Alston Hall
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| architect = Alfred Darbyshire
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File:The entrance tower of Alston Hall - geograph.org.uk - 855969.jpg
Alston Hall is a 19th-century Victorian gothic style country mansion located in Longridge (near Preston) in Lancashire, England. It is not to be confused with the 15th-century Alston Old Hall nearby.
History
Alston Hall, designed by the architect Alfred Darbyshire, was built c.1876 for John Mercer, a Newton-le-Willows colliery owner. It passed down to his grand-daughter, who was a nun, and was then sold to the Eccles cotton manufacturing family who sold it in turn to William Birtwistle, another wealthy cotton industrialist. In 1949 the Birtwistles sold most of the land to the Church Commissioners and the hall itself, together with the remaining three acres of land, to Preston Borough Council as a Day Continuation College. In 1974 it was purchased by Lancashire County Council and converted to a residential training centre.{{cite web|url = http://www.visitlancashire.com/things-to-do/alston-hall-p7643|title = Alston Hall|access-date = 2013-10-08|archive-url = https://archive.today/20131108211910/http://www.visitlancashire.com/things-to-do/alston-hall-p7643|archive-date = 2013-11-08|url-status = dead}}
Alston Hall is no longer owned and operated by Lancashire Adult Learning.{{Cite web|last=Finch|first=Fiona|date=2016-05-24|title=County Council sells Alston Hall country mansion - Lancashire Evening Post|url=http://www.lep.co.uk/news/county-council-sells-alston-hall-country-mansion-1-7929311|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530070525/http://www.lep.co.uk/news/county-council-sells-alston-hall-country-mansion-1-7929311|archive-date=2016-05-30|access-date=|website=lep.co.uk}} It is now owned by a private individual as a family home.
The hall is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.{{National Heritage List for England|num= 1434771|desc= Alston Hall|access-date= 23 September 2016|mode=cs2}}
See also
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References
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{{Borough of Ribble Valley buildings}}
Category:Country houses in Lancashire
Category:Grade II listed buildings in Lancashire
Category:Grade II listed houses
Category:Education in Ribble Valley
Category:Buildings and structures in Ribble Valley
Category:Adult education in the United Kingdom
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