Historic houses · East Midlands
Swithland Hall
Swithland Hall — a Grade II*-listed historic house in england-east-midlands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Swithland Hall is a Grade II*-listed building in england-east-midlands, 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
Swithland Hall is a 19th-century Neoclassical country house in Swithland, Leicestershire, designed by James Pennethorne.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The present Swithland Hall was built for George John Danvers-Butler, later Earl of Lanesborough. Designed by the architect James Pennethorne, and was finished by 1852.</blockquote> It is built of stuccoed and painted granite and slate rubble and brick, with Swithland slate roofs concealed by a parapet. It consists of a central block and two wings in a restrained neo-classical style with banded rustication to the ground floor. It has two storeys, with a sunken basement. The entrance front has one-storey porch with four paired fluted Doric columns up four stone steps. The house was Grade II listed in 1979.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.7086, -1.1732
- County
- Leicestershire
- District
- Charnwood
- Parish
- Swithland
- Postcode
- LE12 8XZ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Mid Leicestershire
Sources
- wikidata: Q7659130 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Swithland Hall (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Swithland Hall?
- Swithland Hall is in Leicestershire, the East Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode LE12 8XZ), in the parish of Swithland.
- Is Swithland Hall a listed building?
- Swithland Hall is officially recognised as Grade II* listed.
- How do I get to Swithland Hall?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode LE12 8XZ. It sits within the Mid Leicestershire parliamentary constituency.