The Great Hall at Mains is a timber-framed building, built to replicate an original Banqueting Hall that was on this exact spot over 500 years ago and – despite its new appearance, beneath us, lie several hundred years of history …if not more.
There has been a settlement of some kind on this site, from as far back as the Norman Conquest in 1066 and possibly even earlier, although no records now remain to endorse this belief.
Due to its prime location on the banks of the River Wyre, a house built on this site would have afforded great benefits, being close to the main shipping areas of Lancashire – Skippool, Fleetwood and beyond to Lancaster.
According to historic sources, at some time during the medieval period, the manor of Singleton was split into two areas – Great Singleton – containing the Chapel and village (known as Singleton village today) and Little Singleton, containing the main manor house.
