Editing Ordsall Hall (section)

{{Short description|Historic country house in Ordsall, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox Historic building
|image=Ordsall Hall 2014 01.jpg
|caption=Ordsall Hall in 2014
|name=Ordsall Hall
|location_town=[[Ordsall, Greater Manchester|Ordsall]], [[Greater Manchester]]
|location_country=England
|map_type=Greater Manchester
|coordinates = {{coord|53.469444|-2.2775|display=inline}}
|designations = {{Designation list
  | embed                 = yes
  | designation1          = Grade I Listed Building
  | designation1_offname  = Ordsall Hall
  | designation1_date     = 31 January 1952
  | designation1_number   = {{NHLE|num=1386169|short=y|postscript=none}}
  }} 
}}
[[File:Ordsall Hall entire west wing 29 Jan 2009.jpg|thumb|A view of the west side of the west wing, with the Great Hall in the centre]]
'''Ordsall Hall''' is a large former [[manor house]] in the historic parish of [[Ordsall, Greater Manchester|Ordsall]], Lancashire, now part of the [[City of Salford]], in [[Greater Manchester]], England. It dates back more than 750 years, although the oldest surviving parts of the present hall were built in the 15th century. The most important period of Ordsall Hall's life was as the family seat of the Radclyffe family, who lived in the house for more than 300 years. The hall was the setting for [[William Harrison Ainsworth]]'s 1842 novel ''[[Guy Fawkes (novel)|Guy Fawkes]]'', written around the plausible although unsubstantiated local story that the [[Gunpowder Plot]] of 1605 was planned in the house.

Since its sale by the Radclyffes in 1662, the hall has been put to many uses: a [[working men's club]], a school for clergy, and a radio station among them. The house was bought by the old [[County Borough of Salford|Salford Council]] in 1959 and opened to the public in 1972, as a period house and local history museum. The hall is a [[Grade I listed buildings in Greater Manchester|Grade I listed building]],{{r|IOE}} and entrance is free.