Smithills Hall

Located in Lancashire : near Bolton
Private Residence
Performance Space: Hall
Width: 25' Length: 27. 5'
Built: 13xx

Located in the N range of the courtyard.

N and S walls rebuilt in stone in the 16th or 17th c. E and W walls have their original timbers and bold quatrefoil bracing.

The spere trusses also decorated with the quatrefoil motif mark the place where the screen would have been located at the W end.

Renovations

18th c. Hall converted to serve as a brewhouse. The side walls were raised, a false roof and upper floor inserted that damaged the spere trusses (Taylor, <i>Old Halls</i> 62; Smith, <i>Archaeological Journal</i> 144.31).

1950s Hall restored to approximate its original condition.