Lingholm
Lingholm is a country house just outside Portinscale in Cumbria.
History
The house was built in the 1870s for Lt-Col G. F. Greenall, from the Greenall brewing family, at a cost of £15,700 by Alfred Waterhouse.[1] In 1900 it was purchased by the family of George Kemp, 1st Baron Rochdale.[2] They commissioned Bertram Symons-Jeune to design the water garden at Lingholm. Between 1885 and 1907 Beatrix Potter spent her summer holidays at Lingholm, where she wrote some of her best-known stories.[3] During the First World War the house was used as a hospital for wounded officers.[1]
As a result of Beatrix Potter's connection and unique design by a well respected architect Lingholm was given grade II historic listing by English Heritage in 2013.[4]
References
- ^ a b "The Lingholm Collection". Lyon & Turnbull. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ "Game shooting at Lingholm, Cumbria". Shooting Gazette. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ "Beatrix Potter connections with Keswick". Explore Keswick.
- ^ "Lingholm given grade II historic listing by English Heritage". The Lingholm Estate.
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