269:. Thomas's son, Adam, inherited Damhouse whilst a minor in 1638. The inscription over the lintel reads, "Erected by Adam Mort and Margret Mort 1650". Adam died in 1658 leaving the property to his son Thomas who was four years old. Thomas died unmarried in 1733. The property was bought by Thomas Sutton, a distant cousin in 1734. After Sutton's death in 1752 his cousin, Thomas Froggatt, inherited the estate which was in turn left to his son, Thomas. After 1799 the house was occupied by tenants including
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in 1857. Katherine Durie became lady of the manor on the death of her mother in 1860. By now the estate was in decline. Katherine married Henry
Davenport who died in 1845, and secondly Sir Edward Wetherall. In 1856 he was living at Damhouse. Upon his death in 1869 he was succeeded by George Nugent
385:, the group bought the house and surrounding woodland in order to preserve it. Damhouse was renovated by 2000 and space within the property rented to the local clinic, a private nursery, and various businesses. On site is a tea room and a conference room and community rooms are available to hire.
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The manor house Adam Mort built, dating from around 1600, is described in his will; he died in 1631. The house had a kitchen, parlour with a parlour chamber over it, bed chamber, little chamber, buttery, dairy, loft and clock loft with a bell. The house may have had a chapel. Outside there were
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Much of this building survives, though Mort's grandson altered the front of the building in 1650 as evidenced by a plaque over the door. Considerable additions were made in the 18th and 19th centuries when the two-storey east wing was built for the
Froggatts. It contains a large first-floor
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room with four decorative gothic roof trusses. A single-storey north wing with a two-storey coach house was added before 1845 and a single storey west wing added sometime after 1845 when the house was restored by Sarah and
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An earlier building on the site was a stone and timber hall close to a large barn and cornmill powered by a water wheel. The house gets its name from the dam on the brook that was built to power the wheel.
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Froggat's granddaughter Sarah, married twice. By her first husband John Adam Durie, she had a daughter Katherine. She married Malcolm Nugent Ross in 1844 and he leased the
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Hospital closed in 1994 and Morts Astley Heritage Group was founded with the aim of saving the listed building. After fundraising and acquiring grants from the
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stables, pig sties and a ruined stone and timber barn. The three-storey building was built of handmade bricks with a timber frame. A timber lintel over an
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Adam Mort bought the hall and 60-acre estate in 1595 and bought the manorial rights in 1606. Mort was a wealthy man and built a new house. He built
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126:– Grade II*
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69:Coordinates
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699:Categories
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537:Tonge 2002
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409:References
340:quadrangle
261:and Morts
216:sanatorium
140:Designated
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715:Tyldesley
563:Dam House
414:Citations
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344:mullioned
324:inglenook
232:Tyldesley
82:2°27′22″W
509:"Astley"
392:See also
360:fanlight
356:pediment
332:billiard
228:medieval
196:Damhouse
24:Damhouse
295:typhoid
291:scarlet
248:Lostock
222:History
166:Website
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358:and a
348:gables
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632:, BBC
352:Doric
311:Ionic
301:House
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