Askham (Cumbria)

Askham est un village et une paroisse civile de Cumbria, situé dans le nord-ouest de l'Angleterre.

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Askham, Cumbria

Askham is a village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It is in the historic county of Westmorland. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 360, decreasing slightly to 356 at the 2011 Census. It is on the eastern edge of the Lake District National Park, 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Penrith. Nearby are the remains of Lowther Castle, the site of the annual Lowther Show, a three-day event of country pursuits.

Helton, Cumbria

Helton is a village in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the English county of Cumbria. It is about a mile south of the village of Askham. Circa 1870, it had a population of 180 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. The village is situated on a steep slope running down from the limestone fells to the flood plain of the River Lowther. Helton is on Wideworth Farm Road, which forms part of the road north to Penrith, and south towards Bampton. A Wesleyan chapel was built in Helton in c.1857 and is a Grade II listed building, now converted for residential use .

Askham Hall

Askham Hall is a country house near Askham in Cumbria. It is a Grade I listed building.

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Lowther Castle Stead

Lowther Castle Stead is a medieval site in Cumbria, possibly a ringwork castle. It lies just east of the River Lowther. The castle was probably established in the 11th or 12th century as part of the Norman conquest of the region, and it was out of use by the mid-14th century. A medieval village and church were also established nearby. The medieval castle was first investigated archaeologically in 1997 when the Lancaster University Archaeology Unit carried out an earthwork survey. In 2023, Lancaster University, the University of Central Lancashire, and Allen Archaeology carried out excavations on the site.

Lowther Castle

Lowther Castle is a ruined country house in Lowther, Cumbria, England. The estate has belonged to the Lowther family, latterly the earls of Lonsdale, since the Middle Ages. The house was largely built between 1806 and 1814 for William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale and designed by Robert Smirke in his first major commission. It incorporates fragments of the previous house on the site, which was completed in 1685 for John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale. It is open to the public and is a grade II* listed building. The house takes the form of a sham castle, and was known as Lowther Hall before the 1806 rebuilding. It consists of a nine-bay central block with angle turrets, a porte-cochère on the entrance front, and a larger tower in the centre, which is linked by low wings to angle pavilions; the whole building is embattled. The windows are a mixture of Gothic pointed arches and flat-topped in the Tudor style. There is a service wing to the east. In front of the house is a large forecourt enclosed a battlemented wall containing several turrets and a gatehouse. The house was closed by the Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale in 1935 and partly used as a tank training range during World War II. The contents were sold in 1947 and the roof removed in 1957. The castle is owned by the Lowther estate and leased by the Lowther Castle and Gardens Trust, which in turn sub-leases the castle back to the estate. The wider estate is currently undergoing rewilding.