Ashton House, Cumbria

Ashton House is a large country house in Beetham in Cumbria. It is a Grade II* listed building.[1]

Ashton House in Beetham
Mary Yeats of Ashton House

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
  1. "Ashton House". British listed buildings. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  2. "John Lewis (FL.1739-1757)". Christies. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  3. "Thexton". North of the Sands. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  4. "Admissions to Trinity College, Cambridge". Trinity College, Cambridge. p. 328. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  5. "Beetham". Kelly's Directory of Westmorland. 1906. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  6. "About us". St Michael and All Angels, Beetham. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  7. "Welcome to Ashton House". Ashton House. Retrieved 18 July 2015.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.