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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)reduced the hall to a more manageable size.  He founded [[Knowsley Safari Park]] in 1971.<ref name=anon11>Anon, p. 11.</ref> Restoration of the hall has been continued by [[Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby|Edward Richard William, the 19th and current Earl]] and his wife, Caroline Emma Neville, daughter of [[Baron Braybrooke|Lord Braybrooke]].<ref name=anon11/>  The family do not live in the hall but in the New House in the grounds near the hall.<ref name=pp222/>

==Architecture==

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The house consists of a long wing running north-south dating originally from the 1720s to 1737 (the east wing) and at right angles to the west is the south wing, dating originally from around 1495.  At the west end of this wing is a detached structure, the Dynamo Tower.<ref name=pp2178/>  The east wing is [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] in style, built in red brick with stone dressings.  The south wing and Dynamo Tower are built in [[ashlar]] red [[sandstone]].<ref name=images/&g(contracted; show full)
==External links==
{{commons category inline|Knowsley Hall}}
*[http://www.knowsley.com/ Knowsley Hall Official Website]

[[Category:Country houses in Merseyside]]
[[Category:Grade II* listed buildings in Merseyside]]
[[Category:Stanley family (English aristocracy)]]
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[[Category:Lancelot "Capability" Brown gardens]]