Ashton Hall

In the civil parish of Thurnham.
In the historic county of Lancashire (Modern Authority of Lancashire, 1974 county of Lancashire).

Mansion, now used as golf club house, dating to 1856, incorporating the remains of a C14 tower. Constructed from sandstone with slate roofs, the medieval tower is of a redder stone, of rectangular plan with diagonally set angle towers and with embattled parapet, with additions to north in grey stone on site of wing of circa 1600, now demolished. Earthwork remains of medieval fishponds are also present.

This site has been described as a;
Pele Tower.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.

This site is a Grade 1 listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 182256)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SD461572

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from

Good for general location

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1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 40973

Books

Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles and Tower Houses of Lancashire and Cheshire (Malvern) p22
Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses Vol1 (Cambridge) p184
University of Manchester Archaeological Unit. 1996, Ashton Old Hall. a medieval fortified manor house in Tameside
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p133
Gibson, Leslie Irving, 1977, Lancashire Castles and Towers (Dalesman Books)
Farrer, William and Brownbill, J. (eds), 1914, VCH Lancaster Vol8 p53-55
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p213

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*The listed building may not be the actual medieval building, but a building on the site of, or incorporating fragments of, the described site.

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