Lytham Hall, completed in 1764, was designed by John Carr of York in the Palladian style. The earliest known structure on the site was a Benedictine Priory from the 12th century. This small group of monks was linked to the main Benedictine Order at Durham. Richard Fitzroger, who granted the land for the priory, was reportedly saved from death after being taken to a local church dedicated to St Cuthbert. In gratitude, he later journeyed to Durham Cathedral, where St Cuthbert’s bones were buried, to offer prayers. The monks remained at Lytham until the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry… Read more »