Langrigg Halll
| Langrigg Halll | |
| Cumberland | |
|---|---|
 Langrigg Hall | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY16444595 |
| Location: | 54°48’5"N, 3°18’5"W |
| Village: | Langrigg |
| History | |
| Built mid-18th century | |
| For: | Thomas Barwis |
| Country house | |
| Information | |
Langrigg Hall is a country house near the village of Langrigg in Cumberland and a Grade II listed building.[1]
History
The hall was built by Thomas Barwis (1686-1776) in the mid-18th century, replacing a mediæval hall which had stood on the spot. In 1735, he remarked "'that it needed three bags - first a bag of nails; secondly a bag of gold and thirdly a bag of patience".[2]
John Barwis (1775-1818), who was also Rector of Niton in the Isle of Wight, was one of its prominent owners,[3] and his son William Barwis,[4] was still in possession of Langrigg manor in 1860.[5]
In 1876, Joseph Bowerbank of Cockermouth acquired the house and estate. The hall is currently the base for a large free-range egg production enterprise.
References
- ↑ Langrigg Hall - British Listed Buildings
- ↑ Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society: Transactions, new series, xvi, pp.169-204
- ↑ The Gentleman's Magazine. F. Jeffries. 1840. p. 226. https://books.google.com/books?id=zmI3AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA226.
- ↑ Burke & Burke 1847, p. 63.
- ↑ Whellan 1860, p. 216.
- Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1847). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland (Public domain ed.). H. Colburn. https://books.google.com/books?id=C8fTAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA63.
- Whellan, William (1860). The History and Topography of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland: With Furness and Cartmel, in Lancashire, Comprising Their Ancient and Modern History, a General View of Their Physical Character, Trade, Commerce, Manufactures, Agricultural Condition, Statistics, Etc., Etc (Public domain ed.). W. Whellan and Company. https://books.google.com/books?id=bEI7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA216.