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Samlesbury Hall is a 14th Century Manor House. Over the years there have been many changes.
It is administered by a registered charity known as the Samlesbury Hall trust whose aim is to maintain the Hall for the people of the area.
The trust was founded in the 1920's when the Hall was about to be demolished. Since then the Hall has been a museum and Gallery and host to many grand functions.
The Hall is open to the public every day except Saturdays when we are closed for weddings. Opening times are 11am - 4.30pm at an admission price of £3 for Adults and £1 for Children.
Henry VIII is here every Sunday giving free Guided Tours, first tour starts around 11.15am.
Come & See our Beautiful Gardens!
The public are able to walk around the grounds free of charge during the Halls opening hours.
Bluebird project?
Do you know anything about Samlesbury Engineering and more specifically the bluebird Project? Please let us know if you do for a potential exhibhition. Call Geneiveve on 01254 812010 ext 221.
SIR C J HOLMES PAINTINGS
The Long Gallery, annex and Southworth Rooms now host the work of Sir Charles Holmes.
These works have a twofold interest for Lancashire people; in the first place he was one of the few notable artists born in Lancashire, his mother was a member of a well known Preston family and he was born in Preston in 1868.
He had an extraordinarily varied career. After a conventional education at Eton and Oxford he entered the publishing trade and was at one time the business manager of Hacon and Ricketts , the producers of the then well known Vale Press. Afterwards in rapid succession he became editor of the Burlington magazine, Slade professor of art at Oxford, author of numerous books on Art, and finally Director of the National Gallery.
He was first to discover the pictorial possibilities of factories in the industrial North and found that chimneys lent themselves as happily to composition as the towers or columns sought out by Romans in the past. The ten pictures of the Blackburn district painted for Samlesbury Hall have an air of placidity, of sunlit calm and perfect balance hardly in accordance with the habitual bustle and squalor of industrial life.
The watercolour drawings were taken from his sketchbooks and include subjects ranging from the Alps to Rome and the English North country hills and Yorkshire iron works. The etchings are early work, which were issued in a limited edition after his death.
It is believed that nowhere in England is there such an exhibition of an artist in three mediums.
History
Built in 1325, the Hall has a varied and interesting history and has been a school, a pub and a factory!
Volunteers Needed!!
Have you got any spare time Sunday - Friday to help out manning the antique sales rooms or greeting our visitors at the front desk? Come and join our friendly group! Please contact Sharon or Jackie on 01254 812010 and see how you can help to keep this registered charity alive & kicking!!
Weddings
The Hall is available on Saturdays for Weddings and other days by special arrangement. The income helps to maintain and keep the Hall open to the public and also allows guests as well as visitors to enjoy the magic of Samlesbury. The wedding party enjoys sole exclusivity of the Hall on the day of the Wedding.
Private Functions
The Hall is able to cater for a wide variety of Private Functions, from Christmas Parties to Wedding Anniversaries or Birthday Parties. However Formal or Informal you want. Please call Lindsay on 01254 812010 or e-mail her on l.murray@samlesburyhall.co.uk to request more information.
Events and Exhibitions
We are happy to host artists Exhibitions, and have them all year round in the Entrance Foyer, the Bridge and occasionally the Ascroft room. Most of the exhibits are for sale and a small percentage goes to keeping the Hall open.
Restaurant
Chef Keith Dalton is serving fabulous meals Sunday to Friday. The fantastic new Billiard Room Restaurant is very popular for Lunches Monday to Friday and Sunday serving a Traditional Sunday Lunch!
Membership
Why not become a friend of Samlesbury? This enables you to bring three free guests every time you visit. It lasts one year and costs just £25 by Standing Order.
Plant Centre
Samlesbury Hall Plant Centre now Open! Huge display of quality plants and shrubs with expert advice! Call 01254 814245 for more information.
Golf
Just next door Geoff Mathews, the local Pro, runs a superb Floodlit Driving Range and Par 3 Golf Course. You can telephone him 01254 813703.
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