History
The hall was built by Sir Robert Hesketh in 1760 and enlarged by his grandson around 1798-9 when the Heskeths left Rufford Old Hall. The Heskeths lived at Rufford New Hall until 1919.
Rufford New Hall was a country house built in 1760 and extended in 1798. It is built in brick which was formerly stuccoed. It has a low-pitched hipped slate roof concealed by a low parapet. The two storey symmetrical frontage has a 5-bay facade with an Ionic portico of unfluted columns over a wide doorway with a fanlight. The hall has four 15-paned sashed windows on the ground floor, with five 12-paned windows on the first floor. Some spout heads bear the initials of Sir Thomas Dalrymple Hesketh and the date 1811 and one is dated 1822. The entrance hall has a cantilevered or flying stone staircase and landing on three sides with wrought iron balusters and is lighted by a domed oval skylight. The main hall has columns and pilasters made from Scagliola marble.
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