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White Nancy

White Nancy was built as a summer house by the Gaskell family, who lived at Ingersley Hall, in about 1815. It is built of stone with external rendering, and is now regularly painted white in order to maintain its visibility. It is thought that it may originally have been built to commemorate the victory at the battle of Waterloo. Internally there is a seat all round the wall with a large table in the centre. The table is circular, cut from a single piece of stone. The doorway was blocked up last century owing to vandalism.

White Nancy hasn't always been as white as she is now. For much of her life, her stonework was neither rendered nor painted. You can see White Nancy as she was i the 1920s in the Archive photos section. In 1999 the owners of the farmland that includes Kerridge Hill very kindly donated White Nancy and the piece of land she stands on to the people and town of Bollington. In recognition of this important and generous gift Nancy was completely repaired, re-plastered and repainted by local contractor Allen Stringer.

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You can also view an alternative version of this panorama, taken in less clear weather, but offering a 360-degree view in every direction. Thanks to Roger Fielding for permission to use his photograph for this panorama.