Salkeld Hall
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Salkeld Hall is a Red Sandstone
Grade II* Listed country house in the village of Little Salkeld
, Cumbria
. It is the original residence of the Salkeld family.
Corby Castle
, built from similar materials in the 14th century was also owned by the Salkeld Family. Mr George Salkeld, the last member of which to own Salkeld Hall was forced from the house at the time of the English Civil War
for a 'trifling consideration'. Ownership was passed to Colonel Cholmley who built a new house on the site and before the year of 1688 it became the property of Mr Charles Smallwood. His descendant, Timothy Smallwood, Esq. sold the house to Colonel Samuel Lacy in 1790.
During his occupation of the house Lacy's servant (a deserted batman
) was (under instruction) responsible for the carving of Lacy's Caves
and attempting to blow up the stones at Long Meg and Her Daughters
with gun powder so that the field could be ploughed. The latter is unconfirmed and according to some sources took place in 1725 before Lacy was alive. Local folklore tells that when work commenced a tremendous storm broke out overhead that caused the workmen to flee the site and abandon the work permanently.
Colonel Lacy sold the house in 1836 to Robert Hodgson, Esq. Ownership between this and the current is unknown, however in 1847 Robert Hodgson was still the reported owner and had made great improvements to the house, offices and gardens.
In 1967 the house was recorded as having been divided into a number of holiday flats.
Sandstone
Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized minerals or rock grains.Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the Earth's crust. Like sand, sandstone may be any colour, but the most common colours are tan, brown, yellow,...
Grade II* Listed country house in the village of Little Salkeld
Little Salkeld
Little Salkeld is a small village within the Eden district of Cumbria, England, a few miles to the north east of Penrith and within the parish of Hunsonby.-History:The manor at Little Salkeld was confirmed by King Edward I in 1292...
, Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
. It is the original residence of the Salkeld family.
History
The current house was constructed in the late 16th century using walls from previous building(s) that stood on the site. The oldest part of the building was dated in 1967 as being from the 14 century. The date of the first building to exist on the site is unknown; it is the potential location of an 'ancient castle'.Corby Castle
Corby Castle
Corby Castle is an ancestral home of the Howard family situated on the southern edge of the village of Great Corby in northern Cumbria, England....
, built from similar materials in the 14th century was also owned by the Salkeld Family. Mr George Salkeld, the last member of which to own Salkeld Hall was forced from the house at the time of the English Civil War
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...
for a 'trifling consideration'. Ownership was passed to Colonel Cholmley who built a new house on the site and before the year of 1688 it became the property of Mr Charles Smallwood. His descendant, Timothy Smallwood, Esq. sold the house to Colonel Samuel Lacy in 1790.
During his occupation of the house Lacy's servant (a deserted batman
Batman (army)
A batman is a soldier or airman assigned to a commissioned officer as a personal servant.The term is derived from the obsolete bat, "packsaddle" + man....
) was (under instruction) responsible for the carving of Lacy's Caves
Lacy's Caves
Lacy's Caves are a series of 5 chambers in the sandstone cliff of River Eden, just north of Little Salkeld, Cumbria, England at .They are named after Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Lacy of Salkeld Hall, who commissioned their carving in the 18th century...
and attempting to blow up the stones at Long Meg and Her Daughters
Long Meg and Her Daughters
Long Meg and Her Daughters, also known as Maughanby Circle, is a Bronze Age stone circle near Penrith in Cumbria, North West England. One of around 1,300 stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany, it was constructed as a part of a megalithic tradition that lasted from 3,300 to 900 BCE, during...
with gun powder so that the field could be ploughed. The latter is unconfirmed and according to some sources took place in 1725 before Lacy was alive. Local folklore tells that when work commenced a tremendous storm broke out overhead that caused the workmen to flee the site and abandon the work permanently.
Colonel Lacy sold the house in 1836 to Robert Hodgson, Esq. Ownership between this and the current is unknown, however in 1847 Robert Hodgson was still the reported owner and had made great improvements to the house, offices and gardens.
In 1967 the house was recorded as having been divided into a number of holiday flats.