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Rufford Old Hall, an Attraction in Ormskirk, Lancashire. Search for Lancashire Attractions.
One of Lancashire's finest sixteenth century buildings, Rufford is famed for its spectacular Great Hall, with intricately carved 'moveable' wooden screen and dramatic hammerbeam roof. It is rumoured that Shakespeare performed here for the owner, Sir Thomas Hesketh, in whose family Rufford remained f...
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Pictures of Rufford Old Hall
Rufford Old Hall was presented to the National Trust in 1936 by Lord Hesketh. The Old Hall is a medieval manor house of splendid proportions, it has a great hall measuring 46ft long by 22ft wide, with an ornate hammerbeam roof and a rare 15th-century carved screen. The great hall was probably built ...
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National Trust | Rufford Old Hall | Weddings at Rufford Old Hall
The magnificent Tudor Great Hall dating from 1538 is licensed to hold civil marriages and partnerships. Suits of armour stand guard as you walk down the aisle and a splendid giant carved oak screen oversees ceremonies. The room was previously used as a banqueting hall for the Hesketh family and it i...
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Rufford Old Hall - Visit Lancashire
One of the finest 16thC buildings in Lancashire. The timber-framed Tudor hall in late-medieval style, is remarkable for its ornate hammer-beam roof and screen. In the Carolean Wings, which were altered in 1821, there are fine collections of 17thC oak furniture, 16thC we...
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Rufford Old Hall in Lancashire
The magnificent great hall was built to be admired. It is 46 feet long and 22 feet wide and crowned by a splendid hammer-beam roof with quatrefoil motifs. Each massive beam is fretted with carved battlements and at the end of the supporting timbers angels (all but one now wingless) gaze down on the ...
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Rufford Old Hall - www.bootsandpaws.co.uk
Many historic properties are said to be home to ghosts and Rufford Old Hall is no exception with a reputed three ghosts haunting the grounds: a Grey Lady thought to be Elizabeth Hesketh awaiting the return of her husband from an overseas war, a man dressed in Elizabethan clothes and Queen Elizabeth ...
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Rufford Old Hall (National Trust) - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and heritage
One of Lancashire’s finest 16th-century buildings. The spectacular Great Hall has an intricately carved ‘moveable’ wooden screen and dramatic hammer-beam roof. Evidence suggests that Shakespeare performed in this hall for the owner, Sir Thomas Hesketh, whose family owned Rufford for o...
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