Introduction
This is a moated site with a hall, park and surrounding woodland. The house dates mainly from the 18th century, and is now a club house for the golf course which covers much of the park. Features include a kitchen gardens with glasshouses and waterfalls.
The present house is mostly 18th-century and early-19th-century. It is stucco with stone dressing. The coach house to the west of the hall is 18th century and built of brick. There is a folly approximately 114 metres to the west of the hall. This also dates from the 18th century and consists of a small tower with buttresses.
There is a kitchen garden with glasshouses to the west of the hall. There are extensive walks in the woods near the house with well-grown evergreens and shrubs. Trees include cedars, large oaks and beech. There are waterfalls to the west of the site.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Access contact details
Arley Hall is a Golf Club and event venue.
Owners
Wigan Golf Club
- History
Period
18th Century
- Features & Designations
Features
- House (featured building)
- Description: The present house is mostly 18th-century and early-19th-century. It is stucco with stone dressing.
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- Garden Building
- Description: The coach house to the west of the hall is 18th century and built of brick.
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- Folly
- Description: There is a folly approximately 114 metres to the west of the hall. This also dates from the 18th century and consists of a small tower with buttresses.
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- Kitchen Garden
- Description: There is a kitchen garden with glasshouses to the west of the hall.
- Glasshouse
- Description: There are glasshouses in the kitchen garden.
- Walk
- Description: There are extensive walks in the woods near the house with well-grown evergreens and shrubs.
- Specimen Tree
- Description: Trees include cedars, large oaks and beech.
- Waterfall
- Description: There are waterfalls to the west of the site.
- Key Information
Type
Park
Purpose
Recreational/sport
Principal Building
Commercial
Period
18th Century
Survival
Extant
Hectares
16
Open to the public
Yes
Civil Parish
Blackrod
- References
References
- University of Manchester and University of York, {A Survey of Historic Parks and Gardens in Greater Manchester}, York, 1994 A Survey of Historic Parks and Gardens in Greater Manchester
Contributors
Lancashire Gardens Trust
Greater Manchester Archaeological Unit