Aughton Hall

Aughton Hall is a small manor house, now a house, likely dating from the late 16th or early 17th century. It was altered in the later 17th century, with a datestone of 1670, and fell into dereliction in the mid-20th century before undergoing recent restoration. The building is constructed of handmade red brick on a plinth of coursed sandstone rubble, with some areas retaining remnants of earlier timber-framed construction, sandstone chimney stacks, and a composition tile roof. It forms an L-shape, consisting of a formerly timber-framed range running north-south, with a late 17th-century front range added across the north end, and an outshut in the angle.

The two-storey front range has four windows and a sandstone plinth and band. A plain doorway is centrally positioned, and a rectangular datestone, deeply chamfered with raised lettering "B H H. G A. 1670," is set low in the wall to the left. Rectangular windows with rendered lintels fill the front. Gable chimneys and an added chimney are present, attached to the left corner. The rear wing has a chamfered stone plinth carried around its perimeter, four windows, and a central round-headed doorway on the west side. The east side has two external stone chimney stacks with offsets; one is close to the south corner and the other is now surrounded by the outshut.

The interior of the rear wing reveals six bays of timber-framed structure, with full-height stop-chamfered wallposts featuring chamfered square feet, massive stop-chamfered lateral beams, close-set joists with tongue-stopped chamfers (some recently replaced), and a large king-post roof with raked struts, carpenter's marks, and wind-braced purlins. Some wind-braces are missing, and mortices for wind braces are visible at the south end showing that the range originally extended further south. Fine moulded Tudor-arched fireplaces are located on each floor near the gable wall at the south end. The front range has a purlin roof and some re-used timbers.

Historically, the hall was owned by a branch of the Hesketh family of Rufford.