Today some of its charm has been overshadowed by the office blocks that obscure its graceful appearance. Nor has the inside escaped: a fine oak staircase was taken out by the Egerton family, and the ground floor has been knocked through to accommodate a restaurant.
Had we stood outside the hall in 1841 we might have caught a glimpse of Henry Jackson who rented it from the Egertons. Within the decade it would pass to Samuel Lomas, whose family would still be there in 1911. In 1851 Samuel was just 34 and farmed 220 acres; he employed five labourers and two house servants.
In the years before the Second World War there were plans to restore the hall and use it for community use but despite a petition the plans came to nothing.
Picture; the Hall circa 1905 from the collection of Philip Lloyd
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