Šaukėnai manor is mentioned in written sources already in the 15th century, when it was owned by Šemetos. The manor was also ruled by Jelenskiai, for a long time - by Gorskiai. 1931 it had housed an agricultural school for some time. Later, the Šaukėnai Tuberculosis Sanatorium started operating here, and after a while - a psychiatric hospital.
Šaukėnai Park in the 19th century founded by the nobles Gorskiai family. It was famous for its oak alleys, ponds and swans that lived here. Most of the park is outside the hospital area.
The park has a mixed layout with the predominant elements of the landscape park. On the southern outskirts, next to the garden, on the rise - a palace building. To the east of them is a separate parterre with a loop for access from the east and north. Alleys of small-leaved lindens and common oaks, typical of geometric parks, have survived.
In the landscaped part of the park there is one larger and two small ponds. From the exotic trees in the park grow European larch (height 22–26 m, diameter 52–84 cm), old large-leaved linden tree, western thuja.
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