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LISIEUX HALL, WHITTLE-LE-WOODS, CHORLEY, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND.

LISIEUX HALL IS A MEDIAEVAL MANOR HOUSE PREVIOUSLY NAMED CROOK HALL, WHICH BELONGED TO THE CROOK FAMILY FROM 16TH TO THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY. LISIEUX HALL WAS ALTERED IN THE 1930’S, AND HAS BEEN USED AS A CARE HOME EVER SINCE.

IT IS IN SANDSTONE WITH SLATE ROOFS, IN TWO STOREYS AND ATTICS, AND HAS A PLAN OF THREE PARALLEL RANGES. THERE IS A SYMMETRICAL FRONT OF SEVEN BAYS CONTAINING A PORCH WITH FOUR TUSCAN COLUMNS, A FRIEZE, AND A MOULDED CORNICE. INSIDE THE PORCH IS A DOORWAY WITH ENGAGED IONIC COLUMNS. ON THE LEFT SIDE ARE THE REMAINS OF 17TH-CENTURY MULLIONED WINDOWS. ON THE RIGHT SIDE ARE CANTED BAY WINDOWS, ONE IN TWO STOREYS.

 

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