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Hacking Hall
Hob Uid: 44497
Location : Lancashire Ribble Valley Billington and Langho
Grid Ref : SD7093236906
Summary : Large house built in 1607 by Sir Thomas Walmsley. It is of sandstone rubble with stone slate roof and comprises two storeys with attic. The facade has one-bay cross-wings and recessed one-bay centre with gabled dormer. On each side of the centre is a projecting bay in the angle with the cross-wing, carried up to attic level as a gabled turret. The right-hand one forms a porch on the ground floor. The windows are mullioned, with hollow chamfer, outer chamfer, and hoods. Those to the cross-wings are of five lights on the first and ground floors and four lights to the attic. The windows to the angle turrets are of three lights except for the left-hand one on the ground floor which is of four. The central part of the facade has a six-light ground-floor window and one of five lights above. The porch has a door with moulded surround and Tudor-arched head. Chimneys on side walls of cross-wings and on rear wall of hall, all with projecting stacks. East chimney shaft now stops at eaves, but was said to be dated '1607' with initials 'T.L.' (VCH). Against this chimney stack there is a corbelled first floor garderobe projection. The house is allegend to have been built on the site of an earlier, moated manor house. There is no physical evidence for this earlier building - an accentuated natural scarp may have been mistaken for a moat.
More information : [SD 70933690] Hacking Hall [G.T.] (1) The original Hacking Hall, which was moated, was pulled down and replaced in 1607 by the existing hall. V.C.H. agrees with authy.2, but does not mention the moat. (2-3) Hacking Hall is a good example of the local 17th century architecture.GP. AO.61.243.1 shows the N.E. aspect and GP AO.61 243.2 the SE aspect. A feature centred at SD 70983691 and probably alluded to by authority 3 as a moat, appears to be natural scarp much accentuated by field drainage. (4)

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Source details : OS 6" 1955
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Source details : Lofthouse T. 1952. Lancashire's Fair Face, 72
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Source details : F1 RL 02-OCT-61
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Source details : Ribble Valley, 13-MAR-1986
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Manor House
Evidence : Conjectural Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : 1607
Monument End Date : 1607
Monument Start Date : 1607
Monument Type : House
Evidence : Extant Building

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External Cross Reference Source : NBR Index Number
External Cross Reference Number : 33981
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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 183492
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External Cross Reference Source : NBR Index Number
External Cross Reference Number : 111799
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SD 73 NW 14
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1961-10-02
End Date : 1961-10-02

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Hacking Hall