Holker Hall & Gardens
Prominent Cumbrian mansion in 200 acres of gardens, parkland and woods.
Cark-in-Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, LA11 7PL
Dating back to the early 1600s, Holker Hall has been home to the Preston, Lowther and Cavendish families. The estate has passed by inheritance through the family line with each generation leaving impressions by either altering the landscape or by changing the house by adding, re-facing, embellishing or even rebuilding, as happened to the New Wing after the disastrous fire of March 1871. The finished New Wing, now open to the public, is a wonderful example of the magnificent neo-Elizabethan Gothic Style, yet at the same time is a very personal creation with all the space and charm of a Victorian stately home. There are no ropes or barriers in the Hall, allowing visitors to wander round at their leisure.