Dalemain
| Dalemain | |
| Westmorland | |
|---|---|
 Dalemain | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY47712691 |
| Location: | 54°38’5"N, 2°48’42"W |
| History | |
| Built 14th & 16th centuries | |
| Country house | |
| Information | |
| Owned by: | Hasell family |
| Website: | www.dalemain.com |
Dalemain is a country house in northern Westmorland, standing ten miles south-west of Penrith (across the river in Cumberland). It has been the seat of the Hasell family of Westmorland since the seventeenth century.
The house today is a Grade I listed building.[1]
History
A peel tower was built on the site during the reign of King Henry II.[2] The old hall dates back to the 14th century, with wings added in the 16th century.
In 1679 the hall was acquired by Sir Edward Hasell, who had been steward to Lady Anne Clifford, and it has remained in his family ever since. In 1840 Edward and his wife Dorothea had a daughter who grew to be the writer Elizabeth Julia Hasell.[3]
The main frontage to the building was added in 1744.[4]
Gardens
The house benefits from an extensive garden which received the Garden of the Year Award, sponsored by the Historic Houses Association and Christie's, in 2013.[5]
Plants in the garden include a Greek fir (Abies cephalonica) which had been a gift from Joseph Banks, the botanist, in the 1840s.[5]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Dalemain) |
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1221057: Dalemain
- ↑ The History of Dalemain - The Marmalade Awards
- ↑ Norman Moore, ‘Hasell, Elizabeth Julia (1830–1887)’, rev. Richard Smail, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 9 Jan 2015
- ↑ Dalemain Estate
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Dalemain House wins Garden of the Year 2013". The Telegraph. 23 March 2013. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardenstovisit/9946066/Dalemain-House-wins-Garden-of-the-Year-2013.html. Retrieved 1 January 2014.