Brandlesholme Old Hall

Originally a cruck-framed open-hall house dating from the 13th century, Brandlesholme Old Hall was altered and extended in the 16th century and remodelled in 1849. The front consists of two gabled wings of unequal height, each two storeys tall, with a porch between. The front is rendered and has wide bargeboards with rounded bases. Moulded oriel windows from the 19th century are present in each gable, although the upper one on the left-hand gable is a plain horizontal window. Behind the gables, at a right angle, is a tall, one-and-a-half-storey range with a steep slate roof, housing the medieval hall. This hall contains a wide, well-formed upper cruck frame and is ceiled with joists resting on heavy cross-beams, dating from the 16th or 17th century. Originally, the south front was a “black-and-white” range containing a kitchen, parlour, and other rooms. This range was rebuilt in a gabled style in 1849 as Brandlesholme Hall and is not included in the listing. The house's origins trace back to the time of Henry I, when it served as the residence of the bailiff to the Montbegon and later de Lacey lands, known as Brandlesholme. It descended to the Greenhalgh family through marriage, and they remained in residence for eleven generations until the 1730s. John Greenhalgh, appointed Governor of the Isle of Man by the Earl of Derby in 1640, distinguished himself in battle at Worcester and died of his wounds that same year.