80:
72:
275:
19:
46:
style. The property was substantially updated and improved in 1889 and again in 2017 to 2019. The property lies between Todd Crag and
Bannisdale. Other properties on the Estate include Lowbridge Cottage, Lowbridge Lodge and the Bridge House. The Estate has become a haven for red squirrels with a very
124:
At 22,095 square feet, Lowbridge House is the largest one family owner-occupied house in private ownership in
Cumbria (i.e. not National Trust or English Heritage). Dalemain House at 17,679 square feet is the second largest. Levens Hall is believed to be the third, and then Holker Hall at 16,000
109:
style. A lodge house and a new drive were built at the same time as well as a lake and boathouse in front of the house. Beneath the southern terrace are believed to be the remains of a Roman building. Lowbridge
Cottage is a former Bastle House, retaining the arrow-slits at first floor level
113:
In 1845, the estate was expanded through the purchase of the Dry Howe and
Bannisdale Head farms and the construction of a road to link them to Lowbridge, thus creating the estate as it exists today. In 1867 the house was extended and in 1884 a "tennis house" and clay court were added.
102:
Parts of the estate had been owned by the
Fothergill family since 1761. The principal house on the estate is Lowbridge House (c. 22,095 sq. ft.) which was rebuilt between 1833 and 1837 by Richard Fothergill II in the then-fashionable Romantic
212:
231:
110:
considered essential for defence at the time of the Border
Reivers. In the 14th century Bridge House was granted a licence to crenellate (i.e. to be fortified).
139:
In 2015, it was announced that the whole estate, including the house, all the grounds and other buildings, was for sale. Also included were a population of
148:
118:
209:
253:
47:
active policy of conservation including the extensive planting of red squirrel friendly larch trees and the reintroduction of pine-martins.
151:. The deer are stalked in accordance with the North Lakes Red Deer Group management plan and in 2015, four stags and six hinds were shot.
117:
The largest part of the estate is the Dry Howe Farm of about 1,888 acres which includes the farmhouse and a large part of
279:
287:
165:
60:
92:
42:, the principal house on the estate, was built in the 1830s by Richard Fothergill II (1789–1851) in the
331:
326:
250:
38:
region of
England that was in the continuous ownership of the Fothergill family from 1761.
8:
236:
79:
219:
96:
71:
232:
Downton Abbey-style estate goes on sale in Lake
District for first time since 1761.
185:
257:
216:
105:
160:
320:
302:
289:
35:
144:
56:
210:
A striking
Lakeland Estate with commanding Victorian principal house.
140:
18:
274:
88:
63:(1758–1821), whose business interests were in South Wales.
34:
is a country estate of approximately 2000 acres in the
318:
55:The Fothergill family were a family of English
261:, Strutt & Parker, Harrogate, 2015, p. 12.
87:The Lowbridge Estate lies six miles north of
75:Dry Howe Farm from the slopes of Todd Crag
205:
203:
201:
199:
197:
78:
70:
17:
240:, 20 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
319:
194:
179:
13:
14:
343:
268:
273:
243:
225:
26:style used in its construction
1:
189:Dictionary of Welsh Biography
172:
66:
50:
22:Lowbridge House showing the
7:
154:
93:Lake District National Park
10:
348:
191:. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
222:. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
134:
166:Richard Fothergill III
84:
76:
27:
282:at Wikimedia Commons
82:
74:
21:
61:Richard Fothergill I
299: /
220:Strutt & Parker
95:, England, off the
256:2016-03-04 at the
215:2015-07-27 at the
85:
83:Gurnal Dubbs(lake)
77:
28:
332:Fothergill family
327:Houses in Cumbria
278:Media related to
234:Sophie Jamieson,
339:
314:
313:
311:
310:
309:
304:
300:
297:
296:
295:
292:
280:Lowbridge Estate
277:
262:
251:Lowbridge Estate
247:
241:
229:
223:
207:
192:
183:
32:Lowbridge Estate
347:
346:
342:
341:
340:
338:
337:
336:
317:
316:
307:
305:
301:
298:
293:
290:
288:
286:
285:
271:
266:
265:
258:Wayback Machine
248:
244:
237:Daily Telegraph
230:
226:
217:Wayback Machine
208:
195:
184:
180:
175:
157:
149:shooting rights
137:
131:
128:
119:Bannisdale Fell
69:
53:
40:Lowbridge House
12:
11:
5:
345:
335:
334:
329:
303:54.41°N 2.72°W
270:
269:External links
267:
264:
263:
242:
224:
193:
177:
176:
174:
171:
170:
169:
163:
161:Houghton Lodge
156:
153:
136:
133:
68:
65:
52:
49:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
344:
333:
330:
328:
325:
324:
322:
315:
312:
283:
281:
276:
260:
259:
255:
252:
246:
239:
238:
233:
228:
221:
218:
214:
211:
206:
204:
202:
200:
198:
190:
187:
182:
178:
167:
164:
162:
159:
158:
152:
150:
146:
142:
132:
129:
126:
125:square feet.
122:
120:
115:
111:
108:
107:
100:
98:
94:
90:
81:
73:
64:
62:
59:, founded by
58:
48:
45:
41:
37:
36:Lake District
33:
25:
20:
16:
308:54.41; -2.72
284:
272:
249:
245:
235:
227:
188:
181:
138:
130:
127:
123:
116:
112:
106:cottage orné
104:
101:
86:
54:
44:cottage orné
43:
39:
31:
29:
24:cottage orné
23:
15:
306: /
186:FOTHERGILL.
168:(1822–1903)
145:grouse moor
57:ironmasters
321:Categories
173:References
67:The estate
51:Background
254:Archived
213:Archived
155:See also
141:red deer
291:54°25′N
97:A6 road
91:in the
294:2°43′W
147:, and
89:Kendal
143:, a
135:Sale
30:The
323::
196:^
121:.
99:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
