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Burrow Hall | |
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General information | |
Type | Country house |
Location | Burrow-with-Burrow, Lancashire |
Country | England |
Coordinates | 54°10′39″N 2°35′20″W / 54.1776°N 2.5890°W |
Opened | c. 1740 |
Technical details | |
Material | Sandstone ashlar |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Westby Gill with alteration and renovation work by Mason Gillibrand Architects |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Designated | 4 October 1967 |
Reference no. | 1362517 |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Official name | Stable block north of Burrow Hall |
Designated | 4 October 1967 |
Reference no. | 1164344 |
Burrow Hall is a large 18th-century country house in Burrow-with-Burrow, Lancashire, England, which lies in the Lune Valley on the A683 some 2 miles (3 km) south of Kirkby Lonsdale.
The house is built of sandstone ashlar with a slate roof. The south facing façade is composed of seven bays, three of which project under a pediment. The east facing façade has ten bays. The hall is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building,[1] and the stable block to the rear is listed Grade II*.[2]
The house has a number of impressive ornate plaster ceilings, attributed to Italians Francesco Vassalli and Martino Quadry,[1] who were also thought to have done work at Towneley Hall, Burnley and Shugborough in Staffordshire.
Burrow Hall was built over the site of a Roman Fort, the initial construction of which is thought to date to the Flavian period.[3] Remains are thought to be under the Main Hall, although archaeological work during the renovations in 2014 uncovered no significant evidence of that.