Haigh Hall
Haigh Hall is a historic country house in Haigh, Greater Manchester, Haigh, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Built between 1827 and 1840 for James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford, James Lindsay, 7th Earl of Balcarres, it replaced an ancient manor house and was a Lindsay family home until 1947, when it was sold to Wigan Corporation. The hall is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building and is owned by Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council, Wigan Council. History Haigh had a timber framing, timber framed manor house from the late 12th century when Hugh le Norreys was lord of the manor. Its easily defended position was on or near the elevated site of Haigh Hall. The earliest recorded inhabitants were the Norreys, who lived there in 1193. Between 1220 and 1230, the manor was part of the Marsey Fief, fee and was sold to Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester, the Earl of Chester. The hall was home t ...
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Country House
An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these people, the term distinguished between town and country. However, the term also encompasses houses that were, and often still are, the full-time residence for the landed gentry who ruled rural Britain until the Reform Act 1832. Frequently, the formal business of the counties was transacted in these country houses, having functional antecedents in manor houses. With large numbers of indoor and outdoor staff, country houses were important as places of employment for many rural communities. In turn, until the agricultural depressions of the 1870s, the estates, of which country houses were the hub, provided their owners with incomes. However, the late 19th and early 20th centuries were the swansong of the traditional English country house lifest ...
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