OWL HALL and ACCRINGTON HOUSE - Page 2

JohnW · 19-08-2004, 11:40

What a fabulous thread, really interesting.

Bert, it's time to return, you can add so much to threads like this.

kestrelx · 19-08-2004, 11:51

Aye' Owl Hall was a mysterious place when we were kids.We used climb on the roof - and one time we looked through the sky light and there was a really old lady there, next thing there was about 6 police vehicles roaring up Ardenhall Lane....But I don't know what the lady was called?She died soon afterwards.

There used to be an old Beech Tree out the front and you could see a couple of Tawny Owls sitting in it, they were there most of the time.

Pity when I was up in Accy in 2002 somebody had bulldozed right through the front from the lane,all the trees were trashed and the place looked like a tip!!! WHO EVER LET THAT HAPPEN SHOULD BE SHOT!!! Like the Council or the Green Party!

Can anyone tell me the state of the place now?Anyone got any photos of it now? I just can't understand why they trashed it?

Cheers,

Kestrel x.

Acrylic-bob · 19-08-2004, 19:40

Here is an aerial photo, best I can do for now.

According to Michael Rothwell in 'Industrial Heritage;A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Accrington,' 1979. Owl Hall was formerly the coachman's house attached to Plantation Hall and was later the residence of the Grimshaw family.

WillowTheWhisp · 20-08-2004, 22:40

Were you able to walk upright all the way and were you wading in water? I'm not sure I envy you the opportunity but as Darby says it was probably fascinating.

(oops that's a bit out of context! lol)

kestrelx · 24-08-2004, 16:57

That is a big house for a coachman? So where was Plantation hall?
I take it long demolished!And what about Ardenhall what was that!

Acrylic-bob · 24-08-2004, 17:44

I have found it on the map. It is at the top end of Plantation Street where the cobbles end and on the right side of the road as you look uphill. I have included an aerial photo with the map superimposed.

Acrylic-bob · 26-08-2004, 19:09

I am including two photos of Arden Hall, or what remains of it. it was demolished just after WWII.

Stay tuned, I will be including pics of Owl Hall and the remains of Plantation House as I get them.

kestrelx · 01-09-2004, 11:13

Acrylic Bob Thanks for the pics.Those two locations are very familiar.The "Ardenhall" that is there still must be the coach house and probably in the old days was around the back of Ardenhall.

Atarah · 11-09-2004, 18:29

Hi there, have just found a copy of a "funeral card" which says

In affectional remmbrance of
WILLIAM BARNES (Of Accrington)
who departed into the spiritual world on Friday
Oct 7th 1864 aged 48 years and his remains
were this day interred in the Accrington Cemetery

Accrington House Oct 10th 1864 and ...... just realised, this chappie WAS THE VERY FIRST PERSON TO BE BURIED IN ACC. CEMETERY!!! It says so in a book I have!

Hope this is good news for you

Acrylic-bob · 11-09-2004, 18:49

Sounds interesting Atarah, can we have a scan please?

Atarah · 11-09-2004, 20:49

Here it is

Acrylic-bob · 14-09-2004, 19:35

Thanks Atarah, what handsome script. A great pity that we can no longer be bothered to make the effort to remember our dead in the same manner anymore.

b-sound · 27-09-2004, 19:19

Three Photos From The Plantation / Arden Hall Area

1. Arden Hall
2. Plantation House
3. Plantation Mill

WillowTheWhisp · 27-09-2004, 20:53

Thanks b-sound. It's great to see what those places looked like.

kestrelx · 02-10-2004, 11:13

Great pics thanks - B-sound.But I can't really fit that last one of Plantation Mill into my mental map of that area? The Ardenhall Coach House that exists now is inhabited by one bloke who used to be in the 4 pennies,can't recall is name,Anthony is his christian name, I think?