Underscar Manor

Underscar Manor

Underscar Manor is a country house at Underskiddaw in Cumbria. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]

History

The house was designed by Charles Reed for William Oxley, a Liverpool textile merchant, and was built in the Italianate style between 1856 and 1863.[1] It came into the ownership of James Tait Black, a partner in the publishers A & C Black, in the early 20th century.[2][3]

The house was converted for use as a hotel in the 1970s.[4] It was acquired by Derek and Pauline Harrison and their business partner Gordon Evans in 1990; customers included Jonathan Dimbleby, the broadcaster, and John Swannell, the photographer.[5] The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh visited the house in October 2008.[6]

The house became a private home again when it was acquired by Alexander Mineev, a Russian oligarch, in 2010.[7] Following Mineev's murder in Moscow in February 2014, the house was bought by Jonathan Brown, owner of a Maryport-based salmon smoking business, in August 2014.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Underscar Manor Hotel, Underskiddaw". British listed buildings. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  2. "In memory of Janet Coats – 90th Anniversary of Scotland’s oldest Literary Prize". textline. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  3. "Thom's Official Directory Of Great Britain And Ireland". 1921. p. 405. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  4. "Mystery of the Manor...Uncertainty about future of Underscar". Cumberland and Westmorland Herald. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  5. "Russian buyer of Lake District country House Shot dead". News & Star. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  6. "I will have what the Queen had...". Cumberland News. 1 October 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  7. 1 2 "New owner for Lake District Manor House". News & Star. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2015.

Coordinates: 54°37′14″N 3°07′54″W / 54.62050°N 3.13174°W / 54.62050; -3.13174

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