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THE HISTORY

of Delbury Hall

In 1752 Captain Cornewall knocked down a timber frame house and built what is now the magnificent Delbury Hall.

His fortunes came from a successful career in the Navy where he was promoted to Captain after his fighting against the Spanish on HMS Marlborough in 1744.

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DELBURY HALL

The Hall was built between 1752-1756 and cost £1,757. After retiring from the navy in 1763 Captain Frederick Cornewall moved to Delbury hall where he enjoyed the life of a country gentleman.

The Hall, now a grade II* Listed Building, was purchased by Vincent Wrigley in 1919 after creating a successful cotton manufacturing business in Oldham.

Still a family home, it is now lived in by Patrick Wrigley, the grandson of Vincent.

THE STABLES

The stables, also built during the 1700’s, were used to keep horses. Old architectural drawings show the different tack rooms and horse bays.

Between 2000-2010 the stables were converted by Patrick Wrigley into accommodation, first for long term rental and now for wedding accommodation.

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THE COACH HOUSE BARN

Historically the Coach House barn was used to store coach wagons and horse carts used by the owners living at Delbury Hall. More recently it has been used as a potters studio and for storing old cars.

In 2007 Patrick Wrigley converted the Coach House barn into the wonderful wedding venue that we now see today.

THE DOVECOTE

The Delbury Hall Dovecote was built in the mid 18th Century. Alongside the nearby carp pool, it is thought that the doves were a reliable source of winter food for the family living at Delbury Hall.

Also it is thought the dovecote was built as a status symbol showing the importance of the Delbury Estate to visitors.

THE FOXGLOVE GARDEN

As you can see in the photo, the foxglove garden was historically an ornamental rose and flower garden. Due to the soil conditions the roses thrived!

It is understood that large ornamental gardens nearby to large country houses were grown and maintained as a status symbol.

THE WALLED GARDEN

The function of the Delbury Hall walled garden was to shelter the garden from wind and frost and to create a microclimate allowing more fruits and vegetables to grow.

The brick walls also retained solar heat raising the temperature against the walls allowing peaches, nectarines and grapes to be grown.

The Delbury Hall walled garden still has fruit trees growing all around the outside walls and is home to a large vegetable garden.