New Southworth Hall

New Southworth Hall, formerly known as The Samuel Whitbread and originally New Hall, is a house dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. It is believed to have served as a park lodge to Samlesbury Hall and has been converted into offices in 2018 after functioning as a restaurant. The building features a combination of sandstone and brick, with some areas rendered and whitewashed, and has a slate roof with a single ridge chimney stack. Its L-shaped plan includes two bays with a baffle entry and a forward crosswing on the left side.

The house stands two storeys high, with walls constructed of red and yellow rubble and watershot coursing, accented by large quoins. The central doorway of the main range is notable for its exceptionally large rectangular lintel and jambs that suggest it was originally a wider opening. To the left of the door, there is a similar lintel above a window, and on each floor, there are two boxed sash windows with glazing bars, along with a small casement window above the door. The left side wall has stone extensions of varying sizes and ages, topped with monopitched roofs, while the rear wall is made of brick and features various modern extensions.

Inside, the crosswing showcases internal timber framing, including posts, chamfered beams, and exposed wattle and daub, along with a king post roof supported by raking struts, indicating an early construction date for this section. The main range contains a very large bressummer from a former inglenook, which is supported at one end by a stone post with a cyma-moulded corbel. Both floors feature ovolo-moulded beams, and there is a crudely panelled staircase. Historically, a plaster overmantel with the arms of Thomas Southworth, dated 1588, was removed from the crosswing in 1923. It is also noted that Fr. Edmund Campion S.J. is said to have been harboured here in 1580.