# Crossrigg Hall > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Crossrigg_Hall > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Crossrigg_Hall.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossrigg_Hall > Source revision: 1245730621 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Crossrigg Hall** is a [country house](/source/English_country_house) in the [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish) of [Bolton](/source/Bolton,_Cumbria), [Cumbria](/source/Cumbria) in the northern United Kingdom. It was built in 1864 by Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Rigg of the Indian Army's Madras Infantry. Designed by [Anthony Salvin](/source/Anthony_Salvin), and with later additions by J. H. Martindale, the hall is a [Grade II* listed building](/source/Listed_building). ## History Records dating from the late 1700s show a house existed on the Crossrigg property from at least the mid 18th century. In the 1787 census, Nicholas Temple, a Fleet Street wine and brandy merchant, is listed as residing at Crossrigg. By 1851 the estate was home to Robert Addison, a former [East India Company](/source/East_India_Company) trader and owner of the *Jasinga* tea plantation on the [Island of Java](/source/Java), then a part of the [Dutch East Indies](/source/Dutch_East_Indies). Addison died in 1862 and left Crossrigg to his grand nephew, Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Rigg.[1][2] Hugh Rigg was a senior officer in the East India Company's 21st [Madras Native Infantry](/source/Madras_native_infantry) and served in [India](/source/India), the [Straits Settlement](/source/Straits_Settlements) ([Singapore](/source/Singapore)), [China](/source/China) and [Burma (Myanmar)](/source/Myanmar) and as [aide-de-camp](/source/Aide-de-camp) to his father-in-law, [General Morden Carthew](/source/Morden_Carthew).[2] Upon inheriting Crossrigg, Rigg resigned his commission and returned to England, contracting [Anthony Salvin](/source/Anthony_Salvin) to design a new house for the site. The original Georgian house was demolished in 1864 and building of the new house commenced.[3] The stables associated with the original building were retained.[4] The [Sotheby's](/source/Sotheby's) auction catalogue from the sale of the house in 1994 records the hall as ... a compact, gabled, main block with three reception rooms, and a lower office wing to one side ... and the new house cost £7,500 to build. The principal interiors were well-proportioned with 'Tudor' rib-patterned plaster ceilings, oak joinery and marble chimneypieces; those in the dining room and drawing room of a rather French Louis XV character.[4][5] The Rigg family owned Crossrigg Hall until 1912 when, following the death of Lt Col Hugh Rigg's eldest son and inheritor of the property, the estate was acquired by a [Middlesbrough](/source/Middlesbrough) iron ore dealer, Joseph Torbock. Torbock made his fortune in the Middlesbrough iron ore boom and was married to heiress, Florence Hoste Henley, daughter of Colonel H.C. Henley of [Leigh House](/source/Leigh_House), Chard. The same family had owned the [Sandringham estate](/source/Sandringham_House) in Norfolk from 1686 to 1832.[4][6] In February 1914 the Torbocks undertook renovations on the hall and, with designs prepared by J.H. Martindale, architect of renovations at [Carlisle Cathedral](/source/Carlisle_Cathedral) in Cumbria, began work on enlarging the house. The main alterations were to the front entrance, the hall, where a battlement tower was added, and a new main staircase in the entrance. A gentlemen's lavatory, billiard room and [porte-cochère](/source/Porte-coch%C3%A8re) were also added.[4] Work was completed in January 1919. Joseph Torbock died in 1925 and Florence in 1944. They left two unmarried sons, Richard, a Commander in the Royal Navy and Cornish a captain in the Royal Army and chartered accountant.Both sons continued to live in Crossrigg Hall until their deaths in 1993.[4][7] The brothers had left the interior of the hall mostly untouched, creating an "Edwardian time capsule".[8] David and Anita Woods bought the hall from the Torbock estate at auction in 1994 after which it was used as a wedding venue.[1] The property was sold in 2020 to a Cumbrian businessman, [Andrew Tinkler](/source/Andrew_Tinkler), for £2.7 million, with plans to redevelop the site as a hotel and spa.[9] ### Listing designations Crossrigg Hall is a [Grade II* listed building](/source/Listed_building).[10] The main entrance gate, with its [gatepiers](/source/Gatepost) and walls,[11] walls and railings to the southeast of the house,[12] various estate buildings including [pig sties](/source/Sty) and a [dovecote](/source/Dovecote),[13][14] and a [gazebo](/source/Gazebo) in the gardens are all listed at Grade II.[15] ## References 1. ["Crossrigg Hall"](https://www.boltonvillage.org.uk/history-ch-8/). *Bolton Village History*. 28 June 2023. 1. Rigg, Andrew (3 August 2022). ["The Rigg Family of Wokalup Western Australia"](https://www.harveyhistoryonline.com/?p=5390). *Harvey History Online*. Retrieved 28 June 2023. 1. 29 September 1863, Penrith Observer 1. *Sotheby's Crossrigg Hall*. Sotheby's Holdings Inc. 1994. p. 10. 1. ["Crossrigg Hall"](https://assets.savills.com/properties/GBWSRSWIS160086/WIS160086_WIS16002386.PDF). *Savills*. 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2023. 1. ["History: The Norfolk retreat of HM the Queen"](https://www.sandringhamestate.co.uk/history). *Sandringham Estate*. Retrieved 29 June 2023. 1. Egerton, Julie (30 June 1993). ["Obituary: Cornish Torbock"](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-cornish-torbock-1482177.html). *Independent*. Retrieved 29 June 2023. 1. Pithers, Malcolm (18 August 1994). ["Edwardian time capsule to be sold"](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/edwardian-time-capsule-to-be-sold-1384394.html). *Independent* 1. ["Crossrigg Hall sold for £2.7 million"](https://cwherald.com/news/crossrigg-hall-sold-for-2-7-million/). *Cumberland and Westmorland Herald*. 11 November 2020. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Crossrigg Hall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossrigg_Hall) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossrigg_Hall?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.