Simonswood Hall

Simonswood Hall in 2015

Simonswood Hall is a country house in the civil parish of Simonswood in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. It was built in 1687 and thoroughly restored in the 1880s. The house is constructed in sandstone with a stone-slate roof. There are two storeys with an attic, and three bays, the third bay being a cross wing projecting under a gable. On the left return is a single-storey lean-to extension. The doorway in the central bay has a rusticated surround, with voussoirs and a keystone. There is one window that is transomed, all the others being mullioned; all the windows have hood moulds. The house also has quoins and finials on the gables, which are coped.^[1]^[2] The house is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.^[2]

References

↑ Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 216–217, ISBN 0-300-10910-5
1 2 Historic England, "Simonswood Hall (1343471)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 19 November 2015

Buildings and structures in West Lancashire

Grade I

Burscough Priory (remains) Rufford Old Hall Scarisbrick Hall

Places of worship	St Michael's Church, Aughton St Cuthbert's Church, Halsall Church of St Thomas the Martyr, Upholland

Grade II*

Lathom House West Wing Simonswood Hall Tower Hill Water Tower

Places of worship	St John the Baptist Church, Burscough St Michael and All Angels Church, Altcar Church of St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk St Mary's Church, Tarleton (redundant)

Grade II

Appley Bridge railway station Blythe Hall Burscough Bridge railway station Ormskirk railway station Rufford New Hall St Joseph's College Up Holland High School Upholland Priory (remains)

Places of worship	Becconsall Old Church (redundant) St Paul's Church, Skelmersdale St James the Great Church, Wrightington

Listed in

Unlisted

Ormskirk Grammar School (converted into flats)

Places of worship	All Saints Church, Hesketh Bank St Mark's Church, Scarisbrick Holy Trinity Church, Tarleton

Derelict or
demolished

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