Shuckburgh Hall

Shuckburgh Hall is a privately owned country house mansion at Lower Shuckburgh, near Daventry, Northamptonshire. It is in Warwickshire

Shuckburgh Hall
Shuckburgh Hall
General information
StatusComplete
Architectural styleItalianate
LocationLower Shuckburgh
Coordinates
Renovated1844
OwnerSir James Rupert Charles Shuckburgh, 14th Baronet
Height
Rooftile
DesignationsGrade II*
Renovating team
ArchitectHenry Edward Kendall Jr.

The estate has been the home of the Shuckburgh family since the 12th century.[1] The house, which was granted Grade II* listed building status in January 1952, is not generally open to the public.[2]

The house has its origins in the 14th and 15th centuries but has been much altered and extended over many years. The main front, designed by Henry Edward Kendall Jr. in an Italianate style, was built onto the old house in 1844.[3]

Sir George Shuckburg (i.e. George Shuckburgh-Evelyn;1751-1804) placed an order with Ramsden for a telescope in 1781, and it was delivered for ten years later in 1791.[4] The telescope, known typically as the Shuckburgh telescope, was installed in his observatory at Shuckburgh Hall, and after his passing moved to the Royal Observatory, Greenwich in London by 1811.[4] It was used there for over a century before it was put in a museum in 1927.[5]

He also ordered a clock from John Arnold & Son to use with the telescope at this observatory.[4]

References
  1. Salzman, L F, ed. (1951). Parishes: Upper and Lower Shuckburgh. A History of the County of Warwick. Volume 6, Knightlow Hundred. London: Victoria County History. pp. 215–219.
  2. Historic England. "Shuckborough Hall (1024393)". National Heritage List for England.
  3. "Shuckburgh Hall, Upper Shuckburgh, Warwickshire". Viewfinder. Historic England. Retrieved 29 May 2008.
  4. McConnell, Anita (2007). Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800): London's Leading Scientific Instrument Maker. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 9780754661368.
  5. McConnell, Anita (2007), "Sir George Shuckburgh's Observatory", Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800): London's Leading Scientific Instrument Maker, Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., pp. 135–137, ISBN 9780754661368.
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