Helsfell Hall
Helsfell Hall was a country house near Kentrigg in Cumbria. That part of the building which survives, and is now used as a barn, is a Grade II listed building.[1]
History
[edit]The house was built in the 16th century probably for Robert Briggs. The hall is mentioned in Cornelia Nicholson's The Annals of Kendal who documents that the seat of the Briggs family was "once a place of considerable importance."[2] During the English Civil War in the 1640s, the Briggs family fought on the Parliamentary side (Colonel Edward Briggs was a magistrate).[3] After the war the Philipsons of Hollin Hall, who were Royalists, stripped the Briggs family of all their local possessions, including Helsfell Hall, which was left to become derelict.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Barn 200 Metres South East of Helsfell Farmhouse, Strickland Ketel". British listed buildings. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ a b "The castles, towers and fortified buildings of Cumbria". Matthew Pemmott. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ Gilpin, William (1808). Observations on several parts of England, particularly the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland: relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies. p. 147. Retrieved 1 August 2012.