Longford Hall

All that remains of Longford Hall, constructed in 1857 for John Rylands, a celebrated cotton merchant and benefactor. His company employed 15,000 people in 17 mills and factories, producing 35 tons of cloth a day. On his death he was crowned the ‘cotton king’, he had lived out of the public eye and much of his philanthropy was kept secret. 
John Rylands died at Longford Hall in 1888 and left an estate of £2,574,922.
The house was demolished in 1995, leaving only this main porch standing.