Victorian Rooms
In 1870 Richard Henry Ainsworth, the nephew of Peter Ainsworth (Colonel Ainsworth’s son) , inherited the house. In around 1875 He employed the prominent Victorian architect George Devey in about 1875 to design the most significant of the improvements to Smithills Hall.
The west wing was neglected for many years, but was restored by Bolton Council in 1999. Old photographs were used to recreate the family’s living quarters as they would have looked in around 1900.
