Clayton Hall |
| Hob Uid: 42613 | |
Location :
Lancashire
Chorley
Clayton-le-Woods
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| Grid Ref : SD5647022050 |
| Summary : Clayton Hall was an Elizabethan structure formerly the seat of the de Claytons, but in 1924 it was recorded as being "occupied as a farm dwelling". The Victorian History of Lancashire Vol.6, in 1911, described the hall as follows: "Clayton Hall, now a farm-house, is a picturesque 17th-century two-storey brick building on a high stone base with low mullioned windows and stone slated roof. The front, which faces east, is 50 ft. in length with a wide gable at the north end projecting 5 ft. 9 in. and a gabled porch going up the height of both stories in the middle of the main wing projecting 8 ft. 9 in. The south end of the house appears to have been rebuilt, the windows being modern with wood frames and brick heads, and there being no stone quoins as in the rest of the house. The hall window is of six lights with hood mould over, and the other windows are of four and two lights, the lower one at the north end being placed out of the centre. The old windows have all round chamfered mullions and hood moulds. The bricks are 2 1/4 inches thick and have weathered a warm dark red, and the greater part of the front being covered with ivy the colour effect is very good. The windows are glazed with square quarries and the porch has a four-centred arched doorway with hood mould and old oak nail-studded door". Despite being Listed Grade II*, Clayton Hall was demolished in 1976 followind the granting of planning permission for demolition on the ground of its "advance decay and structural instability". The moat and fishponds still survive as earthworks and buried features. |
More information : [SD 56472205] Clayton Hall MOAT [G.T.] [Moat plotted
from 1st Edn. 6"] (1)
Earthwork Class F. (Homestead Moats) - at Clayton Hall. (2)
Clayton Hall, now a farmhoue is a 17th c. two storey brick
building on a high stone base, with mullioned windows....The
front which faces east is 50ft. in length. The south end of the
house appears to have been rebuilt..." (3)
Description by Authority 3 is correct. The farmhouse has a stone
slate roof, is constructed of handmade brick, chimneys have been restored and coated with cement. Additions along the west
side are in modern brick.
The principal front contains original stone mullioned windows.
The moat, water filled, is from 10.0 to 14.0m. in width, and of a
maximum depth of 2.3 m. along the north and east sides, to the NE of the house. An avenue to the house has obliterated all traces due east, and south of this to the S.E. corner and along the
south side, the line of the moat can be traced by a shallow
depression 10.0 m. wide, with a maximum depth of 0.2m. It fades out above a deep ditch carrying a stream from a pond on the west side. A wet ditch runs round the NW corner and stops by the
present approach to the house on the north side.. The moat was
fed by a stream running into the north side. Mrs. Charnock, tenant's wife, confirmed the name correct as shown
by Authority 1. She knows of no dates inscribed, within or
without the house. (4)
A 25" survey has been made. (5)
SD 5646 2205. Moated site of Clayton Hall, adjacent fishponds and channels. Scheduled RSM No 13409. (6)
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