Ruins Of Building Approximately 230 Metres North North East Of Church Of St Cuthbert

SD 31 SE 3/57

HALSALL, HALSALL ROAD Ruins of building approx. 230 metres north north-east of Church of St Cuthbert

(formerly listed as remains of Halsall Abbey)

11-10-1968

II

Possible remains of priest's house, later folly. C14, probably altered late C18 or early C19. Squared sandstone. A masonry wall survives to a maximum height of approximately 5 metres. At the eastern end is a double- chamfered doorway with depressed pointed arch. To the west is a gap, a free-standing square rubble pier, and another gap. The remainder of the wall has the splayed jamb of a window; the sill, moulded jambs, and part of the springing of the arch of a second window; and a doorway similar to the one at the east. To the south of the rubble pier is a second free- standing rubble pier. Some of the stonework shows evidence of late C18 or early C19 tooling, suggesting some reconstruction at that time. The remains do not conform to any obviously medieval plan.

Listing NGR: SD3719610501