Built in 1833 for Richard Fourden, a Lancashire cotton mill owner. Major restoration after 1942 fire. Castellated style. Simple Gothick treatment to window heads. 2-storeys, rubble elevation, undulating slate roofs. Main part of the house has 3 transverse hipped roofs concealed to front behind high crenellated parapet. Symmetrical 5-bay front

H.C. Vieth, RCAHMW, 18 January 2005