Monument record 612/2 - Kenyon Hall

<1> Farrer W & Brownbill J, 1911, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume IV, p.154-5 (Book). SCH9090.

The manor of Kenyon was originally part of the manor of Lowton. Towards the end of the reign of Henry III [1216-1220], William de Lawton granted the ‘whole vill of Kenyon’ to his son Jordan for the rent of one penny and a pair of white gloves. The manor remained within the family until 1358 when it passed via marriage to Richard, son of Thurstan de Holland of Denton. Subsequently it descended like Denton, Heaton, and the other estates of the family, to the Earl of Wilton. Lord Grey de Wilton still held the manor in 1787.

<2> May, T, 1904, Notes on a Bronze Age Barrow, p.121 (Article in Journal). SCH9091.

The name of the farm, Kenyon Hall, which, previous to restoration, was a venerable relic of timber frame filled in with wattle and daub, dated 1613 on a stone still preserved in the yard.

<3> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 213489 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Wall, gates and gate piers to front of Kenyon Hall II Wall, gates and gate piers. Early eighteenth century with nineteenth century gates. Dressed stone with cast-iron gates. Length of wall with Gothic-type moulding to coping stones. Two pairs of gate piers with rustications, moulded caps and bases, and hemispherical finials. Spiked uprights to gates which are supported on secondary cast-iron posts.

<4> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 12/10/2021 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

The farmhouse looks to date from the nineteenth century. It is uncertain if any of the earlier building mentioned by May (see 2) survives within its construction.

<5> Yates, W & Billinge T, 1768, The County Palatine of Lancaster (Maps and Plans). SCH9092.

The hall is depicted on this map and named.

<6> Greenwood, C., 1818, Map of County Palatine of Lancashire (Maps and Plans). SCH8420.

This map depicts and names the hall. A further L-shaped building is depicted to the west on the opposite side of the road from Penniless Bench.

<7> Hennet G & Bingley J, 1830, A Map of the County Palatine of Lancaster (Maps and Plans). SCH9093.

This map depicts and names the hall. Two buildings are depicted on either side of the road from Penniless Bench.

<8> Ordnance Survey, 1893-96, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Lancashire, SJ6294, 1893 (Maps and Plans). SCH3847.

This map depicts house, with possible pig sties to the north and a range of farm buildings to the north-west. An orchard is located to the south of the house. It is labelled Kenyon Hall.

<9> Ordnance Survey, 1907-8, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Lancashire, SJ6294, 1907 (Maps and Plans). SCH7233.

A new building, possibly an open sided hay barn has been constructed to the west of the farmhouse and south of the existing range of farm buildings.

<10> Ordnance Survey, 1927-1928, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Lancashire, SJ6294, 1928 (Maps and Plans). SCH5041.

The pig sties have been demolished and replaced with a new farm building.

<11> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, Golborne UD August 1963 (Report). SCH1934.

Kenyon Hall, 1613, much remodelled two storeyed farmhouse. Listed at grade III.