Introduction
Bispham Hall is a hall with park to the east of Brownlow Lane. The park to the south of the hall has a small pond or lake and a thickly-wooded boundary belt. There is a possible walled kitchen garden to the south-west of the hall. The park had been reduced by the late-19th-century and the wooded area to the south of the hall greatly increased. This area incorporates the Wellington Monument of 1815 and a monument to Dash, believed to be a favourite horse. The site remains extant. The hall was gutted by fire in 1977 but was restored by the Vivat Trust.
- History
Period
Tudor (1485-1603)
- Features & Designations
Features
- House (featured building)
- Description: The house is an important Elizabethan brick house with stone quoins of E shaped plan. Parts of the house date from 1573 with early-17th-century additions.
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- Tree Belt
- Description: There is a thickly-wooded boundary belt.
- Pond
- Description: The park to the south of the hall has a small pond or lake.
- Kitchen Garden
- Description: There is a possible walled kitchen garden to the south-west of the hall.
- Statue
- Description: The Wellington Monument.
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- Statue
- Description: There is a monument to Dash, believed to be a favourite horse.
- Key Information
Type
Park
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Period
Tudor (1485-1603)
Survival
Extant
Hectares
12
- 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