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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=[[Knowsley, Merseyside]]
|location_country=England
|architect=[[John Foster (architect)|John Foster]], [[William Burn]],<br>[[W. H. Romaine-Walker]], [[Claud Phillimore, 4th Baron Phillimore|Claud Phillimore]]
(contracted; show full) Derby]].<ref name=hall>{{cite web |url= http://www.knowsley.com/thehall.asp |title= The Hall |accessdate=2008-08-23 |publisher= Knowsley }}</ref> The hall is surrounded by {{AcreAndHectare |2500| round=0}} of parkland,<ref name=hall/> which contains the [[Knowsley Safari Park]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.knowsley.com/s_park/default.asp |title= Knowsley Safari Park |accessdate=2008-08-23 |publisher= Knowsley  }}</ref>  The hall is no longer the home of the Stanley family
<ref name=pp222/> but has been restored and converted for functions such as corporate events, conferences and weddings.<ref name=hall/>

==History==

Originally Knowsley was a medieval hunting lodge in the estate of [[Lathom House]].  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(contracted; show full)</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 Derby|17th Earl]].  After the [[World War II|Second World War]], the buildings were considerably reduced by [[Claud Phillimore, 4th Baron Phillimore|Claud Phillimore]], and ceased to be lived in by the family.<ref name=pp2178>Pollard and Pevsner, pp. 217–218.</ref> A smaller - but still substantial - family residence was built in the park.
<ref name=pp222/>

==Earls of Derby==

{{main|Earl of Derby}}

[[Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby|Thomas Stanley]] was rewarded with the title of Earl Derby in 1485 by [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]] as a reward for his support at the [[Battle of Bosworth Field]] which led to Henry's gaining the crown.  The title was taken from the area in South [[Lancashire]] called [[West Derby]] (and not from the city of [[Derby]]).  In 1495 Thomas entertained Henry VII at Lathom House and at Knowsley, which was then still a hun(contracted; show full)
==External links==
*[http://www.knowsley.com/gallery.asp Photographs]

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