Gawthorpe Hall
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 Gawthorpe Hall from the front |
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| Location: | Ightenhill, Lancashire |
| Coordinates: | 53°48′10″N 2°17′41″W / 53.8027°N 2.2948°WCoordinates: 53°48′10″N 2°17′41″W / 53.8027°N 2.2948°W |
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Listed Building – Grade I
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 Location of Gawthorpe Hall in Lancashire
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Gawthorpe Hall, a Lancashire County Council property managed by the National Trust is an Elizabethan house in the town of Padiham, in the borough of Burnley, Lancashire, England. Since 1953, it has been designated a Grade I listed building by English Heritage.[1]
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[edit] History
Although the house is more compact than power houses such as Chatsworth House or Tatton Park, it is described by the National Trust as an Elizabethan gem in the heart of industrial Lancashire. Nicholas Cooper [2] describes it as an early example of a plan in which the main stair is immediately accessible from the main entrance, a feature that later became standard. The house is in a state of complete repair and its history stretches back to 1600, when rebuilding around the pele tower, already a Shuttleworth property, was begun by Lawrence Shuttleworth.[3] Gawthorpe Hall was owned by the Kay-Shuttleworth family until 1970.
In 1604, Richard Stone from Carr House in the Bank Hall estate Bretherton, imported Irish panel boards and timber for the Shuttleworth family, who were building Gawthorpe Hall at the time, storing the 1,000 pieces in Hoole's tithe barn until they were needed as the building was constructed.[4]
Gawthorpe began as a pele tower, a strong square structure built in the fourteenth century as a defence against the invading Scots. The Elizabethan lodge was dovetailed around the pele. The house was redesigned in 1850 by Sir Charles Barry,[1] who honed his skills at Gawthorpe before going on to design the Houses of Parliament. The hall also figures in the history of English literature because Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855) was a family friend of the Shuttleworths and spent some time at Gawthorpe.
The mottoes of the Kay-Shuttleworth family, Justicia et Prudentia (Justice and Practical Judgement – Shuttleworth) and Kynd Kynn Knawne Kepe (Keep your own kin-kind – Kay),[5] may be seen displayed in various areas of the house, including above the front door and around the tower at the top of the building. The initials KS for Kay-Shuttleworth also occur frequently throughout the hall, and may be seen on the front door, on one of the ceilings, and in other places within the house.
The hall is full of antique artefacts on display in the many rooms preserved and cared for by the curators who attend each room to provide tourists with a commentary of what they are seeing. A tea room within the grounds offers refreshments.
Local football team Burnley have trained at a centre on the grounds since the 1950's.[6]
[edit] See also
- Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baronet
- Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baron Shuttleworth
- Charles Geoffrey Nicholas Kay-Shuttleworth, 5th Baron Shuttleworth
- Baron Shuttleworth
- Leck Hall
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Gawthorpe Hall", National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1237626, retrieved 29 Nov 2011
- ^ Nicholas Cooper, Houses of the Gentry, 1480-1680 1999:260f.
- ^ Date 1599 O.S. in Cooper 1999:260f; the "Booke of Accountes ... for the use of Mr. Lawrence Shuttleworthe, towchinge his howse att Gawthroppe" begin in February N.S.: John Harland edited "The Shuttleworth Accounts" in (Chetham Society) Remains Historical & Literary connected with the palatine counties of Lancaster and Chester 35.1 (:126); the foundation stone was laid 26 August 1600 (p. 130).
- ^ Jessica Lofthouse, Lancashire Villages (Robert Hale, London) 1978:48
- ^ "Gawthorpe Hall", Lancashire Museums (Lancashire County Council), http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/acs/sites/museums/venues/gawthorpe/?siteid=3773&pageid=12953&e=e, retrieved 29 Nov 2011
- ^ New training ground for Burnley, 2BR, http://www.2br.co.uk/news/sport/315340/new-training-ground-for-burnley/, retrieved 29 Nov 2011
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