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Rainhill Hall Farm is a mediæval moated manor at Rainhill in Lancashire. The site includes a slightly raised island that was originally surrounded by a waterlogged moat. Standing on the island are the 16th/early 17th century north and west wings. The moat has been partially infilled but still survives in a waterlogged state up to 30 feet wide and 6 feet deep on part of the south and much of the east sides. A short distance to the south-east of the moated site is an extensive complex of 12 largely waterlogged and inter-connected fishponds. Rainhill Hall was owned by the Lancaster family for 500 years. The earliest documentary reference to a house on the site was in 1323 when Henry de Par was arrested for breaking into the original hall and stealing goods. By the early 17th century the hall buildings were arranged around a courtyard, with a gatehouse entrance on one side, and a range of 16th century timber farm buildings on low stone walls situated north-east of the hall. A small isolated building is also known to have existed south of the hall and close to the edge of the moat during the early 19th century. Since 1805 the hall has passed through the Fleetwood, Beaumont and Stapleton-Bretherton families. It is grade II listed but currently derelict, with significant parts of the building having collapsed or roofless, and at the point of further collapse. It is within the council area of St. Helens.
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1017860.

Place Type: Mediæval Moated Site
Historic County: Lancashire
Lat, Long: 53.406883,-2.769025
Grid Reference: SJ 4897 9028
Civil Parish: Rainhill CP
Council Area: St Helens CA
Strategic Authority Area: Liverpool City Region SA
Police Area: Merseyside PA

GBPN ID: 303152
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Rainhill_Hall_Farm,_Lancashire_303152

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