Askham Hall
{{distinguish|text=Askham Hall at Askham Richard in Yorkshire}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox building
| name = Askham Hall
| image = Askham Hall and gardens.jpg
| caption = Askham Hall and gardens
| location_town = Askham
| location_country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|54.6073|-2.7507}}
| years_built = 14th century (initial), 1575 (expanded)
| building_type = Country house
}}
Askham Hall is a country house near Askham in Cumbria. It is a Grade I listed building.
History
A peel tower was built on the site during the 14th century.{{cite web|url=http://www.visitcumbria.com/pen/askham/|title=Askham|publisher=Visit Cumbia|accessdate=1 January 2014}} It passed into the hands of the Sandford family and in 1575 Thomas Sandford had it substantially enlarged.{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=120729|title='Askham', An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland (1936), pp. 20-28.|publisher=British History on line|accessdate=1 January 2014}} In 1730, with the death of William Sandford without male issue, it was inherited by his grandson, William Tatham. Tatham died childless in 1775,{{cite web|url=https://www.tathamhistory.org.uk/resources/tathamfamily/tathambook.pdf|title=The Family of Tatham|page=11|first=Richard E. |last=Tatham|date=1 January 1857|access-date=16 November 2023}} when the house was sold to Edward Bolton, a Preston lawyer. When he died childless in 1803, it was inherited by his great nephew, the infant Edward Bolton King,{{cite web|url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/king-edward-1801-1878|title=King, Edward Bolton (1801-1878), of Umberslade Hall, Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire|publisher=History of Parliament|access-date=16 November 2023}} whose trustees sold it to William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale in 1815.{{cite web|url=https://eprints.oxfordarchaeology.com/4707/1/completereport.pdf|title=Holly House, Askham, Cumbria |page=16|publisher=Oxford Archaeology |date=1 May 2005|access-date=16 November 2023}} It became a rectory in 1828 and then became a residence of the Lowther family in the 1830s.{{cite web|url=http://www.catererandhotelkeeper.co.uk/Articles/2012/03/13/342806/new-country-house-hotel-to-be-developed-at-askham-hall-in.htm|title=New country house hotel to be developed at Askham Hall in Cumbria|publisher=Caterer and Hotel keeper|date=13 March 2012|accessdate=1 January 2014}} The 7th Earl of Lonsdale used it as his home after Lowther Castle was dismantled and closed in 1937. Askham Hall became a Grade I listed house in 1968.{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-74411-askham-hall-askham-cumbria|title=Askham Hall|publisher=British listed buildings|accessdate=12 July 2016}}
Following the death of the 7th Earl in May 2006 the house has been owned by Caroline, Countess of Lonsdale.{{cite web|url=http://www.cwherald.com/a/archive/new-lease-of-life-for-historic-family-seat.416945.html|title=New lease of life for historic family seat|publisher=Cumberland & Westmoreland Herald|accessdate=12 July 2016|archive-date=7 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807061559/http://www.cwherald.com/a/archive/new-lease-of-life-for-historic-family-seat.416945.html|url-status=dead}} In 2012 the Countess of Lonsdale and her children, Charles Lowther and Marie-Louisa Raeburn, arranged the conversion of Askham Hall into a boutique hotel.
See also
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References
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External links
- [http://www.askhamhall.co.uk Official site]
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Category:Country houses in Cumbria
Category:Grade I listed buildings in Cumbria