Holker Hall & Gardens
Cark-in-Cartmel Nr Grange-over-Sands
Holker Hall is the home of Lord and Lady Cavendish who welcome visitors of all ages to one of the best-loved stately homes in Britain. Magnificently situated only a short distance from Grange-over-Sands and the expanse of Morecambe Bay, Holker Hall is set in exceptionally beautiful countryside with gardens that merge into Parkland framed by the Lakeland Hills.
Holker is a Norse word, which can be translated as 'a rising in marshy land'. The earliest records of a house on the present site date back to the beginning of the16th century. The Estate has never been sold but passed, by inheritance, through the family line, with each generation leaving its impression on both the gardens and Hall. Despite its grand scale, this handsome rose coloured neo-Elizabethan mansion and its Gardens provide a soft and gentle contrast to the ruggedness of the Lakeland countryside to the north. The record reveals that Lord Cavendish's ancestors felt that for them Holker was more desirable, more favoured by Providence and more enhanced with natural beauty than any other place on earth.
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