Cowmire Hall

Cowmire Hall is a country house near Crosthwaite in Cumbria, England. The hall, the garden wall and gate piers are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.[1]

Cowmire Hall

History

The hall was originally built as a tower house in the early 16th century probably for the Briggs family.[2] It was acquired by the Newby family in the late 17th century[3] and was extended and remodelled by Richard Fleming, a son of Sir Daniel Fleming, in the 1690s.[2] It was owned by the Carruthers family until 1934.[3] It was then owned by Major and Mrs Gordon until 1966 and has since been acquired by the Barrett family who use it as a home and have converted a farm building into a damson gin cellar.[4]

See also

References
  1. Historic England, "Cowmire Hall and wall running approximately 20 metres to east, with gate piers (1087118)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 27 January 2017
  2. "The castles, towers and fortified buildings of Cumbria". Matthew Pemmott. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  3. "Cowmire Hall". Crosthwaite and Lyth. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  4. "About Cowmire". Oliver and Victoria Barratt. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

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