Church Road, Smithills - Miller Metcalfe

Halliwell Heights, on Church Road, facing Harpers Lane, stands where Halliwell Hall once did. Much of the information available on Halliwell Hall is contained in the diary of Roger Dewhurst, who lived there between 1716 and 1806 and was virtually the Squire of Halliwell during the last part of the 18th Century. Very little is known of the history of the Hall, but according to a Mr Butler, who once lived in the centre portion, the original building must have been at least 300 years old. According to an account in the Bolton Evening News in September 1965, the hall was divided up into its present series of four homes around 1915. It is a stone and half-timbered building originally dating from around 1650. To the rear are views of Captain's Clough, which was named after Captain Dewhurst.