SALFORD HUNDRED 



BOLTON-LE-MOORS 



show three half-timbered gables on 

 the east side of the tower, the mid- 

 dle one over the entrance and 

 those on the south side of it being 

 pretty much as now, but the stair- 

 case gable is very much narrower 

 and of three stories, and there is 

 an open space between it and the 

 north wing, the low roof of the 

 morning-room thus showing from 

 the forecourt. Between 1835 and 

 1 844 the staircase took its present 

 form, being widened northward 

 and recased in deal, and elabo- 

 rate carving was introduced into 

 the barge-boards rather out of 

 keeping with the original more 

 solid and monumental work. The 

 whole of the north wing was at the 

 same time reconstructed, and the 

 west portion of it over the kit- 

 chen and offices raised a third 

 story, assuming its present aspect, 

 with a half-timbered gable at right 

 angles to the staircase gable, into 

 which it cuts rather awkwardly 

 in the north-west corner of the 

 forecourt. 37 The east end of the 

 wing containing the servants' hall 

 was refronted in stone, and two 

 large carved Jacobean gables intro- 

 duced on the south and east sides, 

 with three large mullioned and 

 transomed windows in the prin- 

 cipal front. In all this modern 

 work little regard was paid to the 

 preservation of the original appear- 

 ance of the building, the old chim- 

 neys of the north wing were lost, 

 and the aspect of the house to the 

 forecourt entirely changed. With 

 the exception of a small portion 

 of timber in the gable over the 

 entrance, all the black and white 

 work is therefore modern. All 

 the barge-boards, which are elabo- 

 rately carved and have finials and 

 pendants, are new, and the work, 

 if picturesque when seen at some 

 little distance, is rather poor in 

 quality, and presents few of 

 the characteristics of the original 

 structure. In this restoration also 

 the sills of the two large mul- 

 lioned windows of the dining and 

 drawing rooms on the ground and 

 first floor of the tower were lowered, 

 and the ancient proportions of the 

 windows destroyed. In more re- 

 cent years a 

 low one-story 

 building, now 

 a laundry, has 

 been erected on 

 the west side 

 of the tower. ^ 



Most of this later timber -work is in 



deal. 



ME.DIA.VAL- 



(Of DOUBTFUL DATE.) 



I5 T ~ CENTURY 

 I6 T5 CELNTURV (EARLY) 

 16 CELNTURV 

 53 MODELRN 



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TURTON TOWER : PLANS OF THREE FLOORS 



