modern two-light stone mullioned
windows with stone hood moulds.
The Club Manager confirmed the name of the club to be 'ST STEPHENS
Conservative Club'.
Outbuildings to the NE and SE are modern or contemporary while a
coach house to the NE is of Georgian style, a derelict ruinous
barn to the east of the hall contains a doorway with a 'Tudor' style
stone lintel. [Also visible on the ground floor south-west face of
this building is a four light stone mullioned window with orge-tiding
hood moulding, it is original and identical to that noted in the
north-east face.] (4)
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