Rufford Old Hall

Rufford Old Hall is one of Lancashire's finest 16th-century buildings, famed for its spectacular Great Hall with an intricately carved 'moveable' wooden screen and dramatic hammerbeam roof.

It is rumoured that Shakespeare performed in this hall for the owner, Sir Thomas Hesketh, to whose family Rufford belonged for over 400 years. The house contains fine collections of 16th- and 17th-century oak furniture, arms, armour and tapestries.