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'''Cosgrove Hall''' is an early-18th-century country house in [[Cosgrove, Northamptonshire]]. It was built on the site of an earlier house by the Furtho family. It is a private residence not opened to the public. | '''Cosgrove Hall''' is an early-18th-century country house in [[Cosgrove, Northamptonshire]]. It was built on the site of an earlier house by the Furtho family. It is a private residence not opened to the public. | ||
| − | The house today is Grade II listed <ref name=NHLEHall>{{NHLE|1371636|Cosgrave Hall and Attached Office Wing}}</ref> | + | The house today is Grade-II listed <ref name=NHLEHall>{{NHLE|1371636|Cosgrave Hall and Attached Office Wing}}</ref> |
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | The house may have been built by John Lumley of Northampton.<ref>{{pevsner|page=159–160}}</ref> In the nineteenth century, the building belonged to John Christopher Manse.<ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0NEKAAAAYAAJ&dq=cosgrove+hall+history&source=gbs_navlinks_s| title=Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry| volume=2| last=Colburn| first=H.| page=828| date=1847| | + | The house may have been built by John Lumley of Northampton.<ref>{{pevsner|page=159–160}}</ref> In the nineteenth century, the building belonged to John Christopher Manse.<ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0NEKAAAAYAAJ&dq=cosgrove+hall+history&source=gbs_navlinks_s| title=Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry| volume=2| last=Colburn| first=H.| page=828| date=1847| accessdate=8 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=H65CAAAAYAAJ&dq=cosgrove+hall+history&source=gbs_navlinks_s| title=A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland| last=Burke| first=Sir Bernard| author-link=Bernard Burke| date=1871| accessdate=8 October 2016}}</ref> |
In May 1945, Queen Geraldine of Albania, the Queen consort to King Zog I of Albania, opened a fête at the hall.<ref>Pearson, Owen: '[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=P3knunC7z_oC&dq=cosgrove+hall+history&source=gbs_navlinks_s Albania in the Twentieth Century, A History]' Volume 2 (I.B.Tauris, 2006)</ref> | In May 1945, Queen Geraldine of Albania, the Queen consort to King Zog I of Albania, opened a fête at the hall.<ref>Pearson, Owen: '[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=P3knunC7z_oC&dq=cosgrove+hall+history&source=gbs_navlinks_s Albania in the Twentieth Century, A History]' Volume 2 (I.B.Tauris, 2006)</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 09:29, 8 September 2018
| Cosgrove Hall | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
 Entrance to Cosgrove Hall | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP79124231 |
| Location: | 52°4’25"N, 0°50’50"W |
| Village: | Cosgrove |
| History | |
| Built 18th century | |
| Country house | |
| Information | |
Cosgrove Hall is an early-18th-century country house in Cosgrove, Northamptonshire. It was built on the site of an earlier house by the Furtho family. It is a private residence not opened to the public.
The house today is Grade-II listed [1]
History
The house may have been built by John Lumley of Northampton.[2] In the nineteenth century, the building belonged to John Christopher Manse.[3][4]
In May 1945, Queen Geraldine of Albania, the Queen consort to King Zog I of Albania, opened a fête at the hall.[5]
The building was badly damaged by fire in October 2016.[6]
About the estate
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As well as the hall the other Grade II buildings on the estate are the dovecote, the stable block and the ice house.[7][8][9]
In front of the house, there is an excavated Roman bath house, viewable from the Grand Union Canal.[10]
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1371636: Cosgrave Hall and Attached Office Wing
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, 1961; 1973 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3page 159–160
- ↑ Colburn, H. (1847). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. 2. p. 828. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0NEKAAAAYAAJ&dq=cosgrove+hall+history&source=gbs_navlinks_s. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ↑ Burke, Sir Bernard (1871). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=H65CAAAAYAAJ&dq=cosgrove+hall+history&source=gbs_navlinks_s. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ↑ Pearson, Owen: 'Albania in the Twentieth Century, A History' Volume 2 (I.B.Tauris, 2006)
- ↑ Cosgrove Hall fire: 18th Century country mansion gutted: BBC, 7 October 2016
- ↑ National Heritage List 1371655: Dovecote at Cosgrove Hall
- ↑ National Heritage List 1040806: Stable Block at Cosgrave Hall
- ↑ National Heritage List 1040846: Ice House at SP 7926 4208 In Park of Cosgrove Hall
- ↑ Fisher, Stuart: 'The Canals of Britain: A Comprehensive Guide' (A & C Black, 2009) page 50
- A History of the County of Northampton - Volume 5 : The Hundred of Cleley Cosgrove (Victoria County History) – British History Online
