| Summary : A 16th and 17th century gentry hall-house, now farmhouse, partly destroyed and remodelled in the late 19th century. It is constructed from coursed squared sandstone and coursed sandstone rubble, with quoins, stone slate roofs on various levels, some with gable copings and ball finials. The house is of an irregular plan of uncertain development, with ranges on three sides of a small courtyard, the 4th side enclosed by a high wall.. |
More information : [SD 8761 3380] EXTWISTLE HALL [GT]
"Extwisle was the property of the Lacys shortly after the Conquest,
and Adam de Preston, in the reign of King John, held the tenth part
of a knights fee here of the Earl of Lincoln which was afterwards
held by the Abbot of Kirkstall of Henry Duke of Lancaster. At the
Dissolution, the manor was granted to John Braddyll Esq., who
afterwards alienated it to the Parkers, who were lessees under the
abbey in the reign of Henry IV. although John Parker. gent. dying
in the 2d. Henry VIII 1510. was found to hold the manor of Extwisle
of the king by knights service, and his son and heir John Parker
was then aged eighteen.... The Hall.... apparently of the age of
James I is abandoned to dilapidation...." (2)
Similar information to (2) above. ".... Extwistle is no longer reputeda manor and no courts are held. The present owner is Mr Reginald
Arthur Tatton of Cuerden a younger son of T.W. Tatton of Wythenshawe
Hall Cheshire. by his wife Susan, sister of the late Thomas Towneley
Parker. Extwistle Hall, now a farmhouse.... is a lofty three storey
building with end gables and mullioned windows, said to have been
erected by John Parker in the latter half of the 16th c. The principalfront faces north.... The house which is built of local gritstone
with stone slated roofs consists of a rectangular block .... and a
north west wing .... with a lower two-storey building with plain
gabled roofs on the east end. A former wing on the west side .... felldown sometime during the first half of the 19thc..... the north
west wing which may be a 17th c. addition is less severe in
appearance than the main block, but is of equal height ....two of
its floors ranging with the height of the great hall ... By an
explosion of gunpowder in the house in March 1717 much damage was
done and shortly afterwards the family finally quitted the hall
which has since been occupied intermittently by tenant farmers..."(3)
See illustrations card for photos S/60/41. (4)
Listed building description. (5) |