Edmond Castle

Edmond Castle, c. 1840-50. Drawing by Charles Greenwood or Frederick Peake.[1]

Edmond Castle is a nineteenth-century structure north of the village of Hayton, Carlisle, Cumbria in England.[2] The history of Edmond Castle is intertwined with the Graham family.[3]

Edmond Castle was enlarged and remodeled from 1824 to 1829 for Thomas Graham, to designs by Sir Robert Smirke, and subsequently further enlarged to designs by Sydney Smirke, in 1844-1846.[4]

In 1937, THB Graham died, and his son Eric Graham inherited. In the late 1930s, Eric Graham sold Edmond Castle and the entire estate to Henry Studholme Cartmell and Stanley Walton, and it was used to house Czech refugees from about June 1940 onwards.[5][6]

Edmond Castle was later a borstal for delinquent boys, and later a hotel, before being bought by a property developer David Dyke in 2005.[6]

It is now home to Philip Day, the CEO and owner of the Edinburgh Woollen Mill retail chain.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Edmond Castle, the Seat of Thomas Henry Graham. Rostron & Edwards. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Edmond Castle". Visitcumbria.com. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  3. ↑ "Graham, family of Edmond Castle". The National Archives. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  4. ↑ "Edmond Castle – Visit Cumbria". Visitcumbria.com. Retrieved 2017-01-22.; Howard Colvin' A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840, 3rd ed. 1995 s.v. Sir Robert Smirke.
  5. ↑ "Stannington Sanatorium".
  6. 1 2 "Edmond Castle".
  7. ↑ Sarah Butler. "Knight in a comfy cardie who rescued Peacocks shows he has style". The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-01-22.

Coordinates: 54°55′09″N 2°47′10″W / 54.9191°N 2.7860°W / 54.9191; -2.7860

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