LEIGHTON HALL

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Country house, built in 1765 incorporating some earlier remains. The central block is two storeyed with octagonal corner turrets and a single storey battlemented porch to the centre. The pavilion to the right appears to be a chapel but is in fact the stable. The Gothic south east facade dates from the early 19th century and the three storey battlemented tower to the left of the main front was added in 1870. The house stands on the site of a fortified manor house recorded in 1246.

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(SD 49437441) Leighton Hall (NAT)
(SD 495742) Leighton Park (NAT) (1)

Leighton Hall is a 17th century building, with alterations and
additions of the 18th and 19th centuries, although Pevsner mentions that some Gothic arches were recently found on one side. There is a mock chapel, actually stables, to the right. Grade 2. (2-3)

A deer park is shown at Leighton on Saxon's map of Lancashire. (4)

Country house, built in 1765 incorporating some earlier remains. The central block is two storeyed with octagonal corner turrets and a single storey battlemented porch to the centre. The pavilion to the right appears to be a chapel but is in fact the stable. The Gothic south east facade dates from the early 19th century and the three storey battlemented tower to the left of the main front was added in 1870. The house stands on the site of a fortified manor house recorded in 1246. Listed Grade II*. (5-6)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 1:10000 1973

( 2) List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest

DOE(HHR)Lancaster RD Lancs Oct 1960 115

( 3) by Nikolaus Pevsner 1969 Lancashire, 2. The rural north

The buildings of England Bldgs of England: Lancs 1969 267 illust (N Pevsner) Page(s)267

( 4) Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society

T Lancs & Ches AS 19 1901 36 (W Harrison) 19 Page(s)36

(5) List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest

District of Lancaster, 07-NOV-1983

(6) World Wide Web page

http://www.leightonhall.co.uk

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