Bank Hall, Bretherton Restoration Completed!

Above, is the building prior to the restoration.

Well done to Friends of Bank Hall and Urban Splash for this wonderful work and all their dedication.

Bank Hall is a Jacobean mansion in Bretherton, Lancashire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building and is at the center of a private estate, surrounded by parkland. The hall was built on the site of an older house in 1608 by the Banastres who were lords of the manor. The hall was extended during the 18th and 19th centuries. Extensions were built for George Anthony Legh Keck in 1832–1833, to the design of the architect George Webster.

Legh Keck died in 1860 and the estates passed to Thomas Powys, 3rd Baron Lilford. The contents were auctioned in 1861 and the hall was used as a holiday home and later leased to tenants. 

During the Second World War, the Royal Engineers used it as a control center. After the war, the estate was returned to the Lilfords whose estate offices moved to the east wing of the house until 1972 when the house was vacated. 

The building was used as a location for the 1969 film The Haunted House of Horror.

The house was vandalized causing rapid deterioration. 

In 1995 the Bank Hall Action Group (now Friends of Bank Hall) was formed to raise public awareness, collect funds, host events and clear the overgrown grounds. In 2003 Bank Hall was the first building to be featured in the BBC's Restoration television series. Since 2006 the action group and Urban Splash have planned to restore the house as apartments retaining the gardens, entrance hall and clock tower for public access and the Heritage Trust for the North West (HTNW) plans to renovate the potting sheds and walled gardens.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the project suffered delays, work was finally completed on the restoration of the house exterior in 2020, with the residential area interiors and immediate (residents) gardens to the house completed in 2021.

The Friends of Bank Hall continue to maintain the gardens, hold open days, and are working towards the restoration of the gardens, which will commence with phase one of the potting shed restoration.

 Som info from Wiki ...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_Hall

 the website of the trust...https://www.bankhall.org/