Borwick Hall |
| Hob Uid: 43059 | |
Location :
Lancashire
Lancaster
Borwick
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| Grid Ref : SD5257173024 |
| Summary : House, mainly of late 16th century date, incorporating a 14th century pele tower. The main front dates from 1595, with the four storey tower to the right. The three storey wing to the right of the tower may be earlier than 1595. Built of rubble with slate roofs. The gatehouse is dated 1650 and is also rubble-built, with a stone roof. The two storey stables are probably mid 17th century in date, with a reset date stone inscribed 1590. The ground floor is now used as workshops. |
More information : (SD 52567303) Borwick Hall (NR) (1)
Borwick Hall is an Elizabethan house of circa 1590-95, incorporating a 14th or 15th century four-storeyed pele tower with turret on corner.
The stone-built gatehouse is dated 1650, but still in Elizabethan
style.
Attached to the gatehouse is the long range of two-storeyed stables built 1590 to accommodate both pack-horses and riders employed by the wool-merchant owner of Borwick Hall.
Borwick Hall, gatehouse and stables. Gde I. (2-3)
Borwick Hall, as described, is of outstanding interest and in
good repair. Still occupied. (4)
Listed by Cathcart King. (5) |