Walton Hall, West Yorkshire

Walton Hall
LocationWest Yorkshire, England
Coordinates53°38′31.2″N 1°27′3.6″W / 53.642000°N 1.451000°W / 53.642000; -1.451000
OS grid referenceSE 36377 16255
Builtc. 1767
Architectural style(s)Palladian architecture
Listed Building – Grade II*
Designated11 April 1973
Walton Hall, West Yorkshire is located in West Yorkshire
Walton Hall, West Yorkshire
Location of Walton Hall in West Yorkshire
The Boulby sundial in the grounds

Walton Hall is a country house in Walton near Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It was built on the site of a former moated medieval hall in the Palladian style in 1767 on an island in a 26-acre (11 ha) lake. It was the ancestral home of the naturalist and traveller Charles Waterton, who made Walton Hall into the world's first wildfowl and nature reserve.[1]

  1. ^ Historic England. "Waterton Park, Walton, Wakefield (1487471)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 March 2024.