Gardens · North East England
Lingholm
Lingholm — a garden in england-north-east, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
About
Lingholm is a garden of interest in england-north-east, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Lingholm is a country house just outside Portinscale in Cumbria, England.
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Background
History
The house was built in 1871–1875 for Lt. Col. James Fenton Greenall (1834–1899), of the Greenall brewing family, Commanding Officer of the 9th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers, at a cost of £15,700 by Alfred Waterhouse. In 1900, it was purchased by the family of George Kemp, 1st Baron Rochdale. They commissioned Bertram Symons-Jeune to design the water garden at Lingholm. Between 1885 and 1907, Beatrix Potter spent her summer holidays at Lingholm, where she wrote some of her best-known stories. Beatrix credited the Lingholm Kitchen Garden as her original inspiration for Mr McGregor's Garden in The Tale of Peter Rabbit. She also wrote The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin and the first draft of The Tale of…
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- Coordinates
- 54.5900, -3.1563
- Address
- Portinscale, CA12 5TZ
- Phone
- +44 17687 74238
- Official site
- thelingholmestate.co.uk
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Lingholm?
- Lingholm is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.5900°, -3.1563°.