Ewanrigg Hall
- Vicinity: Ewanrigg
Ewanrigg Hall is a Grade II English Listed Building in Maryport, Cumbria, United Kingdom. - AsNotedIn
Ewanrigg Hall is a Grade II English Listed Building in Maryport, Cumbria, United Kingdom. - AsNotedIn
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1368/00/00 | Ewanrigg Hall is established. | |||||
1640/00/00 | Mr Ewan Christian hath built a good house out of the shell of an old tower (probably a pele). | |||||
1753/00/00 | John Christian | Home | Ewanrigg Hall is rebuilt as a stone manor house in the late 18th century (probably 1753). | |||
1859/00/00 | Long time owner, Henry Taubmen Christian, dies in 1859. Unfortunately, his widow soon descends into madness and dies at Dunston Lodge Lunatic Asylum (lost) in Gateshead. | |||||
1897/00/00 | Mr JR Twentyman, a wealthy tea trader who lives in Shanghai, buys Ewanrigg Hall. | |||||
1903/00/00 | Twentyman razes most of the manor house, pulling down the two-story central block and remodeling the west wing into a farmhouse. | |||||
2015/08/00 | Fire destroys the empty Ewanrigg farmhouse. |
Particulars for Ewanrigg Hall: | |
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Sight Category | Building |
Criteria | Person |
Owner | Private |
Disposition | Ruin |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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English National Heritage List: | 1144672 |
Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
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The Woman in White | Novel | Wilkie Collins | Ewanrigg Hall may have been Wilkie Collins' inspiration for Limmeridge House in "The Woman in White". |
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