Extwistle Hall
Extwistle Hall is the ruin of a country house on Extwistle Moor between the villages of Haggate and Worthorne north of Burnley market in the English county of Lancashire .
The country house is built of sandstone bricks in a U-shape around an inner courtyard. Today it is a ruin. It was built in the 16th century in the Tudor style by order of the Parker family , known for their local businesses.
Robert Parker bought the site that previously belonged to Kirkstall Abbey in 1537 after the English monasteries were dissolved . The country house was built in 1580 and the rear wing was added in 1637. The Parker family lived in Extwistle Hall for nearly 140 years and then moved to Cuerden Hall around 1718 . John Parker was High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1693 and Robert Parker held that office in 1710. The house was rebuilt at the end of the 18th century.
Today it is owned by English Heritage as a historical building II *. Grade listed buildings uninhabited for 20 years. It is owned by an Isle of Man real estate company and is listed on the Heritage-at-Risk register. A £ 2m security and renovation plan was put in place in early 2012. The country house was to be restored to its former glory and then sold.
Individual evidence
- ^ Extwistle Hall . Pastscape. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
- ^ Extwistle Hall . Briercliffe Society Forum. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
- ^ Extwistle Hall and Attached Garden Wall at Sd 875338 Briercliffe . British Listed Buildings. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
- ^ Extwistle Hall and attached garden wall, Briercliffe . In: Heritage at Risk North West Register 2015 - Lancashire - Burnley . English Heritage. P. 56. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
- ↑ Tyrone Marshall: £ 2.4million housing development plans for Briercliffe . Lancashire Telegraph. January 11, 2012. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
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Coordinates: 53 ° 48 ′ 1.3 ″ N , 2 ° 11 ′ 18 ″ W.