In 1927 there was a fire and part of the house was later rebuilt.
For many of the postwar years, the hall was an agricultural college, providing training for young farmers and now offers Computer and Outdoor Adventure Activities for primary schools.
Winmarleigh means �woodland clearing of a man called Winemaer�.
Winmarleigh is really just a school, a church, the local pub (The Patten Arms) and a small cluster of houses gathered around Winmarleigh Hall.
The Crown owned most of the land here, with some eleven farmers being tenants of the Duchy of Lancaster.
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Paley built Winmarleigh Hall in 1871 for the textile magnate Patten
from Warrington. The owner John Wilson Patten became the first and last Lord
Winmarleigh. The house was four-storeys of red brick with a cloister-like loggia.
In 1927 there was a fire and part of the house was later rebuilt. For many of the postwar years, the hall was an agricultural college, providing training for young farmers and now offers Computer and Outdoor Adventure Activities for primary schools. |
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There is an area of wild bog land (west of the village) called Winmarleigh Moss which is an area of Special Scientific Interest dating back to the Ice Age when the land was flooded.
Winmarleigh church (St. Luke's) is quite unusual in that it has a wooden spire.
