Gawthorpe Hall

Gawthorpe Hall

Gawthorpe Hall

Smaller than Chatsworth House or Tatton Park and situated in Padiham, Burnley, Lancashire, the National Trust describes Gawthorpe Hall as an Elizabethan gem in the heart of industrial Lancashire. Given its state of complete repair and history stretching back to the English Civil War the description is justly deserved. Image File history File linksMetadata Gawthorpe1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Gawthorpe1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Gawthorpe2. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Gawthorpe2. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Gawthorpe3. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Gawthorpe3. ... A view of Chatsworth from the south-west circa 1880. ... We dont have an article called Tatton Park Start this article Search for Tatton Park in. ... Padiham is a small town (population of 8,998 according to the 2001 census), on the River Calder amid the hills of north-east Lancashire, England, situated approximately three miles to the west of Burnley and south of Pendle Hill. ... Statistics Population: 74,000 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SD836326 Administration District: Burnley Shire county: Lancashire Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Lancashire Historic county: Lancashire Services Police force: Lancashire Ambulance service: North West Post office and telephone Post town: BURNLEY Postal... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... The standard of the National Trust The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as The National Trust, is a British preservation organization. ... Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England, Queen of France (in name only), and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. ... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... For other senses of this word, see history (disambiguation). ... The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians and Royalists from 1642 until 1651. ...

The house is full of antique artifacts on display in the hall's many sumptuous rooms preserved and cared for by the curators who attend each room to provide tourists with a commentary of what they are seeing. Houses in Fishpool Street, St Albans, England Houses in the most general sense consist of human-built dwellings, each with enclosing walls, a floor, and a roof. ... I archaeology, an artifact or artefact is any object made or modified by a human culture, and often one later recovered by some archaeological endeavor. ... A curator of a cultural heritage institution (e. ... A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ... There are several senses for Commentary: Informed criticism. ...

From the outside the complete hall makes a perfect photographic subject set in a small woodland which in the Autumn months provides a glow which bathes the hall itself in golden light. Limber Pine woodland, Toiyabe Range, central Nevada Biologically, a woodland is differentiated from a forest. ... Fall redirects here. ...

Gawthorpe began as a pele tower, a strong square structure built in the 14th century as a defence against the invading Scots. Around 1600 a Jacobean mansion was dovetailed around the pele but the true glory of the hall was the 1850 re-design of the house by Sir Charles Barry. He honed his skills at Gawthorpe before going on to design the Houses of Parliament. Peel towers (spelt Pele towers in England) are small fortified keeps, built along the English and Scottish Borders, intended as watch towers where signal fires could be lit to warn of approaching danger. ... The term Jacobean refers to a period in English history that coincides with the reign of James I (1603 – 1625). ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster, Barrys most famous building. ... This may refer to the: British Houses of Parliament. ...

The hall should not just go down in architectural history but also in the history of English literature because Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855) was a family friend of the Shuttleworths and spent some time at Gawthorpe. Charlotte Brontë (IPA: ) (April 21, 1816 – March 31, 1855) was an English novelist, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters whose novels have become enduring classics of English literature. ...

Gawthorpe Hall was owned by the Kay-Shuttleworth family from its construction until 1970. Sir Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth (1844-1939) was a British Liberal Member of Parliament who held office briefly in 1886 as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. ...

A tea room within the grounds offer refreshments. For tea rooms used in Japanese tea ceremony, see Japanese tea house The gallery in The Willow Tearooms. ...

Local football team Burnley train on two football pitches that have been built on the grounds near the entrance. Burnley Football Club is a professional football club based in Burnley, in north-east Lancashire, England. ...

Opening times

• Hall: 1st April to 31st Oct. 1.00pm – 5.00pm, every day except Monday and Friday but open Good Friday and Bank Holiday Mondays. (Last admissions 4.30pm)
• Gardens: All year, daily from 10.00am – 6.00pm.

External links

• Gawthorpe Hall information at the National Trust
• Gawthorpe Hall (About Britain)