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[[File:Bank Hall Snowdrops Feb 2009.JPG|thumb|left|alt=A view of some of the snowdrops in a carpet that can be found at Bank Hall in late winter/ early spring.|Bank Hall snowdrop carpet, February 2009]]
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Bank Hall is surrounded by {{convert|18|acre|m2}} of gardens and more parkland including an [[arboretum]] created by George Anthony Legh Keck who planted specimen trees from around the world.<ref>Urban Splash, "NPA Historic Landscape Report" http://91.194.152.202/AniteIM.WebSearch/Results.aspx?grdResultsP=2 09 February 2010</ref> [[Bank Hall Gardens]] had been neglected for years though some plants survived. [[Snowdrop]] carpets that now cover most of the gardens were discovered when a small area was uncovered during garden clearance. There are several varieties of [[daffodil]]s, [[Common Bluebell|bluebells]] and [[primrose]]s.
Bank Hall is surrounded by {{convert|18|acre|m2}} of gardens and more parkland including an [[arboretum]] created by George Anthony Legh Keck who planted specimen trees from around the world.<ref>Urban Splash, "NPA Historic Landscape Report" http://91.194.152.202/AniteIM.Web<ref>Lancashire Evening Post (2004) "Spectacular snowdrops attract the crowds", http://www.lep.co.uk/news/spectacular_snowdrops_attract_the_crowds_1_138985</ref>Search/Results.aspx?grdResultsP=2 09 February 2010</ref> [[Bank Hall Gardens]] had been neglected for years though some plants survived. [[Snowdrop]] carpets that now cover most of the gardens were discovered in 2001 when a small area was uncovered during garden clearance. There are several varieties of [[daffodil]]s, [[Common Bluebell|bluebells]] and [[primrose]]s.


The oldest tree is a [[English Yew|yew]] which is over 550&nbsp;years old, predating the hall. The tallest is the [[Sequoiadendron|Wellingtonia]], which towers over the woodland. There are numerous [[Sequoia sempervirens|coast redwoods]], one of which is one of two fallen specimen in the UK.<ref>Redwood World, "Giant Redwoods in the UK – Bretherton – Bank Hall (Lancashire)" http://www.redwoodworld.co.uk/picturepages/bretherton.htm November, 2009</ref> There are specimens of [[Metasequoia|dawn redwood]], a [[Lebanon cedar]], [[atlas cedar]], [[swamp cypress]], [[Lime tree|lime]] and [[magnolia]].
The oldest tree is a [[English Yew|yew]] which is over 550&nbsp;years old, predating the hall. The tallest is the [[Sequoiadendron|Wellingtonia]], which towers over the woodland. There are numerous [[Sequoia sempervirens|coast redwoods]], one of which is one of two fallen specimen in the UK.<ref>Redwood World, "Giant Redwoods in the UK – Bretherton – Bank Hall (Lancashire)" http://www.redwoodworld.co.uk/picturepages/bretherton.htm November, 2009</ref> There are specimens of [[Metasequoia|dawn redwood]], a [[Lebanon cedar]], [[atlas cedar]], [[swamp cypress]], [[Lime tree|lime]] and [[magnolia]].

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Bank Hall
Daffodils on the Tower Lawn at Bank Hall with a view of the south elevation of the hall
The daffodils on the tower lawn at Bank Hall
Bank Hall is located in Lancashire
Bank Hall
Location within Lancashire
General information
Architectural styleJacobean
Town or cityBretherton, Lancashire
CountryEngland
Construction started1608
Completed1833
ClientGeorge Anthony Legh Keck
Technical details
Structural systemBrick
Design and construction
Architect(s)George Webster (architect) 1832 [Renovation]

Bank Hall is a Jacobean mansion south of the village of Bretherton in Lancashire, England. It is a Grade II* Listed Building. The hall was built in 1608 during the reign of James I by the Banastres who were Lords of the Manor. It was extended during the 18th and 19th centuries by descendants of the Banastre's. Extensions were built for George Anthony Legh Keck, in 1832–1833 to the design of architect George Webster, (1797–1864).

Legh Keck died in 1860 leaving no heir and the estates passed to the third Lord Lilford. The contents were auctioned in 1861 and the hall used as a holiday home until it was leased to tenants. During the Second World War the army was billeted at the property. After the war the estate was returned to the Lilfords whose estate offices moved to the east wing of the house until 1972 when the house was vacated. During this time the building was used as a filming location for the film The Haunted House of Horror.

The house was vandalised causing rapid deterioration. In 1995 the Bank Hall Action Group was formed to raise public awareness of the property, raise funds, host events, and clear the overgrown grounds which took a number of years. In 2003 Bank Hall was the first property to feature on the BBC's Restoration program and was second in the voting. In 2006 the action group and Urban Splash planned to restore the house as luxury apartments retaining the gardens, entrance hall and clock tower for public access and the Heritage Trust for the North West planned to renovate the potting sheds and walled gardens.

History

For centuries Bank Hall was the manorial home of a branch of the Banastres, the lords of the manor descended from the Norman Roger de Banastre, who built a motte and bailey castle at Prestatyn in Wales in about 1164. In 1240 the Banastres were evicted and moved into Cheshire and Lancashire.[1][2][3]

A timber structure from the time of Elizabeth I is recorded on Christopher Saxton's map from 1579.[4] In 1608 the Banastres built the first phase of the present hall and demolished part of the timber structure of the old building. The new manor house was constructed to a Jacobean style. The hall was rectangular with two rooms to the east, a room and staircase to the west and a grand hall in the centre containing a screen and fireplace. The Great Hall may have been similar to that at Rufford Old Hall.[citation needed] It is possible that there may have been a timber structure where the east wing stands and other wooden wings that were replaced as the house grew. Recorded in the 1666 Hearth tax, the Bretherton village had 99 hearths, Bank Hall had twelve, John Sharples had eight and John Cliffe five.[5]

The last of the Banastres, Christopher Banastre (who in 1670, held the title of 'High Sheriff of Lancashire') died in 1690 leaving two daughters. The property was inherited by the eldest, Anne who married Thomas Fleetwood. He planned to drain the surrounding marsh lands[6] and in 1692, made the first attempt to drain Martin Mere, with no success, however in 1714 the first canal was improved and floodgates kept back the high tides.[7]

The Legh Keck coat of arms from above the front porch at Bank Hall
Legh Keck coat of arms above the front porch at Bank Hall

George Anthony Legh Keck moved from Stoughton, Leicestershire on inheriting Bank Hall. He was the last resident owner and commissioned Kendal architect, George Webster, to extend the hall between 1832–1833.[8] Legh Keck was known for his collections of stuffed animals and birds, which included sets of horns from many species of animals from all over the world. He owned a collection of classical style statuettes and casts of figures by the sculptor Antonio Canova. Legh Keck attended St Mary's Church, Tarleton where he had pews for himself and staff, which can be seen today with plaques containing his initials, GALK.[9]

In the week of 22 April 1861, a year after the death of Legh Keck, the hall's furnishings and equipment were sold at an auction held over three days. The auction catalogue survives and includes the items listed by room.[10] Legh Keck was buried at St Mary and All Saints Church in Stoughton.[11], the house and estate passed to his brother-in-law, Thomas Littleton Powys, (who succeeded his father as fourth Baron Lilford in 1861),[12] He also gained his father's family seat at Lilford Hall in Northamptonshire.[13] Bank Hall was used as a holiday home by the Lilfords until 1899 when it was leased to Sir Harcourt Clare. The Lilfords then lived at Heskin Hall, which was their other Lancashire estate, until it was sold after the divorce of Lady and Lord Lilford in 1969. However, the Bank Hall estate remained part of the Lilford Estates; with the current Lord Lilford residing in South Africa and Jersey, while the estate is managed by a land agent Acland and Bracewell.[14]

Tenants

Edward Frederick Crippin, resident in 1891 until his death in February 1892, invested money on improvements to the sanatation system despite leasing the property. Sir Harcourt Everard Clare, Clerk to Lancashire County Council[15][16] moved to Bank Hall with his wife and daughter Dorothy. The family hosted garden parties in the grounds. The cricketer Ranjit Singh visited him during the 1920s. King George V visited Lancashire in 1913 and stopped at Bank Hall Lodge to greet Sir Harcourt and Lady Clare and the staff.[17] Cotton mill owner, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Norman Seddon-Brown and his family lived at the hall in the late 1920s until 1938 when they moved Escowbeck, in Caton, and Bank Hall lay vacant.[18] The Aga Khan III is thought to have visited the hall during the Seddon- Brown residence on a tour of the UK.[citation needed]

The war years

During the Second World War the army used the Bank Hall Estate. Service personnel billeted at Bank Hall oversaw the ports between Barrow-in-Furness and Holyhead including the Port of Liverpool. The north east wing, a service wing, and an extension to the south east wing were demolished. The wings housed a boiler-house, shed, laundry, dairy and cheese rooms, mangle room, brew house and wash house around a central courtyard.[10][19] The buildings can be seen on the 1928 Ordnance Survey map which shows two greenhouses and three buildings in the walled garden. A pond was constructed on the site of the courtyard and a concrete drive installed. In 2008, a date stamp bearing the date 6 August 1945 was found. This item and others 'disposed with' at the end of the war in 1945 are in the visitor centre.[20]

Decline

After the war the estates were returned to Lilford Estates, who had an estate office in the east wing until 1972.[21] Since then the building has been subject to vandalism and deterioration as the lead was stripped from the roof. In 1952 Bank Hall was listed as a Grade II* Listed Building.[22] It is currently on the Heritage at Risk register.[23] In the early 1980s, the Lilford Trust applied unsuccessfully for planning permission to turn the house and grounds into a country club and golf course. A large mural, subject unknown, painted on the wall of the drawing room was destroyed when the west wing roof collapsed in the 1980s.

The exterior was used as a filming location for The Haunted House of Horror (1969).[24]

Architecture

A view of the Diaper flushwork on the north elevation of Bank Hall
Diaper flushwork on a 1608 front elevation
A view of the Bank Hall Clock Tower that contains the oak staircase
A view of the Grade II* listed clock tower that contains the oak cantilevered staircase, taken in 2008

Bank Hall, built in the Jacobean style in 1608, is a brick built mansion of three storeys with Dutch gables and a square central tower on the south front. Much of the brickwork is in a diaper (lozenge) flushwork pattern and the building has stone details. The house was restored and enlarged by architect George Webster in 1832–3, when a wing was added to the west elevations, a porch built on the north side, the 1608 north elevation windows remodelled, and the roofs covered with blue slates. The work was carried out sympathetically but the difference is marked by the colour of the brickwork and sharpness of the detail. Most windows were renewed during the restoration and two Italian style bay windows added to the south front altering its appearance.[25]

The clock tower which rises to a height of 60 feet (18 m), was built between 1660 and 1665 and remodelled in 1832–33.[26][27] The tower, which contains an original oak cantilevered staircase, is the chief architectural feature of the building on the south side.[25] The brick built tower has stone quoins at the corners and the staircase has four original stone cross-windows with mullions, transoms and hoodmoulds irregularly spaced at different levels.[28] The tower has a south facing 19th century clock in the top storey, and the tower terminates in battlements with angle and intermediate ornaments from the 19th century restoration.[25]

Decorative features include lavish stonework design and finials on the west wing bay window and false windows on the kitchen chimney stack wall creating a decorative feature on a plain stone wall. Other features from the 1832 renovation include Legh Keck's initials "G.A.L.K" and "1833" inscribed above the bay windows. There are four cast iron ram's heads holding Laurel sprigs[29] and maiden's heads[30] on the front porch coat of arms. The lead rain hoppers have the initials "LK", and the porch has two carved green men on either side of the doors. There are stone statues on the tower battlements. Another architectural feature is the chimney stacks, the oldest having a diamond shaped chimney, while others are square brick chimneys. Notable, are the octagonal shaped chimneys on the west wing. The clocks on the tower featured a Fleur-de-lis at each corner of the clock faces thought to be from the Keck family coat of arms.[31]

The Legh Keck coat of arms comprises; a ram's head from the Legh family which can be seen at Lyme Park, the maiden's head and three sparrowhawks and are from the Atherton coat of arms.[32] The rampant lion is from the Legh coat of arms and features twice.[33] The Legh Keck motto is, "EN DIEU EST MA FOY" which translates to 'In God is my faith'.[34]

Architectural features within the gardens featured numerous statues including a pair of stone lions at the front porch, and a pair of concrete 12 feet (3.7 m), high statues (thought to be of a gothic floral design) at the top of the main drive near the front porch featuring the Legh Keck crest symbols), and a Sundial at the south end of the walled garden.

Interiors

Little is known about the interior before the renovations of 1832-1833, which saw the great hall split into an entrance hall featuring a marble floor and a dining room which contained the grand fireplace. A ground floor room in the north wing was panelled with oak from Carr House. There was a 17th-century fireplace with a peacock carved on the chimney-piece in one of the upstairs bedrooms.[25] There was also a peacock design on the Delft tiles of the fireplace. Other delft tiles have been found in the rubble inside the house. George Anthony Legh Keck was known to have numerous sculptures, antiques and collectable items. The floors were furnished with Turkish carpets, walls displaying many horns and heads of various animals from around the world, with family portraits dating back to 17th century, along with oak and mahogany carved furniture that dated from 17th and 18th century. Numerous wedgwood items were amongst the house contents which were sold at auction in 1861 following the death of Legh Keck.[10]

Current condition

The hall is in category A of the Buildings at Risk Register for Lancashire[35] and on the English Heritage "Heritage at risk register 2009", as in "very bad condition" and "priority B" for restoration and conservation action. In 2002 it was identified as one of 22% of buildings in the UK that are deemed to be at immediate risk of further rapid deterioration or loss of fabric.[36]

As of 2010, the house is in a ruinous state.[37] The west wing roof and north-east corner of the clock tower collapsed in the mid 1980s and has continued to deteriorate, losing a clock face and ¾ of the statues from the battlements. In 2006 a water tank crashed through the floors in the Jacobean part of the building causing major damage to the roof, a front gable and the rooms below. On the 26th July 2007 the BBC Breakfast news, chose the building to feature on the morning news, as it is one of sixteen buildings across the UK that is on the updated Buildings at Risk Register and requires emergency work. A cantilevered oak staircase remains in the tower where, in 2008, part of the staircase from the south elevation collapsed, but caused no damage to the balustrade.[14] Three of the corner decorative pinnacles remain but the west elevation has a crack held together by scaffolding installed in 2002 during emergency repairs funded by the action group and English Heritage.[38] At that time, what was left of the clock mechanism was removed from the tower and the fallen statues and clock face parts put into storage awaiting restoration. In 2008, most of the slates were removed due to the fear of more gables collapsing because of pressure on the walls.[14] Three magnolia trees are growing out of the foundations of the east wing and cover the exterior, which has lost one gable. The east wing contains a ground floor room with no windows, a concrete ceiling and a steel door which remains unopened since the estate offices closed in 1972.[14] In September 2010 after stormy weather, a further collapse in the west wing of the house occurred causing further damage to the 1608 stairwell, the rooms above the parlour where destroyed as the roof and wall collapsed and the back wall of the drawing room partially collapsed caused by an unsteady stone window. English Heritage visited to assess the damage and said that urgent structural work was needed to prevent further collapse.[39]

Restoration

Some of the snowdrop carpets at Bank Hall in 2008

Bank Hall Action Group was formed in 1995 to raise public awareness of the need to restore the hall. The Heritage Trust for the North West has assisted in raising awareness and will run a visitor centre when the building is restored.[40]

Bank Hall's plight was highlighted when it featured in the first series of BBC's Restoration programme, on 8 August 2003.[41] Bank Hall, described as a "beautiful and impressive Jacobean country house", competed with Brackenhill Tower (near Carlisle) and the Victoria Baths in Manchester. Bank Hall came second in the voting.[42] After the series, the BBC issued a book with information on the properties featured. A collage of materials from inside the main hall including a section from the north clock, can be seen on the book's back cover with five pages of details and history.[43] In the second series, Bank Hall was mentioned and pictured, and an update featured in the Restoration second series book.[44] This was followed by an update in April 2009 Restoration Revisited which included photos and videos of the house.[45] In 2003 the cost of restoring the shell of the building was estimated at £3 million.[46]

In 2006 property developers, Urban Splash were engaged with the aid of a Heritage Lottery Fund grant to develop a business plan.[47] Urban Splash envisaged creating 12 housing units within the hall, and 23 houses in two courtyards in the former orchard.[48] The action group will retain the entrance hall, clock tower and upper rooms for public access and meetings.[49] The project is worth £6 million with proceeds from the sale of the houses and the £1.5m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund funding the restoration of the building.[50]

A structural report was carried out in 2009 by Urban Splash enabled a plan of the building's restored interior to be developed.[51] It was hoped that work would commence in 2010.[52] However, delays with applications stalled the progress of the project. In February 2010 plans for the restoration were available for the public to view. The planning application decision is expected in February 2011.

Estate

Bank Bridge, the warehouse, which carries the A59 road over the River Douglas
Bank Bridge and the warehouse in 2010

The Bank Hall Estate is crossed by the River Douglas and its large embankment provides flood protection for the low lying area. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal crosses the estate close to the river and Grade II listed Bank Bridge carries the A59 road over both river and canal. A Grade II listed warehouse used to store goods and crops is close to the bridge. Bank Hall Lodge or Bank Lodge, behind which is a small bridge, is situated at a disused access road to the hall. The building, owned by the estate, is private property and can be seen on the 1928 Ordnance Survey Map.[53]

A view of the Bank Hall farm house
Bank Hall farm house in 2006

The home farm was Bank Hall Farm and its Elizabethan long barn was built in the early 17th century and is grade II listed. The barn was extended in the early 19th century and converted into residences in 2004.[54] The area between the fields by the A59 road and the barns was once the "Timber Yard".

The estate offices, blacksmith's forge and coach house were housed on the farm. The action group use the coach house and offices as a visitor centre and for refreshments.[14]

A carriage drive crossing the parkland connecting the hall to Bretherton is lined with lime trees and rhododendrons. Along its length are the Gardener's House or 'Crossford Lodge', a modern single-story building which replaced the Gamekeeper's Lodge and Bretherton Lodge (The New Lodge).

Bank Hall Windmill built in 1741, is a Grade II listed building [55] situated between Bank Bridge and Plocks Farm. Carr House was built by the Stone family in 1613 and was once the home of Jeremiah Horrocks, the first person to predict and observe the Transit of Venus, in 1639.

Gardens

A view of some of the snowdrops in a carpet that can be found at Bank Hall in late winter/ early spring.
Bank Hall snowdrop carpet, February 2009

Bank Hall is surrounded by 18 acres (73,000 m2) of gardens and more parkland including an arboretum created by George Anthony Legh Keck who planted specimen trees from around the world.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).Search/Results.aspx?grdResultsP=2 09 February 2010</ref> Bank Hall Gardens had been neglected for years though some plants survived. Snowdrop carpets that now cover most of the gardens were discovered in 2001 when a small area was uncovered during garden clearance. There are several varieties of daffodils, bluebells and primroses.

The oldest tree is a yew which is over 550 years old, predating the hall. The tallest is the Wellingtonia, which towers over the woodland. There are numerous coast redwoods, one of which is one of two fallen specimen in the UK.[56] There are specimens of dawn redwood, a Lebanon cedar, atlas cedar, swamp cypress, lime and magnolia.

Two conservatories have stood against the wall that projects from the east wing, the earlier built in the 1830s for Elizabeth Legh Keck. The walled garden has a greenhouse and potting sheds on its north wall, a heated outdoor wall and outside it, orchards. The Heritage Trust for the North West wishes to restore the walled garden into a 'Heritage Garden' as part of a restoration project separate from the main building. A cricket field and tennis lawns were situated at the south end of the gardens beyond a ha-ha.

See Also

References

Footnotes

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