Historic houses · North East England
Forcett Hall
In or near Eppleby.
Forcett Hall in England North East, United Kingdom.
Trevor Littlewood — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Forcett Hall is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Forcett Hall is an English country house in the village of Forcett, North Yorkshire, England, some 6.5 miles (10 km) west of Darlington. It is a Grade I listed building.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Forcett had been in the possession of the Shuttleworth family of Gawthorpe Hall, Lancashire since 1582. Forcett Hall was originally an Elizabethan house, modified in 1710 by William Benson. After a fire in 1726 it was substantially redesigned in 1740 in the Palladian style by architect Daniel Garrett under Richard Shuttleworth, MP, vacating the family seat at Gawthorpe to move in. It passed to his son James, MP for Preston and Lancashire and High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1760–61. James' son Robert inherited the property on his father's death in 1773 but sold it in 1784. His son Robert moved back to live at Gawthorpe. Robert, let Forcett Hall to Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley, who…
Architecture
The 12583 sqft building has three floors, and a basement with four main reception rooms, 15 bedrooms and a self-contained east wing with three further bedrooms. It is approached through an arched carriageway with four Roman Doric columns and a Doric frieze. Nearby are Grade II listed north and south lodges. Several other buildings in the grounds are listed.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.5064, -1.7358
- District
- North Yorkshire
- Parish
- Forcett
- Postcode
- DL11 7SB
- Parliamentary constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton
- Official site
- www.forcettpark.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q5467565 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Forcett Hall (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Forcett Hall?
- Forcett Hall is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode DL11 7SB), in the parish of Forcett.
- What is Forcett Hall?
- Forcett Hall in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Forcett Hall?
- Drivers can use postcode DL11 7SB.
- How do I get to Forcett Hall?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode DL11 7SB. It sits within the Richmond and Northallerton parliamentary constituency.