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Sawrey
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"Beatrix
Potter wrote many of her famous children's stories in this little
17th century house and it has been kept exactly as she left
it"
There is a traditional cottage garden attached and a
selection of her original illustrations can be seen at the Beatrix
Potter Gallery in Hawkshead.
Hill Top,
Near Sawrey,
Ambleside,
LA22 OLF
Tel:
015394 36269
Fax: 015394 36118
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Townend
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Troutbeck
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"A
very fine example of Lake District vernacular architecture and an
exceptional survival"
Largely 17th-century,
the solid stone and slate house belonged to a wealthy yeoman
farming family.
Contents include carved woodwork, books, papers, furniture and
fascinating domestic implements from the past, largely accumulated
by the Browne family who lived here from 1626 to 1943.
Townend,
Troutbeck,
Windermere,
LA23 1LB
Tel: 015394 32628
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Carlisle
Castle
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Carlisle
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"900
years of dramatic and bloody history"
Wander though the
castle's medieval chambers, stairways, and dungeons.
Here you will discover the legendary 'licking stones' where
parched Jacobite prisoners found moisture to stay alive - just one
grim tale from Carlisle's bloody past.
Carlisle Castlle,
Carlisle,
Cumbria,
CA3 8UR
Tel: 01228 591922
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Workington
Hall
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Workington
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"Built
around a pele tower dating from the 14th century"
This was once one
of the finest Manor Houses in the region owned by the Curwen
family, Lords of the Manor of Workington, who gave shelter to Mary
Queen of Scots on her last flight from Scotland before her
imprisonment and execution.
Workington Hall,
Curwen Park,
Workington,
Cumbria,
www.allerdale.co.uk |
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Brougham
Castle
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Penrith
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"Discover
the intriguing story of Lady Anne Clifford"
Brougham Castle is
built next to the River Eamont on the site of an old Roman fort,
Brocavum.
A square keep with its entrance on the first floor and access
stairs protected by a forebuilding was constructed by Robert de
Vipont in the early 13th century
Brougham Castle,
Brougham,
Penrith,
Cumbria,
CA10 2AA
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Brougham Hall |
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Penrith |
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"England’s
most ambitious country house restoration project"
Brougham Hall was dubbed by Victorians as the “Windsor
of the North”.
Its physical appearance and fine elevated position above
a broad river were two obvious similarities.
Brougham Hall’s long connection with royalty provided
the real link. King George V (as he later became) was a
regular guest, and so was King Edward V11 whose sporting
interests in Cumbria, it was rumoured, covered a broad
range of different quarries.
Brougham Hall,
Penrith,
Cumbria,
CA10
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Muncaster
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"Alive
for all ages"
The castle, beloved home of the Penningtons since the beginning of
the 13th Century, displays treasures collected over 800 years.
Miles of paths wind through natural woodland where plants and
animals find sanctuary.
Muncaster also boasts the finest Owl Centre in the world - over
180 birds of around 50 species.
Muncaster Castle,
Ravenglass,
Cumbria
CA18 1RQ
Tel:
01229 717614
Fax: 01229 717010
www.muncastercastle.co.uk |
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Swarthmoor
Hall
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Ulverston
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"Considering
the past, in light of present experience, to change the future"
Swarthmoor Hall is an Elizabethan manor house on the outskirts of
Ulverston. It was built in about 1586 as the family home of Judge
Thomas Fell, the then Chancellor to the Duchy of Lancaster.
In 1652 George Fox, founder of the Quakers, came to the hall,
convinced Thomas Fell and his wife, Margaret, of the truth of his
preaching and the hall became the cradle of the early Quaker
movement.
Swarthmoor Hall is still closely linked with Quakerism and was
purchased by the Religious Society of Friends in 1954 and
currently offers various residential and day courses and spiritual
retreats.
Swarthmoor Hall,
Ulverston,
Cumbria,
LA12 0JQ
Tel: 01229 583204
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Hutton-in-the-Forest
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Penrith
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"Lord
& Lady Inglewood's Historic Home & Gardens"
Surrounded by the magnificent
woodland of the medieval Forest of Inglewood, it is the legendary
Green Knight's Castle in the Arthurian tale of Sir Gawain and the
Green Knight.
Tel: 017684 84449
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Lowther Castle |
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"Built for the fifth Earl of Lonsdale,
between 1806 and 1814"
From 1882 to the early 1920s, parties and
sporting weekends at the castle were visited
by royalty, heads of state and politicians.
The Earl's extravagance however, ruined the
family fortunes. To avoid death duties the
roof and windows were removed in 1957,
leaving a skeleton of a building which looms
eerily over its surrounding estate.
Exciting and ambitious plans are now in
place to turn this largely derelict site
into a unique visitor attraction.
Lowther
Castle,
Lowther,
Penrith,
Cumbria,
CA10 2HG
Tel: 01931 712577
www.lowther.co.uk
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Dalemain |
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"A
medieval Tudor and Georgian house that has been in the same family
since 1679"
The fantastic house contains behind its Georgian facade, a
wealth of Tudor and Mediaeval rooms and buildings.
The Old Hall was added in the 14th century, along with another
tower.
In the 16th century, two projecting wings were added creating a
typical Elizabethan manor house and in 1744, the impressive
Georgian front was constructed to enclose an inner courtyard.
Dalemain Historic House & Gardens,
Dalemain,
Penrith,
Cumbria,
CA11 0HB
Tel: 017684 86450
Fax: 017684 86223
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