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|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]]
|client=[[Earls of Derby]]
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[[Image:Knowsley Hall.jpg|thumb|260px|Loggia at the south end of the east wing in 2007]]
'''Knowsley Hall''' is a stately home near [[Liverpool]] within the [[Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley]], in [[Merseyside]], [[England]] ({{gbmapping|SJ444938}}).  It is a Grade II* [[listed building]]<ref name=images>{{cite web |url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=1&id=436394 |title=Images of England: Knowsley Hall |accessdate=2008-08-23 |publisher=[[English Heritage]] }}</ref> and is the ancestral home of the Stanley family, the [[Earls of Derby]].<ref name=hall>{{cCite webation |  url  = http://www.knowsley.com/thehall.asplettings.co.uk/ |  title  = The HallWelcome to the Estate |  accessdate=2008-08-23 | = 7&nbsp;October 2010| publisher  = Knowsley |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080401162956/http://knowsley.com/thehall.asp <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-04-01Hall}}</ref>   The hall is surrounded by {{convert|2500|acre|km2}} 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/>{{Citation | url = http://www.knowsleyhallvenue.co.uk/| title = Knowsley Hall| accessdate = 7&nbsp;October 2010| publisher = Knowsley Hall }}</ref>

==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, 1600-1840'', 3rd ed. (Yale University Press) 1995, ''s.v.'' "Adam, Robert". Adam als(contracted; show full)*[http://www.knowsley.com/ Knowsley Hall Official Website]
*[http://www.knowsley.com/gallery.asp Photographs of Knowsley Hall]

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[[Category:Houses in Merseyside]]
[[Category:Grade II* listed buildings in Merseyside]]
[[Category:Stanley family (English aristocracy)]]