Claughton Hall
| Claughton Hall | |
|---|---|
 The building in 2011 | |
  Location within Lancashire | |
| General information | |
| Type | Country house |
| Location | Claughton,Lancashire |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 54°05′19″N2°39′19″W/ 54.088724°N 2.655216°W |
| Opened | c. 1600 |
| Technical details | |
| Material | Sandstone |
Listed Building– Grade I | |
| Designated | 4 October 1967 |
| Reference no. | 1071676 |
Claughton Hall(Claughtonpronounced/ˈklæftən/KLAF-tən) is a largecountry housein the English village ofClaughton,Lancashire.AGrade I listedbuilding, it dates to around 1600, but it contains material believed to be from the 15th century.[1]
The building was moved to its present site, from the bottom of the hill on which it sits,[2]in 1932–35. It is built insandstonewith stone-slate roofs. At each end of the north front are tall projecting towers; the left tower isgabled,and the right tower has ahipped roof.In the top storey of both towers are continuousmullionedandtransomedwindows. The recessed section between them contains two chimneys oncorbels,and a doorway flanked by three-light windows, and with anoriel windowabove.[3][4]
It has been the home of formerBlackpool F.C.ownerOwen Oystonsince the 1970s.[5][6]Oyston was found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl at the property in 1996.[7]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^Claughton Hall–Historic England
- ^Owen Oyston–The Steeple Times,13 May 2012
- ^Hartwell & Pevsner (2009),p. 230
- ^Historic England & 1071676
- ^"The recluse of Claughton Hall".Lancashire Evening Telegraph.30 November 2000.Archivedfrom the original on 29 September 2008.Retrieved31 August2008.
- ^Karl Oyston interview– ShootingUK.co.uk, 26 December 2014
- ^"The football club owners who fell from grace"– BBC News, 7 March 2014
- Sources
- Hartwell, Clare;Pevsner, Nikolaus(2009) [1969],Lancashire: North,The Buildings of England, New Haven and London:Yale University Press,ISBN978-0-300-12667-9
- Historic England,"Claughton Hall, Claughton, Lancaster (1071676)",National Heritage List for England,retrieved20 April2015
