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Oulton Hall then changed hands, but due to the new owner's lack of resources it fell into disrepair, and in 1974 it was derelict. In 1991 De Vere Hotels acquired the lease and rescued it. Restoration and expansion cost £20 million to turn the hall into a hotel set in an estate of 300 acres (1.2 km 2), with gardens, a 27-hole golf course and a spa.
Of these, four are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. In addition to the town of Rothwell, the parish contains the villages of Carlton, Oulton, and Woodlesford, and the surrounding area. Most of the listed buildings are houses and cottages, farmhouses and farm buildings.
Oulton / ˈ uː l t ən / is a village in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England, between Leeds and Wakefield. It is at the junction of the A639 and A642 roads. Though now adjoining the village of Woodlesford , it was once quite separate.
North elevation of Oulton Hall c. 1735. In the early 18th century the Oulton Estate was home to the Egerton family and comprised a manor house and a formal garden surrounded by farmland in Cheshire, England. Later in the century the farmland was converted into a park. The estate is now the site of the motor racing track called Oulton Park.
The parish contains areas around the town of Stone and includes the villages of Aston-By-Stone to the south, and Meaford, Moddershall, and Oulton to the south. The Trent and Mersey Canal runs through the parish, and the listed buildings associated with this are two bridges and two mileposts.
An enclosed Benedictine community of nuns have lived at Oulton since 1853, residing at Oulton Abbey. The Anglican church of St John the Evangelist was opened Whit Sunday 1875, consecrated 19 July 1878, and established as a parish 28 October 1879. Oulton Village parish School was opened in 1863, being replaced by the present building in 1966.