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Hacking Hall, Ribble Valley, Lancashire. Hacking Hall is a Grade I Listed, early-17th-century house situated at the confluence of the rivers Calder and Ribble in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. 
Hacking Hall is a country house in sandstone with stone-slate roofs, in two storeys with attics. It consists of a central range with three gables, flanked by gabled cross wings. 
The windows are mullioned, and there is a doorway with a moulded surround and a Tudor arched head. 
On the east side is a corbelled garderobe projection, and inside the house is timber-framed partitioning. The stone wall enclosing the garden is included in the listing. 
It is thought that J. R. R. Tolkien, author of Lord of the Rings, may have taken inspiration from the ferry here for the Bucklebury Ferry over the Brandywine river in his book, as it was still operational when Tolkien visited nearby Stonyhurst College. |
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 The photograph above is the view from Hacking Hall across the Ribble Valley showing the confluence of the River Ribble and River Calder. Some friendly locals below.  (Photographed Thursday 10th November 2022) |
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