Historic houses · North West England
Browsholme Hall
Browsholme Hall — a Grade I-listed historic house in england-north-west, United Kingdom.
Anthony Parkes — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Browsholme Hall is a Grade I-listed building in england-north-west, United Kingdom. Grade I status is conferred by Historic England (or Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland or NIEA equivalents) on buildings of exceptional national interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for full historical and architectural details.
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From the Wikipedia article
Browsholme Hall is a privately owned Tudor house in the parish of Bowland Forest Low in the borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire (although historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire), England. It is claimed to be the oldest surviving family home in Lancashire. Since 1954, it has been designated a Grade I listed building by English Heritage.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
In the fourteenth century, Edmund Parker was park-keeper of Radholme Laund, west of Browsholme, one of the two great deer parks in the Forest of Bowland. In 1393, his sons Richard and John were deputy parkers of Radholme, but from 1380, they had a lease of the vaccary (mediaeval cattle farm) of Browsholme. Richard probably built the original house on the present site around that time. Edmund Parker obtained a copyhold of Nether Browsholme and began the present house. Thomas Parker purchased the freehold of Browsholme from the Crown in 1603 and further improved the house, which had been enlarged by his father. On the death of his father, John Parker M.P. in 1797, Thomas Lister Parker…
Description
The hall functions a wedding venue. The house and gardens are open to the public, between 11am and 4pm, on Wednesdays only in May and September, and on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in June, July and August.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 53.9024, -2.4819
- County
- Lancashire
- District
- Ribble Valley
- Parish
- Bowland Forest Low
- Postcode
- BB7 3DE
- Parliamentary constituency
- Ribble Valley
- Official site
- browsholme.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q4976866 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Browsholme Hall (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Browsholme Hall?
- Browsholme Hall is in Lancashire, North-West England, United Kingdom (postcode BB7 3DE), in the parish of Bowland Forest Low.
- Who owns Browsholme Hall?
- Browsholme Hall is owned by | designation1 = Grade I Listed Building.
- Is Browsholme Hall a listed building?
- Browsholme Hall is officially recognised as Grade I listed.
- How do I get to Browsholme Hall?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BB7 3DE. It sits within the Ribble Valley parliamentary constituency.