Cockersand Abbey chapter house

Cockersand Abbey chapter house
The building in 2008
Cockersand Abbey chapter house is located in Lancashire
Cockersand Abbey chapter house
Location within Lancashire
General information
TypeMausoleum
LocationThurnham, Lancashire
CountryEngland
Coordinates54°00′32″N 2°49′22″W / 54.008924°N 2.822907°W / 54.008924; -2.822907
Opened1230 (794 years ago) (1230)
Technical details
MaterialRed sandstone
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated2 May 1968
Reference no.1362525

Cockersand Abbey chapter house is a mausoleum in the English village of Thurnham, Lancashire. A Grade I listed building and formerly part of Cockersand Abbey, it dates to 1230.[1] It was used as a family mausoleum by the Daltons of Thurnham Hall during the 18th and 19th centuries.[2] The land was acquired by the Daltons shortly after 1556, when Robert Dalton married Ann Kitchen.[3]

Cockersand Abbey has existed from the late 12th century. The building is constructed of red sandstone rubble and has a slate roof. Its plan is octagonal although the west side has been squared off. At some point (probably the mid-18th century) it was converted into a family burial chamber.[4][5]

  1. ^ The Chapter House, Cockersand AbbeyHistoric England
  2. ^ "Ancient abbey is saved by grant". BBC News. 21 June 2007. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
  3. ^ The History of Thurnham Hall – ThurnhamHall.com
  4. ^ Historic England, "The Chapter House, Cockersand Abbey (1362525)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 8 January 2015
  5. ^ Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), pp. 249–51