Rufford Old Hall
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Rufford Old Hall is a National Trust property in Rufford, Lancashire, in north-west England. Built in the late fifteenth or early sixteenth centuries for the Hesketh family, only the great hall surviv
The great hall, the oldest surviving part of the house
Front view
Rear view
The interior of the great hall, facing the wooden screen
Rufford New Hall
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Rufford New Hall is a former country house that belonged to the Heskeths who were lords of the manor of Rufford, Lancashire, England. It replaced Rufford Old Hall as their residence in 1760. From 1920
Rufford Old Hall
…regarded as old fashioned and insufficiently luxurious. Sir Thomas Hesketh, first baronet, had a more comfortable house built in neo-classical style – Rufford New Hall – nearby. The house was abandoned as a residence in about 1798, after which it was for a time occupied by a tenant farmer, and the banqueting hall…
Rufford New Hall in 1818
The portico entrance in 2010.
Gate posts at Rufford New Hall in 2010.
Restored garden doorway in 2010.