Ashton House, Cumbria
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Ashton House in Beetham
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Mary Yeats of Ashton House
Ashton House is a large country house in Beetham in Cumbria. It is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
History[]
The house was built in 1678[1] probably for John and Sarah Yeats: their daughter, Mary Yeats, died there at the age of 25 in the mid 18th century.[2] It was inherited by John Yeats Thexton in the first part of the 19th century[3] and by Edward Yeats Thexton in the latter part of the 19th century[4] and then passed to Charles Frith-Hudson, who had married into the Thexton family, at the start of the 20th century.[5][6] It became a wedding venue in the 21st century.[7]
References[]
- ^ a b "Ashton House". British listed buildings. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ "John Lewis (FL.1739-1757)". Christies. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ "Thexton". North of the Sands. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ "Admissions to Trinity College, Cambridge". Trinity College, Cambridge. p. 328. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ "Beetham". Kelly's Directory of Westmorland. 1906. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ "About us". St Michael and All Angels, Beetham. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ "Welcome to Ashton House". Ashton House. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
Categories:
- Country houses in Cumbria
- Grade II* listed buildings in Cumbria
- South Lakeland District
- Houses completed in 1678
- Grade II* listed houses