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Crossrigg Hall
Crossrigg Hall is a country house in the civil parish of Bolton, Cumbria in the northern United Kingdom. It was built in 1864 by Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Rigg of the Indian Army's Madras Infantry. Designed by Anthony Salvin, and with later additions by J. H. Martindale, the hall is a Grade II* listed building. History Records dating from the late 1700s show a house existed on the Crossrigg property from at least the mid 18th century. In the 1787 census, Nicholas Temple, a Fleet Street wine and brandy merchant, is listed as residing at Crossrigg. By 1851 the estate was home to Robert Addison, a former East India Company trader and owner of the ''Jasinga'' tea plantation on the Island of Java, then a part of the Dutch East Indies. Addison died in 1862 and left Crossrigg to his grand nephew, Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Rigg. Hugh Rigg was a senior officer in the East India Company's 21st Madras Native Infantry and served in India, the Straits Settlement ( Singapore), China and Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolton, Cumbria
Bolton is a village and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England, about north west of Appleby-in-Westmorland, and on the River Eden. According to the census of 2001, it had a population of 416, increasing to 435 at the census of 2011. The parish touches Brougham, Colby, Cliburn, Crackenthorpe, King's Meaburn, Kirkby Thore, Morland and Temple Sowerby. Features There are 14 listed buildings in Bolton. Bolton has a pub called thNew Crown Inn(formerly the Eden Vale Inn), two schools, a primary school calle a church called All Saints Church All Saints Church, or All Saints' Church or variations on the name may refer to: Albania *All Saints' Church, Himarë Australia * All Saints Church, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory * All Saints Anglican Church, Henley Brook, Western Aust ..., and a priory school called Eden Grove School, which is now closed. Crossrigg Hall is a Grade II* listed country house, designed by Anthony Salvin in 1864. Bewley Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |