Agecroft Hall East Front.
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Agecroft Hall East Front.
Fifteenth century home of the Langley and Dauntesey families which, surrounded by an increasingly industrialised landscape, fell into disrepair and was sold at auction in 1925 to an American businessman. The house was dismantled, shipped across the Atlantic, and reassembled in Richmond, Virginia. The former site is now being redeveloped as housing.
Ancoats Hall, seen here in its role as Manchester Art Museum.
Built in the 1820s to replace a timber framed hall erected in the seventeenth century by Oswald Mosley. Was for some time the home of the Manchester Art Museum and has since been demolished.
Ardern Hall.
Tucked away beside the M60 and now somewhat derelict, this once grand moated manor house is now used as an engineering workshop, having been sold by the Arden family in the nineteenth century to pay off gambling debts.
Barlow Hall in 1906.
Former home of the Catholic martyr Saint Ambrose Barlow. Much of the house was destroyed by fire in the late nineteenth century, but some timber construction still remains. The building is now used as a clubhouse for Chorlton Golf Club.
Birch Hall in 1909.
A thirteenth century moated timber and plaster construction, later modernised but retaining little of its former character. The site of the hall is now occupied by Manchester Grammar School, although there are no visible remains. Birch Park was created from part of the estate.
Booth Hall.
Built in 1640 by Humphrey Booth, but suffered many alterations and additions until it was demolished about 1906 to allow for the building of Booth Hall Children's Hospital.
Clayton Hall.
Dating back to the twelfth century and rebuilt as a moated manor house in the seventeenth century, the former residence of Humphrey Chetham is now owned by Manchester City Council and open to the public as part of Clayton Park.
Hall i'th Wood.
A half timbered hall built in the fifteenth century for a wealthy merchant, later to become the home of Samuel Crompton, inventor of the Spinning Mule. Bought by Lord Leverhulme in 1898 and given by him to the Bolton Corporation. Now managed as a museum and visitor attraction.
Handforth Hall.
Constructed in the sixteenth century by the Brereton family, Handforth Hall was the hub of a prosperous manor and once housed courts of justice. For many years it was used as a farmhouse and is now privately owned and restored, although not open to the public.
Holford Hall.
A large moated timber house built around 1600 for Mary Cholmondeley, nee Holford, on the death of her husband Hugh. It suffered from neglect and fell into disrepair in the nineteenth century. Owned by ICI for much of the last century, it is now restored and in private ownership.
Knolls House.
Once a well-known landmark on Bury New Road, Knolls House was erected by local antiquarian William Yates, who bought the two timber framed dwellings, originally located in Market Street, in 1822. The premises were later home to a photographer and a firm of removers and were demolished in the late twentieth century.
Ordsall Hall.
A thriving visitor attraction in inner city Salford, parts of the building date back to 1360. In the nineteenth century, suffering from serious dereliction, it was restored and converted to house a clergy training school, and in 1972 was opened as a museum.
Slade Hall.
Recently sold for only the sixth time in its history, Slade Hall was built by the Syddal family in the late sixteenth century with several additions being made in the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. The building is in good repair but the location is now very run down.
Turton Tower.
Now owned by Lancashire County Council and open to visitors, this medieval peel tower has been much altered and extended, and was once owned by Humphrey Chetham.
Wardley Hall.
A sixteenth century hall once home to the Duke of Bridgewater, Wardley is famous for its skull, reputed to be that of the Catholic martyr Saint Ambrose Barlow. It is now the official residence of the Bishop of Salford, having been donated to the Diocese by Thomas Nuttall after the East Lancs Road threatened to cut the estate in two.
Worsley Old Hall.
Outlasting two later halls which were built to replace it, this sixteenth century timber and brick hall passed by marriage from the Worsley family to the Egertons and became the home of engineer James Brindley and land agent John Gilbert during the building of the Bridgewater Canal. It was in private ownership until the 1940s and is now converted to use as a restaurant and hotel.
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