Claughton Hall

Claughton Hall (Claughton pronounced /ˈklæftən/ KLAF-tən) is a large country house in the English village of Claughton, Lancashire. A Grade I listed building, it dates to around 1600, but it contains material believed to be from the 15th century.[1]

Claughton Hall
The building in 2011
Claughton Hall is located in Lancashire
Claughton Hall
Location within Lancashire
General information
TypeCountry house
LocationClaughton, Lancashire
CountryEngland
Coordinates54.088724°N 2.655216°W / 54.088724; -2.655216
Openingc. 1600 (1600)
Technical details
MaterialSandstone
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated4 October 1967
Reference no.1071676

The building was moved to its present site, from the bottom of the hill on which it sits,[2] in 1932–33. It is built in sandstone with stone-slate roofs. At each end of the north front are tall projecting towers; the left tower is gabled, and the right tower has a hipped roof. In the top storey of both towers are continuous mullioned and transomed windows. The recessed section between them contains two chimneys on corbels, and a doorway flanked by three-light windows, and with an oriel window above.[3][4]

It has been the home of former Blackpool F.C. owner Owen Oyston since the 1970s.[5][6] Oyston was found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl at the property in 1996.[7]

See also

References
  1. Claughton Hall – Historic England
  2. Owen Oyston – The Steeple Times, 13 May 2012
  3. Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), p. 230
  4. Historic England & 1071676
  5. "The recluse of Claughton Hall". Lancashire Evening Telegraph. 30 November 2000. Archived from the original on 29 September 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
  6. Karl Oyston interview – ShootingUK.co.uk, 26 December 2014
  7. "The football club owners who fell from grace" – BBC News, 7 March 2014
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