Smithills Hall
Located in Lancashire : near Bolton
Private Residence
Performance Space: Hall
2527. 5
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Description / History (pre-1642)
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.
History (post-1642)
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.