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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