Abbeystead House is a large country house to the east of the village of Abbeystead, Lancashire, England, some 12 km (7 miles) south-east of Lancaster....
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Abbeystead is a small hamlet located in the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, in Lancashire, England. Abbeystead lies close to the...
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Duke of Westminster (redirect from House of Grosvenor)
are at Eaton Hall, Cheshire, and at Abbeystead House, Lancashire. The family's London town house was Grosvenor House, Park Lane, while Halkyn Castle was...
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The Abbeystead disaster occurred on the evening of 23 May 1984 when a methane gas explosion destroyed a waterworks' valve house at Abbeystead, Lancashire...
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was the last Earl of Sefton. His family seats were Croxteth Hall and Abbeystead House in Lancashire; he also held the Wyresdale Forest, an estate in the...
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Court St Clere, Kent Surrenden House (demolished) Temple Manor Tudor House Waldershare Park Walmer Castle Abbeystead House Adlington Hall (demolished) Aldcliffe...
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seat of the Earls of Sefton was the Abbeystead estate in Lancashire, later owned by the Duke of Westminster. Abbeystead was mainly used as a hunting and...
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Wellington Stratfield Saye House, Hampshire and Apsley House, London Duke of Westminster Eaton Hall, Cheshire and Abbeystead House, Lancashire Grosvenor House...
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Douglas' new houses embrace a range of sizes and types, and include substantial country houses, such as Oakmere Hall and Abbeystead House; cottages, such...
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107.5 FM and online. Carnforth Lancaster Morecambe Abbeystead Aldcliffe Arkholme Aughton Bank Houses Bare Bay Horse Bolton-le-Sands Borwick Cantsfield...
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was commissioned to complete the work. Under his auspices, the Gaoler's House was built in 1788 in a Gothic style. Separate prisons were built for men...
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Abbeystead House Cockerham Vicarage Conder Bridge The Dukes Greaves Park Hotel Grand Theatre Grizedale Bridge Hornby Village Institute Lancaster Carriage...
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Abbeystead House Cockerham Vicarage Conder Bridge The Dukes Greaves Park Hotel Grand Theatre Grizedale Bridge Hornby Village Institute Lancaster Carriage...
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Sefton was appointed a Knight of the Garter in 1885. In 1886, he built Abbeystead House in the forest of Wyresdale, Lancashire as a 'private shooting lodge...
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Abbeystead House Cockerham Vicarage Conder Bridge The Dukes Greaves Park Hotel Grand Theatre Grizedale Bridge Hornby Village Institute Lancaster Carriage...
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hotel at Heysham, the Heysham Towers, which was converted from a private house in 1896. The Heysham Towers served railway steamer traffic from Heysham...
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Ashton Hall (category Houses completed in the 14th century)
century. The gatehouse has a segmented arch with Doric columns. An ice house of sandstone rubble and brick stands to the north-west of the hall. This...
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Abbeystead House Cockerham Vicarage Conder Bridge The Dukes Greaves Park Hotel Grand Theatre Grizedale Bridge Hornby Village Institute Lancaster Carriage...
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Abbeystead House Cockerham Vicarage Conder Bridge The Dukes Greaves Park Hotel Grand Theatre Grizedale Bridge Hornby Village Institute Lancaster Carriage...
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Claughton Hall (category Country houses in Lancashire)
Claughton Hall (Claughton pronounced /ˈklæftən/ KLAF-tən) is a large country house in the English village of Claughton, Lancashire. A Grade I listed building...
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Borwick Hall (category Houses completed in the 16th century)
Borwick Hall is a 16th-century manor house at Borwick, Lancashire, England. It is a Grade I listed building and is now used as a residential outdoor education...
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Thurland Castle (category Country houses in Lancashire)
Thurland Castle is a country house in Lancashire, England which has been converted into apartments. Surrounded by a moat, and located in parkland, it...
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Capernwray Hall (category Grade II* listed houses)
Capernwray Hall is a former country house situated 3 miles east-northeast of Carnforth, Lancashire, England, and is currently used as a Christian Bible...
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Whittington Hall (category Grade II* listed houses)
country house located to the west of the village of Whittington, Lancashire, England, some 3 km (2 miles) south of Kirkby Lonsdale. The house is recorded...
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Wennington Hall (category Country houses in Lancashire)
Hall is a former country house in Wennington, a village in the City of Lancaster district in Lancashire, England. The house is a Grade II listed building...
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Abbeystead House Cockerham Vicarage Conder Bridge The Dukes Greaves Park Hotel Grand Theatre Grizedale Bridge Hornby Village Institute Lancaster Carriage...
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Abbeystead House Cockerham Vicarage Conder Bridge The Dukes Greaves Park Hotel Grand Theatre Grizedale Bridge Hornby Village Institute Lancaster Carriage...
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designed Abbeystead House for the 4th Earl of Sefton in North Lancashire. Hubbard describes this as "the finest of Douglas's Elizabethan houses, and one...
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Abbeystead House Cockerham Vicarage Conder Bridge The Dukes Greaves Park Hotel Grand Theatre Grizedale Bridge Hornby Village Institute Lancaster Carriage...
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Abbeystead House Cockerham Vicarage Conder Bridge The Dukes Greaves Park Hotel Grand Theatre Grizedale Bridge Hornby Village Institute Lancaster Carriage...
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