Leck Hall

Leck Hall is located at Leck, Lancashire and is the current seat of Baron Shuttleworth, of Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham in the County Palatine of Lancaster (Lancashire), which is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It is not open to the public.[1] The building is grade II listed.[2]

History

Robert Welch, a merchant from Liverpool bought the estate with an existing house in 1771. In c.1800 part of the existing house was incorporated into a new Hall by John Webb. It was altered in 1830 and again in 1963. There is an Orangery nearby and the hall stands in an informal park. Home farm, late 18th century, is close to the house and there is a Lodge at the entrance to the drive.[3]

References

  1. ^ Parks & Gardens UK website, accessed 14 June 2011
  2. ^ British Listed Buildings website, accessed 14 June 2011
  3. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Hartwell, Clare (revision) (2009). The Buildings of England – Lancashire: North. London and New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 419–420. ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9.