Ashton House, Cumbria

Ashton House in Beetham
Mary Yeats of Ashton House

Ashton House is a large country house in Beetham in Cumbria. It is a Grade II* listed building.[1]

History

The house was built in 1678[1] probably for John and Sarah Yeats: their daughter, Mary Yeats, died there at the age of 25 in the mid 18th century.[2] It was inherited by John Yeats Thexton in the first part of the 19th century[3] and by Edward Yeats Thexton in the latter part of the 19th century[4] and then passed to Charles Frith-Hudson, who had married into the Thexton family, at the start of the 20th century.[5][6] It became a wedding venue in the 21st century[7] and is now owned by Gordon Fairclough, who is Chancellor of the Cumbria Commandery of the Order of Saint Lazarus.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ashton House". British listed buildings. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "John Lewis (FL.1739-1757)". Christies. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Thexton". North of the Sands. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Admissions to Trinity College, Cambridge". Trinity College, Cambridge. p. 328. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Beetham". Kelly's Directory of Westmorland. 1906. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "About us". St Michael and All Angels, Beetham. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Welcome to Ashton House". Ashton House. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Recent events". Order of Saint Lazarus. Retrieved 18 July 2015.

Coordinates: 54°12′30″N 2°46′28″W / 54.20845°N 2.77431°W / 54.20845; -2.77431

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