Ormerods (ruin)

The ruins of Ormerods at Haslingden Grane have been demolished down to an acceptable height for health and safety, cleared and preserved so we get to see the layout of the old ground floor rooms. There is also an information board showing the past uses of the rooms.

Constructed from the local Haslingden Flags in the 17th Century originally for the locally wealthy Ormerod family who owned several farms nearby. Several additions were made to the building throughout the 17th Century including larger living area with parlour and a dairy. The last of the family connected with the propery was John Ormerod who sold the farm in 1746.

Later the site was occupied by the Kenyons, a weaving family who added loomshops to the back of the property with space for up to seven looms. The family later worked at Heap Clough Mill.

Life at Ormerods ended at the time of the construction of the reservoirs by the close of the 19th Century due to much of the farmland being submerged and the Bury and Radcliffe Waterworks Company having purchased the surrounding land and terminated the leases on the occupying farms. During the last years of the 19th Century the building was used for keeping livestock and barn storage.