The house from a 1906 postcard
House & Family History: Gawthorpe resembles Bess of Hardwick's great house of Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire and may very well have been designed by the same architect: Robert Smythson.
Collections: Gawthorpe is home to the Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth textile collection, which includes an unparalleled collection of needlework. The National Portrait Gallery also has on loan a number of important historical portraits.
Architect: Robert Smythson
Date: Circa 1600-05Architect: Charles Barry Sr.
Date: 1850-52John Bernard (J.B.) Burke, published under the title of A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, among other titles: Vol. I, p. 19, 1852.
Country Life: XXXIII, 670 plan, 1913. CLVIII, 558, 630, 1975.
Title: Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, A - HARDBACK
Author: Colvin, Howard
Year Published: 2008
Reference: pg. 102
Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300125085
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Grade I
Park Listed: Grade II
Past Seat / Home of: Richard Shuttleworth, 16th century; The Rev. Lawrence Shuttleworth. 17th century; Sir James Phillips Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Bt., until 1877; Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baron Shuttleworth, until 1939; Kay-Shuttleworth family here until 1970.
Current Ownership Type: The National Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use: Visitor Attraction
House Open to Public: Yes
Phone: 01282-771-004
Fax: 01282-770-178
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Historic Houses Member: No