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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>{{cCite webation |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]] heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=436394&resourceID=5 |title= Knowsley Hall |publisher= Heritage Gateway ([[English Heritage]], Institute of Historic Building Conservation and [[ALGAO|ALGAO:England]])|year=2006|work=Heritage Gateway website | accessdate= 7&nbsp;October 2010}}</ref> and is the ancestral home of the Stanley family, the [[Earls of Derby]].<ref name=hall>{{Citation | url = http://www.knowsleylettings.co.uk/ | title = Welcome to the Estate | accessdate = 7&nbsp;October 2010| publisher = Knowsley Hall}}</ref>  The hall is surrounded by {{convert|2500|acre|km2}} of parkland,<ref name=hall/> which contains the [[Knowsley Safari Park]].<ref>{{cite webation |url= http://www.knowsley.com/s_park/default.aspsafariexperience.co.uk/ |title= Knowsley Safari Park |accessdate=2008-08-237&nbsp;October 2010 |publisher= Knowsley Hall }}</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>{{Citation | url = http://www.knowsleyhallvenue.co.uk/| title = Knowsley Hall| accessdate = 7&nbsp;October 2010| publisher = Knowsley Hall }}</ref>

==History==

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==Present use==
Apart from the Safari Park being a tourist attraction, the hall and its grounds are used for a number of purposes.  The hall can be booked for conferences and corporate events
,<ref>{{cCite web |ation | url  = http://www.knowsley.com/corp_events.asphallvenue.co.uk/?p=1 |  title  = Corporate hospitality, Exhibitions and Product LauncheEvents |  accessdate=2008-08-23 | = 7&nbsp;October 2010| publisher  = Knowsley |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080501131536/http://www.knowsley.com/corp_events.asp <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-05-01Hall}}</ref> and for private events.<ref>{{cCite webation |  url  = http://www.knowsley.com/private.asphallvenue.co.uk/?p=8 |  title  = Private Events |  accessdate=2008-08-23 | = 7&nbsp;October 2010| publisher  = Knowsley  |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080501131541/http://www.knowsley.com/private.asp <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-05-01Hall}}</ref>   It is licensed for weddings.<ref>{{cCite web |ation | url  = http://www.knowsley.com/weddings.asphallvenue.co.uk/?p=37 |  title  = Weddings   |  accessdate=2008-08-23 | = 7&nbsp;October 2010| publisher  = Knowsley |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080501122200/http://www.knowsley.com/weddings.asp <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-05-01}}</ref>  Events are held in the grounds<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.knowsley.com/news.asp |title= Knowsley Hall Events Calendar |accessdate=2008-08-23 |publisher= Knowsley }}</ref> including eventHall}}</ref>  Events are held in the grounds to raise money for local charities.<ref>Anon p. 1.</ref>

==References==
{{commonscat|Knowsley Hall}}
===Notes===
{{Reflist|2}}
===Bibliography===
{{refbegin}}
*{{cite book | last =Pollard| first =Richard | authorlink = | coauthors =[[Nikolaus Pevsner]] | title =The Buildings of England: Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West |edition= | publisher =[[Yale University Press]] | date =2006 | location =New Haven & London | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =0 300 10910 5 }}
*{{cite book | last = Anon. | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Knowsley Hall and Estate |edition= | publisher = Jarrold | year = 2005 | location = Norwich | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = }}
{{refend}}

==External links==
{{commonscat|Knowsley Hall}}⏎
*[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)]]