Shuttleworth Hall
History
The oldest part of the house dates from the early to mid-17th century. An inscription over the outer doorway to the porch contains the date of 1639. Although historians have supposed that the house was a residence of the Shuttleworth family of Gawthorpe Hall in Padiham, Shuttleworth Hall's connection to that branch of the family is unclear. By 1856, the building was described as a farmhouse, and it now consists of two separate dwellings. In April 1953, the house was designated a Grade I listed building. The Grade I listing is for buildings "of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important". The garden wall and arched gateway are separately designated with a Grade II* listing.
Architecture
The house is constructed of coursed rubble sandstone with roofs of stone slate. Its plan is H-shaped and it is built on two stories. Most of the windows have mullions and transoms; the hall windows are not mullioned. A garden to the south (front) of the house is enclosed by a wall with a segmental-arched gateway.
See also
References
Footnotes
- ^ Historic England, "Shuttleworth Hall (1274420)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 April 2011
- ^ "Townships — Hapton" in Farrer & Brownbill (1911), pp. 507–12
- ^ Harland (1856), p. 311
- ^ Listed Buildings, English Heritage, 2010, archived from the original on 26 January 2013, retrieved 23 August 2011
- ^ Historic England, "Arched gateway and garden wall... (1222599)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 June 2011
- ^ Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), p. 321
Sources
- Farrer, William; Brownbill, J., eds. (1911), A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 6, Constable, OCLC 270761418
- Harland, John (1856). The House and Farm Accounts of the Shuttleworths of Gawthorpe Hall. Manchester: Printed for the Chetham Society. OCLC 5113248.
- Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969]. Lancashire: North. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-12667-0.