More information : [SD 66432724] WITTON HALL [AT] (in ruins) (1)
"In the time of Edward I Adam son of Adam de Billington granted
to Adam son of Adam de Haldeley part of his estate here and other
lands formerly held by Richard son of John de Witton to hold of
Henry de Lacy Earl of Lincoln...Adam de Haldeley held this land
at the earls death in 1311....In 1322 he gave this estate to Adam
son of Richard de Radcliffe rector of Bury (1331-67) [passing
through various other hands until it was alienated in 1347] to the
Abbot and convent of Whalley...The demesne of Witton...there
continued until the dissolution of the house. It was sold to
Richard Crombilholme of Dutton yeoman on 20 May 1544 together
with other possessions of the house and he conveyed it from days
later to George Astley of Stakes, gent., in which line it
continued at least as late as the latter part of the 17th c and
possibly until the Rev. Geo. Astley dispersed the family estates
early in the reign of George III....." (2)
No trace of this building remains. The site is now occupied by
allotment gardens. (3)
SD 664 272. Witton Manor House. Scheduled No LA/182. (4)
SD 66412726. The remains of part of Witton Old Hall, located on the north bank of the River Blakewater and including the ruins of a range of stone buildings and a courtyard.
The first documentary evidence directly referring to Witton Old Hall occurs in 1544. In c1800, the Old Hall was replaced by Witton House and was itself advertised to let as Witton Hall Milk Farm in 1803/4. It was marked as 'in ruins' on the 1849 OS map and was being used as a barn by 1875.
The above ground remains include the lower courses of a sandstone-built structure approximately 25 metres in length, with walls standing up to 1.5 metres high. It is divided into three parts. The central and largest section may have functioned as a barn. To the east is a smaller building and to the west, a building interpreted as a house. To the south is a partially cobbled courtyard, containing a well and a large stone watering trough. The east and west walls of the building range extend to the south to form a wall around the yard. There is a gateway in the eastern wall, with sandstone gateposts. South of this gateway and outside the yard wall are the remains of a small stone-built structure. Further associated buried remains are thought to lie to the south. Scheduled. (4)
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