Historic houses · North West England
Shaw Hill
Shaw Hill — a Grade II*-listed historic house in england-north-west, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Shaw Hill is a Grade II*-listed building in england-north-west, United Kingdom. Grade II* 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
Shaw Hill is an 18th-century country house in Whittle-le-Woods, Lancashire, England, standing in 192 acres of parkland some 3 miles (5 km) north of Chorley. The estate is now the Shaw Hill Hotel, Golf Club and Country Club. The house is a three-storey building of ashlar with hipped slate roofs concealed by a parapet, and it incorporates elements of a smaller, earlier house. Three structures from the estate are separately recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated Grade II listed buildings: the lodge, the gate piers, and the house itself.
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Background
History
The Crosse family of East Lancashire first acquired property in the Chorley area around 1400 and built a house on the Whittle-le-Woods site in the 1700s. Richard Crosse Legh was the High Sheriff of Lancashire for 1807 and a deputy-lieutenant of Lancashire. He bequeathed Shaw Hill to his daughter Anna Mary Crosse, who in 1828 married Thomas Bright Ikin, who then adopted the Crosse name as his surname. He commissioned Charles Reed of Birkenhead to rebuild the existing house in the 1840s and asked William Sawrey Gilpin to landscape the estate. Thomas Bright Crosse was appointed High Sheriff of Lancashire for 1837 and was briefly MP for Wigan in 1841 (before his election was declared void).…
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- Coordinates
- 53.6827, -2.6420
- County
- Lancashire
- District
- Chorley
- Parish
- Whittle-le-Woods
- Postcode
- PR6 7PW
- Parliamentary constituency
- Chorley
- Official site
- www.shaw-hill.co.uk
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Shaw Hill?
- Shaw Hill is in Lancashire, North-West England, United Kingdom (postcode PR6 7PW), in the parish of Whittle-le-Woods.
- Who owns Shaw Hill?
- Shaw Hill is owned by | current_tenants =.
- Is Shaw Hill a listed building?
- Shaw Hill is officially recognised as Grade II* listed.
- How do I get to Shaw Hill?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode PR6 7PW. It sits within the Chorley parliamentary constituency.