The Great Hall
The Great Hall is, and always has been, Ordsall Hall's wow factor. Built by Sir Alexander Radclyffe (d.1548) it replaced an earlier freestanding hall. Tree ring analysis has confirmed that it was under construction in 1512.
Ordsall's highly decorative Great Hall is one of the earliest and most impressive timber-framed halls built in the region.
It's south wall - with it's 'churchy' windows - dates from 1897 and was part of Earl Egerton of Tatton's renovations to make the hall into a clergy training school.
Highlights of the Great Hall include:
- The oriel window and it's carvings
- Two restored panels of stained glass dating back to the 1600s
- Gothic style chandelier
- Oak dining table dating from the 1500s on loan from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Large textile hanging designed by local Salford people
- Ghostly projection of Lady Margaret Radclyffe in the Minstrels Gallery
- Costumes to try on
- A banqueting table at which visitors are encouraged to sit and play at pretending to be at a Tudor feast
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This page was last updated on 13 September 2011
