History in Structure

Alston Old Hall

A Grade II* Listed Building in Longridge, Lancashire

We don't have any photos of this building yet. Why don't you be the first to send us one?

Upload Photo »

Approximate Location Map
Large Map »

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.7967 / 53°47'48"N

Longitude: -2.5911 / 2°35'27"W

OS Eastings: 361161

OS Northings: 433535

OS Grid: SD611335

Mapcode National: GBR BSBJ.TR

Mapcode Global: WH96M.5TDS

Plus Code: 9C5VQCW5+MH

Entry Name: Alston Old Hall

Listing Date: 8 November 1949

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1072296

English Heritage Legacy ID: 183007

ID on this website: 101072296

Location: Ribble Valley, Lancashire, PR3

County: Lancashire

District: Ribble Valley

Civil Parish: Longridge

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire

Church of England Parish: Longridge St Lawrence

Church of England Diocese: Blackburn

Tagged with: Architectural structure

Find accommodation in
Balderstone

Description


SD 63 SW LONGRIDGE ALSTON LANE (OFF)

11/121 Alston Old Hall
8.11.49
II*


House, with timber-framed hall possibly of the early C15th, now clad in
sandstone rubble of the C17th and later and with a slate roof. 2 storeys,
with central hall section of one storey. South front has a cross-wing
at the right-hand end with a large window with plain stone surround on
each floor. To its left is a central section which projects forwards with
a catslide roof. It has a 3-light window with crude mullions and plain
reveals, with a door with plain reveals to its right. To its left is a
bay set back with cement window surrounds. The chimneys are to the right
of the cross-wing and to the left of the central section. At the rear are
2 wings. The western one has a 3-light window with outer chamfer and inner
hollow chamfer on each floor, and a blocked one-light window with round
head on the 1st floor of its west wall. The north wall of the east wing
has a one-light chamfered window on the ground floor and a 4-light window
on the 1st floor with outer chamfer, inner hollow chamfer, and hood.
Interior. The hall remains open to tie beam level and is of 2 unequal bays,
the principal posts being braced to the tie beams. Above the ceiling there
are said to be king posts and smoke-blackened rafters. The front wall is
now to the south of the principal posts, but mortise holes suggest that the
beam they support was a wall plate and not an aisle plate. The southern
post of the spere truss has had its lower part and its brace removed a
now supported on a later firehood bressumer. The upper part of the firehood
has now been removed to form a gallery. At the east end of the north wall
is a timber doorway with ogee head, possibly an entrance to a stair to an
earlier wing on the site of the present cross-wing. The east wall of the
hall is timber-framed, but structurally separate from the adjoining truss
and possibly associated with a C17th rebuilding of the wing. A rare
survival of a medieval timber-framed hall.


Listing NGR: SD6116133535

External Links

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

Other nearby listed buildings

BritishListedBuildings.co.uk is an independent online resource and is not associated with any government department. All government data published here is used under licence. Please do not contact BritishListedBuildings.co.uk for any queries related to any individual listed building, planning permission related to listed buildings or the listing process itself.

British Listed Buildings is a Good Stuff website.