| Swarkestone Hall Pavilion | |
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 Swarkestone Pavilion looking from the Bowling Green Side | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Jacobean style |
| Coordinates | 52°51′14″N 1°26′42″W / 52.854°N 1.445°W |
| Construction started | c.1632 |
| Cost | £111 12s 4d |
| Client | Sir John Harpur, 2nd Baronet |
| Owner | Landmark Trust |
| Technical details | |
| Size | |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Official name | The Grandstand, Cuttle and Gate 200 metres north of Swarkestone Hall |
| Designated | 10 November 1967 |
| Reference no. | 1088345 |
| Design and construction | |
| Engineer | Richard Shepperd |
Swarkestone Hall Pavilion, also known as Swarkestone Stand and The Grandstand, is a 17th-century pavilion 200 metres north of the ruins of Swarkestone Hall, Swarkestone, Derbyshire. It is a Grade I listed building[2] south of Chellaston on the A514.
The pavilion was constructed between 1630 and 1632. Its frontage displays the arms of Sir John Harpur and his wife Catherine Howard (granddaughter of the Earl of Suffolk), who had married in 1631 or 1632, so it may have been built in celebration of their marriage. The Harpur family lived at the adjacent Swarkestone (Old) Hall, built in the 1560s for Sir Richard Harpur.[3][4]
The purpose of the building is a matter of some debate. It has been referred to as the Bowling Alley House, The Stand, The Grandstand, The Bullring and The Summerhouse; it is also suggested it may be a banqueting house or a decorative part of a formal garden.[4] Even the enclosure to the front of the pavilion is debated, with suggestions it may have been constructed in the 19th century when the Swarkestone estate was used for large-scale livestock breeding.[4]
- ^ Debrett's Baronetage of England, 7th Edition, 1835, p.35 [1]
- ^ Historic England. "The Grandstand, Cuttle and gate 200 metres north of Swarkestone Hall (Grade I) (1088345)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ^ Chellaston history Group (2014). Swarkestone Old Hall. Heritage Open Days. p. 15–16.
- ^ a b c The Landmark Trust (2014). Swarkestone Pavilion.