Knowsley Hall in Lancashire
was returned from institutional use in the 1990s to become the seat of the Earl and Countess of Derby. John Martin Robinson reports on progress to one of the most ambitious restorations of an English country house.

Fig 1: The west front of Knowsley Hall, Lancashire.
Knowsley Hall in Lancashire
was returned from institutional use in the 1990s to become the seat of the Earl and Countess of Derby. John Martin Robinson reports on progress to one of the most ambitious restorations of an English country house.