Worsley Old Hall
| Designation date: | 1982 |
|---|---|
| Area: | 5.86 ha (14.50 acres) |
| Listed buildings : | 1 |
Background information
The conservation area was designated in order to protect the setting of Worsley Old Hall, a Grade II listed building, and to protect the historical character of the area in general. The conservation area has within its boundary Worsley Old Hall and the former Worsley Old Hall Farm, now altered and extended as The Marriott Hotel, that includes a full size 18-hole golf course.
The Old Hall was for some time the residence of the engineer James Brindley (1716-1771), employed by the Duke of Bridgewater between 1742 and 1759, during which time he designed and built the Bridgewater Canal and the Barton Aqueduct.
The former Worsley Hall Farm adjoins Worsley Old Hall and is situated on the edge of Old Hall parkland. The Old Hall demesne farm existed on or near this site in the 16th and 17th centuries, and was let to tenant farmers until 1760 when John Gilbert, the Duke of Bridgewater’s agent and designer of the underground canal system at the Delph, took responsibility for the farm.
Lord Francis Egerton, who was created first Earl of Ellesmere in 1846, arranged for a new farm complex. Worsley New Hall, designed by the architect William Blore, was demolished in 1949. The farm also appears to have been designed by Blore, being well planned and very modern for its time. Although the majority of farm buildings fell into a state of disrepair, portions were rebuilt and extended in 1998/9 to form the Marriott Hotel.
Update
The Worlsey Old Hall was converted into a restaurant in 1998/9 as work was nearing completion on the adjacent farm building complex that was to become the Marriott Hotel.
Both projects required the construction of a new vehicular access from the adjacent Walkden Road. It just so happened that the most appropriate location for the new access required the demolition of the existing stone boundary wall at a point that contained a stone tablet marking the Worsley Urban District Rating boundary between Higher and Lower Worsley.
This tablet, defaced in World War II to disorientate any invading forces, is now located outside the main entrance of the Marriott Hotel.
| Listed building | Grade |
|---|---|
| Worsley Old Hall | Grade II |
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This page was last updated on 4 October 2009
