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″N 2°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 (Claughton pronounced /ˈklæftən/ KLAF-tən) is a large country house in the English village of Claughton, Lancashire. A Grade I listed building, 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 in sandstone with stone-slate roofs. At each end of the north front are tall projecting towers; the left tower is gabled, and the right tower has a hipped roof. In the top storey of both towers are continuous mullioned and transomed windows. The recessed section between them contains two chimneys on corbels, and a doorway flanked by three-light windows, and with an oriel window above.[3][4]
It has been the home of former Blackpool F.C. owner Owen Oyston since the 1970s.[5][6] Oyston was found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl at the property in 1996.[7]
See also[edit]
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. Archived from the original on 29 September 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
- ^ 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, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
- Historic England, "Claughton Hall, Claughton, Lancaster (1071676)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 April 2015
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