Hackensall Hall, also known as Hackensall Hall Farmhouse, is an historic building on Whinny Lane in
Preesall
Preesall is a town, civil parish and electoral ward in Lancashire, England. The parish (until 1910 known as Preesall with Hackensall) covers the eastern bank of the estuary of the River Wyre, including Knott End-on-Sea, Pilling Lane and the vil ...
,
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly.
The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
, England. It is
Grade II listed
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, built in 1873.
A remodelling of a 17th-century house, it retains much of its earlier fabric. It is in
pebbledashed
Roughcast or pebbledash is a coarse plaster surface used on outside walls that consists of lime and sometimes cement mixed with sand, small gravel and often pebbles or shells. The materials are mixed into a slurry and are then thrown at the wor ...
brick with
sandstone
Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks.
Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates) ...
dressings and a
slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. It is the finest grained foliated metamorphic rock. ...
roof, and has two storeys with attics. The house has an irregular plan with rear wings and outshuts. Most of the windows are
mullion
A mullion is a vertical element that forms a division between units of a window or screen, or is used decoratively. It is also often used as a division between double doors. When dividing adjacent window units its primary purpose is a rigid supp ...
ed and
transomed, or mullioned. Other features include a single-storey
gable
A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used, which reflects climate, material availability, and aesth ...
d porch, a doorway with a
moulded surround and a
Tudor arch
A four-centered arch is a low, wide type of arch with a pointed apex. Its structure is achieved by drafting two arcs which rise steeply from each springing point on a small radius, and then turning into two arches with a wide radius and much lower ...
ed head, and a re-set inscribed plaque. Inside the house is an
inglenook
An inglenook or chimney corner is a recess that adjoins a fireplace. The word comes from "ingle", an old Scots word for a domestic fire (derived from the Gaelic ''aingeal''), and "nook".
The inglenook originated as a partially enclosed heart ...
.
Francis Fleetwood, brother of
Richard
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' an ...
, built Hackensall Hall in 1656 after their home at
Rossall Hall
Rossall is a settlement in Lancashire, England and a suburb of the market town of Fleetwood. It is situated on a coastal plain called The Fylde. Blackpool Tramway runs through Rossall, with two stations: Rossall School on Broadway and Rossall Squ ...
was flooded.
Nearby Parrox Hall was built about the same time, and has been in the possession of the Elletson family since 1690.
[''A History of Blackpool, the Fylde and South Wyre'']
– Nick Moore (2018), p. 63
Dorothy Parkinson
Dorothy Parkinson, who created the first example of Preesall salt, lived at the farm up until her death in 1925. She raised nine children there.
In 1926, Parkinson's husband, John, found over three hundred Roman coins in the hall's grounds. They were estimated to date to around 273 AD.
[''A History of Blackpool, the Fylde and South Wyre'']
– Nick Moore (2018), p. 1263
Architectural detail
File:Hackensall Hall, Preesall - geograph.org.uk - 873308.jpg, A closer view of the northern elevation of the main house
Farm buildings
File:Distressed Buildings by Hackensall Hall - geograph.org.uk - 2635843.jpg, Derelict remnants of the farm structures immediately to the northwest of the main building
See also
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Listed buildings in Preesall
References
Sources
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{{Borough of Wyre buildings
1873 establishments in England
Houses completed in 1873
Grade II listed buildings in Lancashire
Houses in Lancashire
Farmhouses in England
Buildings and structures in the Borough of Wyre