Demolition of Worsley New Hall: 1949

In 1944, Worsley New Hall was sold to Sydney Littler, a scrap merchant from Ashton in Makerfield, for £2,500. Demolition began in 1946 and included the dismantling of the footbridge over Leigh Road.

By 1949, just over 100 years after it had been built, the Hall was completely demolished.

The draft agreement between Bridgewater Estates Ltd and Sydney Littler for the demolition of Worsley New Hall:

In 1951, the War Department once again requisitioned a portion of the New Hall estate. The Department built a reinforced concrete bunker and two radar masts for anti-aircraft operations.

This is what the bunker looks like today:
 

 

The signals room 

 

The blockhouse 

 

The plotting room