In the 19th century the estate was sold to John Walmsley and then passed to the Towneley Parkers of Cuerden Hall and the Crosse family of Shaw Hill.

[3] Extensive restoration of the southern wing was carried out by Colonel Thomas Richard Crosse in 1885, after which it was sold to Richard Stock, who in 1936 sold the estate and surrounding farmland to the Ministry of Supply to establish a new munitions factory.

[5] By 2002 Buckshaw Hall was dilapidated and Chorley Civic Society, campaigned for developers to restore it.

[9] Restorative work including reconstruction of the collapsed east elevation was carried out by Donald Insall Associates.

The upper floors of the wings are jettied, and the gables have wavy bargeboards and apex finials.