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Historic Buildings of Cumberland
England
Today Cumbria
...(embracing Westmorland and parts of Lancashire)
Image right - Holker Hall
Image Geograph © Copyright Barbara Carr and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence.
The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Cumbria/Cumberland, with links to sub-projects for specific buildings as appropriate. GENi profiles of people associated with those establishments can be linked to this project and/or to individual projects where they have been set up.
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Historic houses in alphabetical order
Including Castles, Abbeys, Priories, Manor Houses, Mansions, Stately Homes, Country houses, Estate houses, Courts, Halls, Parks and other listed buildings of historic interest.
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A
● Abbey House, Barrow-in-Furness
● The Abbey, Skirwith
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Abbot Hall, Kendal
Geograph © Copyright Peter Turner and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence.
Built in 1759 by Colonel George Wilson on a site once belonging to the abbots of St. Mary’s, York. The building was renovated by the Lakeland Arts Trust and opened to the public in 1962. It houses one of the north’s leading art collections.
● Appleby Castle
● Armathwaite Hall, of Vane, Bart.
● Ashton House
● Askham Hall
B
● Barrow House
● Bassenfell Manor
● Blackwell
● Brantwood is a country house in Cumbria, overlooking Coniston Water. It has been the home of a number of prominent people, including John Ruskin. The house and grounds are administered by a charitable trust, the house being a museum dedicated to Ruskin. The house is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and buildings in the grounds are also listed.
● Brayton Hall
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Image Geograph © Copyright Carl Bendelow and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence.
Brougham Castle - once home to Anne de Clifford, Countess of Pembroke, who died there in 1676. Open to the public under the care of English Heritage
● Brougham Hall
C
● Cardew House
● Cardew Lodge
● 
Geograph © Copyright Paul Buckingham and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence.
Carlisle Castle - first built in 1093, during the reign of William II who ordered the construction of a Norman style motte and bailey castle on the site of an old Roman fort to protect the northern border of England against the threat of invasion from Scotland. In 1122, Henry I ordered a stone castle to be constructed on the site. Thus a keep and city walls were constructed. Today the castle is managed by English Heritage and is open to the public. Until recently, the castle was the administrative headquarters of the former King's Own Royal Border Regiment now county headquarters to the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment and a museum to the regiment is within the castle walls.
● Castle Head
● Cliburn Hall
● Clifton Hall
● Cockermouth Castle
● Conishead Priory
● Coniston Hall
● Corby Castle
● Cowmire Hall
● Crofton Place, of Brisco, Bart.
D
● Dacre Castle - belonged to the Dacre family
● Dalemain
● Dallam Tower
● Dalton Hall
● Dalston Hall
● Dovenby Hall
E
● Eccle Riggs
● Edenhall, of the Musgrave family, to whom belongs the celebrated drinking-cup, called the "Luck of Edenhall"
● Egremont Castle
F
● Fawe Park
● Flass
G
● Gowbarrow Park, of the Duke of Norfolk
● Graythwaite Hall
● Greystoke Castle
● Grizedale Hall
H
● Hampsfield House
● Helsfell Hall
● Hensingham Hall, of Senhouse, Bart.
● High Head Castle
● Hill Top
● Holker Hall
○ Elizabeth Cavendish
○ Sir Thomas Lowther, MP, 2nd Baronet
○ Sir William Lowther, MP, 1st Baronet of Maske
○ George Preston
○ Thomas Preston, MP
○ Thomas Preston MP
○ Catherine Preston
● Hollin Hall
● Holmrook Hall
● Hutton in the Forest
● Hutton John
I
● Ingmire Hall
● Isel Hall
J
K
● Kirkoswald Castle - belonged to the Dacre family
L
● Langdale Chase
● Langrigg Hall
● Levens Hall
● Lingholm
● Lowther Castle
Image above Geograph © Copyright Toplist and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence.
M
● Millom Castle
● Mirehouse
● Moresby Hall
● Mumps Hall
● Muncaster Castle, of Lord Muncaster
N
● 
Naworth Castle
Image Geograph © Copyright Simon Ledingham and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
A border stronghold dating back to 1335; the old seat of the lords of Gilsland, built in the reign of Edward III., and famous as being the residence of Lord William Howard, or "Belted Will"; Home to the Howard family, Naworth is not open to the public but does cater for specific corporate events, weddings, private tours and can provide accommodation for special parties. Thomas Dacre, 6th Baron Dacre
● Netherby, of Graham, Bart.
O
● Overwater Hall
P
Q
R
● Rampside Hall
● Ravensbarrow Lodge
● Rockcliffe Castle, the property of the Radcliffes
● Rose Castle, of the Bishop of Carlisle
● Rothay Manor
● Rusland Hall
● Rydal Hall
S
● Salkeld Hall
● Scaleby Castle
● Sedgwick House
● Sizergh Castle and Garden
● Swarthmoor Hall
T
● Townend
● Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery
U-V
● Underley Hall
● Underscar Manor
W
● Wharton Hall
● Whitehaven Castle, of the Earl of Lonsdale
● Witherslack Hall
● Workington, where Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, landed in 1568
● Wray Castle
● Wulstey Castle, where the famous Michael Scott resided;
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References and Sources
Cumberland Specific
General
- Stravaiging.com
- Secret Scotland
- Canmore
- Historic Scotland
- National Trust
- English Heritage
- WIKI List of country houses in the UK
- Britain's Finest
- Britain Express
- Lankdmark Trust
- Historic Houses Association - represents 1,500 houses in the UK
- Hudson's Historic Houses and Gardens - UK - guidebook of over 2,000 houses open to the public
- The DiCamillo Companion to British & Irish Country Houses - database of over 7,000 houses
- Lost Heritage - A Memorial to the Lost Country Houses of England - list of over 1,700 houses
- National Trust for Historic Preservation - online database of historic houses in the United State
- - http://www.hha.org.uk/ Historic Houses Association
- WIKI Treasure Houses of England
- List of country houses in the United Kingdom
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