Building record 1012/1 - Helsby Hall

<1> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, 2/70-71 (Book). SCH1389.

In C13 Helsby was held as a demesne manor under the lordship of Dunham-on-the-Hill, by a family called Hellesby. Later it passed to Thornton and then to Frodsham. Earliest mention of the original hall, which was of timber, was in a contract for the erection of additions in stone in the mid C15. The wooden part perished in a fire prob in the reign of Elizabeth I, when it was leased perhaps as a farmhouse to one of the Hatons of Helsby. The later hall prob occupied a distinct site and derived its name from its proximity to the older site. It was built of brick at the end of the C18 and was used as a farmhouse. Part is of a much older date, particularly a very massive stone chimney built against the westerly side of the house. This is prob part of the original hall (1).

<2> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Watson, M. 17/10/2016 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

Oringinal HER record had no grid refrence. Description of the building as described by Ormerod seems to match that given for CHER6542, Old Hall, Helsby. GIS updated to SJ 4919 7579.