Appraisal
The hall itself, together with its terrace wall, are listed by English Heritage at Grade II*. Six structures in the grounds are listed at Grade II (see above). The gardens and grounds are included in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens at Grade II. In their book about the Lancaster architectural practice, Brandwood et al say that it was Paley and Austin's "most important country house commission". Writing in 1969, the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner expressed the opinion that the west wing is the "outstanding domestic work" of Paley and Austin. It is "the grandest of its date in Lancashire ...by the best architects then living in the county".
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