Dalton Hall is a

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near

Burton-in-Kendal Burton-in-Kendal is a village and civil parish on the extreme southern edge of Cumbria, England. The parish contains around 660 houses and in the 2001 census had a population of 1,411, increasing at the 2011 census to 1,497. Historically with ...

in northern

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. The hall lies within the

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, while Burton lies in the historic county of

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. Both have formed part of

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since 1974. The hall has been in the ownership of the Hornby family since the late 18th century. Major additions were made to the large

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mansion in 1859–60 by Edmund Geoffrey Stanley Hornby (1839-1923), a Deputy Lieutenant for Lancashire, son and heir of Edmund Hornby (1773-1857), MP, to the designs of the Lancaster architect

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. The building was demolished in 1968 and replaced in 1968–72 by a much smaller new house designed by

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, his last commission.

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described it as "a stately

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" which "sits inside the ghost of its predecessor". The outbuildings have been converted to serve a number of commercial purposes, including rental cottages, a self-storage facility, and the Dalton Hall Business Centre.

Estate

In 2018 the Dalton Estate included three farms: *Coat Green Farm – a tenanted mixed dairy farm. *Dalton Old Hall – a tenanted mixed beef and sheep farm. *Russell Farm – a tenanted farm. In addition the estate owns the following 18 dwellings: *Bell House – 4 bedroom detached house *Crow Trees – 3 bedroom detached cottage *Burton Lodge – 2 bedroom gate lodge *Dalton Lodge – 2 bedroom gate lodge *3 Forestry Houses – 3 bedroom 1950's semi-detached *4 Forestry Houses – 3 bedroom 1950's semi-detached *Home Farm – 3 bedroom house – AVAILABLE TO LET *Keeper's Cottage – 3 bedroom detached cottage c/w barn *1 Park View 3 bedroom attached cottage *2 Park View – 4 bedroom attached cottage *1 Woodside Cottages – 3 bedroom 1960's semi-detached *2 Woodside Cottages – 3 bedroom 1960's semi-detached *Old Post Office Flat, Kirkby Stephen – 2 bedroom apartment

Hornby family

prominent members of the Hornby family include: * Edmund Hornby (1773-1857), MP, whose mother was a daughter of

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(1716–1771), (son and heir apparent of

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(1689-1776) of

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in Lancashire) and a sister of

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(1752-1834). He himself married his first cousin Lady Charlotte Stanley (d.1805), a daughter of the 12th Earl of Derby. Edmund Hornby's nephew was thus

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(1799-1869), thrice

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(1852, 1858–9, 1866-8). *

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Sir

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(1785-1867), younger brother of Edmund Hornby (1773-1857).

References

External links

Dalton Hall Business Centre
Country houses in Cumbria E. G. Paley buildings Burton-in-Kendal {{Cumbria-struct-stub

Estate

Hornby family

See also

References

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