Buckshaw Hall

Buckshaw Hall
Location within the Borough of Chorley
Former names	Higher Buckshaw
General information
Location	Buckshaw Village, Euxton
Town or city	Chorley
Country	England
Coordinates	53°40′33″N 2°39′47″W / 53.6757°N 2.6630°W / 53.6757; -2.6630Coordinates: 53°40′33″N 2°39′47″W / 53.6757°N 2.6630°W / 53.6757; -2.6630
Opened	1654 (1654)
Owner	John Greenhalgh
Technical details
Material	Timber framing on a sandstone base
Floor area	3100 sq ft
Other information
Number of rooms	5 bedrooms, 4 reception rooms
Listed Building – Grade II*
Designated	11 July 1975
Reference no.	1362139

Buckshaw Hall is a grade II* listed^[1] 17th-century country house in Buckshaw Village, Euxton, some 3 miles (5 km) north-west of Chorley, England.

It is built to an H-plan with two-storey timber framing on a sandstone base, with both brick and wattle and daub infilling and a slate roof.

History

The Buckshaw Estate was originally owned by the Anderton family of Euxton Hall, who in 1652 sold it to Major Edward Robinson Melmoth, who built the present hall in 1654. In the 19th century the estate was sold to John Walmsley and then passed to the Towneley Parkers of Cuerden Hall and the Crosse family of Shaw Hill. Extensive restoration of the southern wing was carried out by Colonel Thomas Richard Crosse in 1885, after which it was sold to Richard Stock, who in 1936 sold the estate and surrounding farmland to the Ministry of Supply to establish a new munitions factory. The munitions complex was known as ROF Chorley and the hall was used for office accommodation.^[2] In 2005 the factory was closed and the site transferred back to private ownership. Much of the land is being developed for housing as Buckshaw Village.

The hall is now privately owned by John Greenhalgh. It was vandalised in 2012.^[3]

References

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