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{{Infobox Historic Site | name = Knowsley Hall| native_name = | image = Knowsleyhall.jpg| image_size = 250| 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| locmapin = Merseyside| map_width = 250| map_caption = Location in Merseyside| alt = | latitude = 53.4380| longitude = -2.8384| coordinates = | coord_parameters = | coord_display = title| coord_format = | location = Near (contracted; show full)lu]] [[chandelier]].  It was reworked in 1890, adding a [[bay window]], a carved [[Dado (architecture)|dado]] and a roof consisting of a large rectangular lantern supported on brackets which is glazed round its sides.<ref>Pevsner and Pollard, p. 221.</ref>  The hall now measures {{convert|53|by|37|ft}} and is {{convert|50|ft}} high.<ref name=anon7/>

==Parkland==

This consists of an area of approximately {{convert|2500|acre|km2}} surrounded by a stone wall {{convert|9+1/2|mi|km|0}} long.
<ref name=anon2/>  It has been registered by English Heritage at Grade&nbsp;II.<ref>{{Citation |url= http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1000997|title= Knowsley Hall|year=2011 |work=The National Heritage List for England |publisher=[[English Heritage]] |accessdate= 9&nbsp;May 2011}}</ref>  The park was landscaped in the 1770s by [[Capability Brown|"Capability" Brown]], who flooded a {{convert|62|acre}} lake to feed the water-gardens around the hall.<ref name=anon2/>  The southeast section of the park was made into a [[safari park]] in 1971.  To the east and northeast of the hall is a chain of lakes, White Man's Dam, the Octagon Pond and the Home Pond.<ref>Pevsner and Pollard, pp. 221–222.</ref>  The Octagon was built as a summer house in 1755<ref name=pp2(contracted; show full)
==External links==
{{commons category inline|Knowsley Hall}}
*[http://www.knowsley.com/ Knowsley Hall Official Website]

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