Gawthorpe Hall

Gawthorpe Hall
Gawthorpe Hall from the front
Location	Ightenhill, Burnley, Lancashire, BB12 8UA
Coordinates	53°48′10″N 2°17′41″W / 53.8027°N 2.2948°W / 53.8027; -2.2948
Listed Building – Grade I
Official name	Gawthorpe Hall and surrounding balustrade
Designated	1 April 1953
Reference no.	1237626
Location of Gawthorpe Hall in the Borough of Burnley

Gawthorpe Hall is an Elizabethan country house on the banks of the River Calder, in Ightenhill, a civil parish in the Borough of Burnley, Lancashire, England. Its estate extends into Padiham, with the Stockbridge Drive entrance situated there. The house is traditionally attributed to Robert Smythson. In the mid-19th century, the hall was rebuilt by Charles Barry, the architect of the Houses of Parliament. Since 1953 it has been designated a Grade I listed building. In 1970 the 4th Lord Shuttleworth gave the hall to the National Trust, with a 99-year lease to Lancashire County Council. Both bodies jointly administer the hall and in 2015 the council provided £500,000 funding for restoration work on the south and west sides of the house.