Browsholme Hall
Browsholme combines an early-sixteenth-century house with later sandstone façades, Regency alterations and a family collection in the Forest of Bowland.
Browsholme Hall est un château situé à Bowland Forest Low, England, au Royaume-Uni. Le registre le désigne comme « Grade I listed building ». Données issues de Wikidata.
Register entry — BROWSHOLME HALL. National Heritage List for England reference: 1072272. Recorded designation: Grade I listed building.
First listed: 1954-11-16. This is the listing date, not a construction date.
Source: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1072272
The register identity was cross-checked against the official record name, coordinates and grade on 21 October 2026.
An English editorial overview and visiting guidance are available in this dossier. Check the linked official information for current opening times, access and booking arrangements.
Fiche
- Tudor country house with later remodelling
- Royaume-Uni
- Bowland Forest Low
- Lancashire
- other
- 1954-11-16
Lecture éditoriale
The family's account traces the hall to a house built after 1507. It describes an H-shaped arrangement, with a central hall between domestic wings, and a front refaced in pink sandstone after 1603. The portico displays successive classical orders.
Later changes include an eastern Queen Anne wing and early-nineteenth-century work for Thomas Lister Parker. A picture gallery added in 1807 subsequently became the dining room. Panelling, portraits, furniture and antiquities are presented as accumulated layers of occupation and collecting, rather than the contents of a single untouched Tudor interior.
Our editorial reading: the interest lies in comparing those layers. Classical display and Regency collecting altered the experience of an older hall without erasing its underlying domestic history.
Sources: https://browsholme.com/about-browsholme-hall-and-tithe-barn/the-hall-family/ and https://browsholme.com/ (checked 21 October 2026).
Conseils de visite
Check current guided-tour dates and booking requirements with the hall. Private functions and the wider estate's activities have separate arrangements; a wedding or accommodation booking does not establish access to the historic interiors.
Localisation et visite
Confirmez les horaires, les conditions d’accès et les réservations auprès du lieu lui-même. Ces indications suivent la notice source.
Sources et crédits
Notice source : Wikidata
Notice source : Eigen redactie
Notice source : Eigen redactie
Notice source : National Heritage List for England (Historic England)
Notice source : Wikimedia Commons
Explorer la région
D’après le pays et la région enregistrés. Le découpage européen est un choix éditorial. Ce lien ouvre la collection régionale en anglais, avec des lieux de plusieurs Mondes et des publications liées.