Borwick Hall
Borwick Hall | |
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General information | |
Type | Manor House |
Address | Borwick Lane, Borwick, Lancashire |
Country | England |
Coordinates | 54°09′N 2°44′W / 54.15°N 2.73°W |
Owner | Lancashire County Council |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Designated | 4 October 1967 |
Reference no. | 1071914 |
Borwick Hall is a 16th-century manor house at
History
The manor of Borwick is mentioned in the
The tower was extended to a manor house by Roger in the early 1590s before he died in 1595.
By the early 19th century the Hall was falling into disrepair[3] and was only repaired in the 1910s, when it was leased to music critic John Alexander Fuller Maitland on the specific condition that he restore the building.[3] He died there in 1936 17th January.
After the
The Hall was used for exterior shots for the children's TV programme The Ghosts of Motley Hall which ran on Granada TV from 1976 to 1978. The Hall stood in for the fictional Motley Hall, built in 1577, home to the Uproar family over the centuries, but now home to a group of ghosts from different eras.
Construction
Externally the Hall is built of stone rubble with sandstone dressing and a slate roof.[5] Due to its exceptional features it was listed as a Grade I listed building in 1967.[5]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Victoria County History pp. 170–174.
- ^ National Monuments Record
- ^ a b c "The history of Borwick Hall". borwickvillage.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ^ "The LCVYS Lolly". Lancashire Council for Voluntary Youth Services. February 2003. Archived from the original (txt) on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ^ a b Heritage Gateway
References
- Farrer, Willam & Brownbill, J, eds. (1914). A History of the County of Lancaster:. Vol. 8. Victoria County History. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- "Borwick Hall". National Monuments Record. English Heritage. 2008. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012.
- "Borwick Hall". Listed Buildings Online. Heritage Gateway. Retrieved 2 June 2010.