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
Status	Complete
Architectural style	Italianate
Location	Lower Shuckburgh
Coordinates
Renovated	1844
Owner	Sir James Rupert Charles Shuckburgh, 14th Baronet
Height
Roof	tile
Designations	Grade II*
Renovating team
Architect	Henry 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]