Burrow Hall is a large 18th-century country house in

Burrow-with-Burrow Burrow-with-Burrow is a civil parish in the English county of Lancashire. The parish of Burrow-with-Burrow had a population of 191 recorded in the 2001 census, decreasing to 182 at the 2011 Census. It is on the River Lune south of the Cumb ...

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, England, which lies in the Lune Valley on the A683 some south of

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. The house is built of

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with a

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roof. The south facing façade is composed of seven

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, three of which project under a

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. The east facing façade has ten bays. The hall is recorded in the

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as a designated Grade I

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, and the stable block to the rear is listed Grade II*. The house has a number of impressive ornate plaster ceilings, attributed to Italians Francesco Vassalli and Martino Quadry, who were also thought to have done work at

Towneley Hall Towneley Park is owned and managed by Burnley Borough Council and is the largest and most popular park in Burnley, Lancashire, England. The main entrance to the park is within a mile of the town centre and the park extends to the south east, co ...

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and Shugborough in Staffordshire. Burrow Hall was built over the site of a Roman Fort, the initial construction of which is thought to date to the Flavian period. Remains are thought to be under the Main Hall, although archaeological work during the renovations in 2014 uncovered no significant evidence of that.

History

Jane and Alice Tatham, the heiresses of the Old Hall estate at

Nether Burrow Nether Burrow is a small hamlet in the Lunesdale Valley of North Lancashire, England. It is a small settlement on the banks of the River Lune. There is not much there but there is a pub called the Highwayman Inn. It is on the A683 road between ...

, married John Fenwick of Nunriding Hall,

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in 1687 and Thomas Robson of

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in 1686 respectively, Fenwick eventually inheriting the whole estate. In 1690 John Fenwick purchased what was then known as the New Hall in Over Burrow, which had been erected by Colonel Edward Briggs. And in 1695 he also acquired the manor of Claughton. Colonel Briggs seems to have acquired the land here before 1654. The present house was built by Westby Gill for Robert Fenwick, the son of John and Jane, who was MP for

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. Robert died unmarried and the estate passed to a nephew John Wilson, who took the surname Fenwick. He died without an heir and the estate passed to his cousin Nicholas Lambert, who also took the name of Fenwick and died childless. It then passed to his cousin's son Thomas Lambert who also changed his name to Fenwick. The estate came down to Sarah Fenwick Bowen who married Edward Matthew Reid, who also then took the surname of Fenwick, after which ownership passed down through successive further generations of Fenwicks. In 2014 the house underwent extensive renovation work including the demolition of a modern glazed link building between the Hall and the Stable Block. The work was done by Mason Gillibrand Architects of Caton. In November 2016 at the Georgian Group Awards held at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) headquarters in London the project was given a commendation in the 'Restoration of a Georgian Country House' category.

References

External links

The Diary of Thomas Fenwick Esq. of Burrow Hall, Lancashire and Nunriding, Northumberland, 1774-1794 with print of hall
{{City of Lancaster buildings Country houses in Lancashire Grade I listed buildings in Lancashire Grade II* listed buildings in Lancashire Buildings and structures in the City of Lancaster Grade I listed houses Georgian architecture in England

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