Rufford Old Hall

The spectacular Great Hall has an intricately carved ‘moveable’ wooden screen and dramatic hammer-beam roof. Evidence suggests that Shakespeare performed in this hall for the owner, Sir Thomas Hesketh, whose family owned Rufford for over 400 years. The house contains fine collections of 16th- and 17th-century oak furniture, arms, armour and tapestries. The grounds are laid out in late-Victorian style and feature a herbaceous border, orchard, topiary, sculpture and a woodland walk

Name and credits for images of Rufford Old Hall

Reference: 76276

Description of image – View of the south front of Rufford Old Hall: a C16th timber- framed manor house. A Victorian sinz statue of dancing faun is in the foreground.

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Credit for photograph: Matthew Antrobus

Copyright: ©NTPL/Matthew Antrobus

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