Leck Hall
| Leck Hall | |
|---|---|
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  Location within the City of Lancaster district | |
| General information | |
| Type | Country house |
| Location | Leck, Lancashire |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 54°11′09″N 2°32′05″W / 54.1858°N 2.5348°WCoordinates: 54°11′09″N 2°32′05″W / 54.1858°N 2.5348°W |
| Opening | 1811 |
| Owner | Charles Kay-Shuttleworth |
| Technical details | |
| Material | Sandstone ashlar with hipped slate roof |
| Floor count | 2 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | John Webb |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Designated | 4 October 1967 |
| Reference no. | 1164984 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Orangery west of Leck Hall |
| Designated | 4 October 1967 |
| Reference no. | 1071666 |
Leck Hall is an 18th-century country house located at Leck, Lancashire, England, near Kirkby Lonsdale.
The hall is grade II listed.[1] and stands in an informal park with an orangery nearby. Home farm, late 18th century, is close to the house and there is a Lodge at the entrance to the drive.[2]
It is the current seat of Baron Shuttleworth, of Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham in the County Palatine of Lancaster (Lancashire) and is not open to the public.[3]
History
Robert Welch, a Liverpool merchant who lived at High House, Leck, bought the Thurland Castle estate in 1771, but his son Robert sold all of the land but the part which is now the Leck estate. On Robert's death his brother George had architect John Carr design and build a new house to replace High House, which was afterwards called Leck Hall.[4] It was altered in 1830 and again in 1963.
The estate was purchased in 1952 by Charles Kay-Shuttleworth, 4th Baron Shuttleworth who moved there from Gawthorpe Hall in 1970. The current owner is his son Charles Kay-Shuttleworth, 5th Baron Shuttleworth.[4]
References
- ↑ British Listed Buildings website, accessed 14 June 2011
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Parks & Gardens UK website, accessed 14 June 2011
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Leck Fell: An interim report on the landscape survey undertaken by the Ingleborough Archaeology Group during July 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 15 January 2013.