Shuttleworth Hall is a 17th-century
manor house
A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals w ...
(and later farmhouse) in the
civil parish
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of
Hapton in
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancash ...
, England. It is protected as a Grade I
listed building
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.
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
Gawthorpe Hall is an Elizabethan country house on the banks of the River Calder, in Ightenhill, a civil parish in the Borough of Burnley, Lancashire, England. Its estate extends into Padiham, with the Stockbridge Drive entrance situated ther ...
in
Padiham
Padiham ( ) is a town and civil parish on the River Calder, about west of Burnley, Lancashire, England. It forms part of the Borough of Burnley. Originally by the River Calder, it is edged by the foothills of Pendle Hill to the north-west ...
, 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
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
. The Grade I listing is for buildings "of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important".
The garden wall and arched gateway are also separately designated with a Grade II* listing.
Architecture
The house is constructed of
coursed rubble
sandstone
Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks.
Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates ...
with roofs of stone slate.
Its plan is H-shaped and it is built on two stories.
Most of the windows have
mullion
A mullion is a vertical element that forms a division between units of a window or screen, or is used decoratively. It is also often used as a division between double doors. When dividing adjacent window units its primary purpose is a rigid supp ...
s 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
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Grade I listed buildings in Lancashire
This is a list of Grade I listed buildings in Lancashire, England.
In the United Kingdom, the term "listed building" refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical or cultural signifi ...
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Listed buildings in Hapton, Lancashire
References
Footnotes
Sources
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{{Borough of Burnley buildings
Grade I listed buildings in Lancashire
Grade I listed houses
Buildings and structures in Burnley
Country houses in Lancashire