Shuckburgh Hall
Encyclopedia
Shuckburgh Hall is a privately owned country house mansion
at Lower Shuckburgh
, near Daventry
, Warwickshire
.
The estate has been the home of the Shuckburgh family
since the 12th century. The house, which has Grade II* listed building status , is not generally open to the public.
The house has its origins in the 14th and 15th centuries but has been much altered and extended over many years. The main front, designed by Henry Edward Kendall in an Italianate style, was built onto the old house in 1844.
Mansion
A mansion is a very large dwelling house. U.S. real estate brokers define a mansion as a dwelling of over . A traditional European mansion was defined as a house which contained a ballroom and tens of bedrooms...
at Lower Shuckburgh
Lower Shuckburgh
Lower Shuckburgh is a small village in eastern Warwickshire. It lies within the civil parish of Upper and Lower Shuckburgh, which in the 2001 census had a population of 82....
, near Daventry
Daventry
Daventry is a market town in Northamptonshire, England, with a population of 22,367 .-Geography:The town is also the administrative centre of the larger Daventry district, which has a population of 71,838. The town is 77 miles north-northwest of London, 13.9 miles west of Northampton and 10.2...
, Warwickshire
Warwickshire
Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
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The estate has been the home of the Shuckburgh family
Shuckburgh Baronets
The Shuckburgh Baronetcy, of Shuckburgh in the County of Warwick, is a title in the Baronetage of England.The Shuckburgh family take their name from the Warwickshire village in which they settled in the 12th century...
since the 12th century. The house, which has Grade II* listed building status , is not generally open to the public.
The house has its origins in the 14th and 15th centuries but has been much altered and extended over many years. The main front, designed by Henry Edward Kendall in an Italianate style, was built onto the old house in 1844.