Welcome to Runshaw Hall

Just a wonderful place to be

Runshaw Hall today is an impressive collection of mews homes and apartments set in beautiful picturesque grounds surrounded by 9 acres of parkland and woodland and with 4 ponds on site it is also home to a wealth of wildlife. The ducks and water fowl are often found waddling across the car park looking for food from any resident that will feed them.

Runshaw Old Hall forms an integral part of the estate at Runshaw Hall and dates back to the 18th century and is a Grade 2 Listed Building.

The life of the Old Hall has been a varied one. In the early days the property belonged to the Lancaster’s of Rainhill and then the Farnworth family who vacated the hall in 1747 on the death of Edward Farnworth.

The current house was re-built in 1862 and was acquired by William Bretherton and on his death it passed to his second son Norris Bretherton.

Before and after the Second World War it was occupied by the Brothers of Charity as a Residential Home for mentally ill young men that needed a home and looking after.

In the 1970s the Hall was converted to a restaurant but unfortunately it suffered a serious fire and all that was left was a shell of its former self with no roof or internal walls it was absolutely gutted.

At the end of the 1990s it was renovated into apartments along with the original Stable block, the Stable block was extended to form a large Court Yard with additional dwellings.

The New Hall and the Coach House were also built to provide more living accommodation at Runshaw Hall.

This is how it stands today and it has become a lovely quiet place to live. Runshaw Hall is situated in between Leyland and Chorley. The motorway network (M6, M61, M65) are only a short drive away. Trains from Balshaw Lane, or Buckshaw Parkway both in Euxton connect to the west coast line (Preston 12mins, Liverpool 49mins, Manchester 60 mins)