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Higham Hall
Higham Hall is a residential adult learning centre in Setmurthy, located about 4 miles east of Cockermouth and half mile west of Bassenthwaite Lake. The Gothic-style house was built in 1828 for Thomas Hoskins (chairman of the Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway Co.), from which he sight of the railway , which used to run along the route of the current A66 road.[1] The hall was built on the site of a much older estate. Once known as 'The High', members of the Fisher family ran the estate here, which included several farms, during the 16th and 17th centuries.[2] The stone balustrading on the terrace of the current building came from Haggerston Castle in Northumberland, which was being dismantled in the 1930s. When George Fisher died in 1947 the property was transferred to the Treasury. From 1951, the building was used by Youth Hostels Association, until 1955, when it was sold to Cumberland County Council. It re-opened the following year as a boarding school for girls with special needs. In 1974 the school was closed. In 2007, Cumbria County Council sold the hall to an independent educational trust. The building is Grade II listed on the National Heritage List for England.
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Higham Hall
- Official Website of Higham Hall. "....Higham Hall was originally built in 1828 by railway pioneer Thomas Hoskins, so he could have sight of the railway which used to run along …
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HIGHAM HALL AND CURTAIN WALL TO REAR - Setmurthy - List Entry
- "House now Residential Adult Education Centre. 1828 for T.A. Hoskins. Calciferous sandstone ashlar with string courses, battlemented parapets and stepped angle buttresses. Graduated greenslate roof with ashlar chimney stacks. 2 …
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West Cumbrian history: The rise, fall and rise again of Higham Hall
- Times and Star: 11th February 2020. "HOW lucky are we to have Higham Hall on our doorstep? Adult learners who are interested in everything from woodcarving and jewellery-making to French …
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Hoskins and Higham
- Article by Brian Anderson, June 2014. "I wonder how many readers have visited Higham, which, according to famous architectural historian and writer, Nikolas Pevsner, is a “rarity in the county”, …
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Higham Hall
- Official Website of Higham Hall. "....Higham Hall was originally built in 1828 by railway pioneer Thomas Hoskins, so he could have sight of the railway which used to run along …
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Edmund Anon
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HIGHAM HALL AND CURTAIN WALL TO REAR - Setmurthy - List Entry
- "House now Residential Adult Education Centre. 1828 for T.A. Hoskins. Calciferous sandstone ashlar with string courses, battlemented parapets and stepped angle buttresses. Graduated greenslate roof with ashlar chimney stacks. 2 …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
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from https://www.timesandstar.co.u…
West Cumbrian history: The rise, fall and rise again of Higham Hall
- Times and Star: 11th February 2020. "HOW lucky are we to have Higham Hall on our doorstep? Adult learners who are interested in everything from woodcarving and jewellery-making to French …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
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Hoskins and Higham
- Article by Brian Anderson, June 2014. "I wonder how many readers have visited Higham, which, according to famous architectural historian and writer, Nikolas Pevsner, is a “rarity in the county”, …
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Edmund Anon
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Higham Hall - Facebook
- Facebook pages of Higham Hall
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Edmund Anon
List number: 1326901
List grade: 2
Unitary Auth: Cumberland
County: Cumbria
Grid ref: NY1855631545