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{{Infobox Historic building
|image=Knowsleyhall.jpg
|caption=The southern facade of Knowsley Hall circa 1880 showing the [[Gothic Revival|Gothicised]] south wing to the left and the [[loggia]] at the end of the east wing on the right.
|name=Knowsley Hall
|location_town=[[Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley|Knowsley]]
|location_country={{ENG}}
|architect=[[John Foster (architect)|John Foster]], [[William Burn]],<br>[[W. H. Romaine-Walker]], [[Claud Phillimore, 4th Baron Phillimore|Claud Phillimore]]
(contracted; show full)ouse]].  It was inherited by the [[James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby|tenth Earl]] in 1702 who developed the lodge into a large house. A dairy (since demolished) was designed by [[Robert Adam]], 1776-77.<ref>[[Howard Colvin]], ''A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840'', 3rd ed. (Yale University Press) 1995, ''s.v.'' "Adam, Robert". Adam also designed interiors and furnishings for Derby House, London.</ref> The house was given 
[[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] [[battlement|castellations]] and extended further about 1820<ref>Approximate date given in Colvin 1995, ''s.v.'' "Foster, John".</ref> to designs by [[John Foster (architect)|John Foster]], [[William Burn]] (who provided a boathouse and bridges in the park)<ref>Colvin 1995, ''s.v.'' "Burn, William".</ref> and other architects.  In the early 20th century it was "tidied up" by [[W. H. Romaine-Walker]] for the [[Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derb(contracted; show full){{refend}}

==External links==
*[http://www.knowsley.com/gallery.asp Photographs]


[[Category:Houses in Merseyside]]
[[Category:Grade II* listed buildings in Merseyside]]