# Lingholm

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**Lingholm** is a [country house](/source/Country_house) just outside [Portinscale](/source/Portinscale) in [Cumbria](/source/Cumbria), [England](/source/England).

## History

The house was built in 1871–1875 for Lt. Col. James Fenton Greenall (1834–1899), of the [Greenall](/source/Greenall_Whitley) brewing family, Commanding Officer of the 9th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers, at a cost of £15,700 by [Alfred Waterhouse](/source/Alfred_Waterhouse).[1] In 1900, it was purchased by the family of [George Kemp, 1st Baron Rochdale](/source/George_Kemp,_1st_Baron_Rochdale).[2] They commissioned Bertram Symons-Jeune to design the [water garden](/source/Water_garden) at Lingholm. Between 1885 and 1907, [Beatrix Potter](/source/Beatrix_Potter) spent her summer holidays at Lingholm, where she wrote some of her best-known stories.[3] Beatrix credited the Lingholm Kitchen Garden as her original inspiration for Mr McGregor's Garden in *[The Tale of Peter Rabbit](/source/The_Tale_of_Peter_Rabbit)*. She also wrote *[The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin](/source/The_Tale_of_Squirrel_Nutkin)* and the first draft of *The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle* whilst staying at Lingholm.[4]

During [World War I](/source/World_War_I), the house was used as a hospital for wounded officers.[1]

As a result of [Beatrix Potter](/source/Beatrix_Potter)'s connection and its unique design by a well respected architect, Lingholm was [listed Grade II](/source/Listed_building#England_and_Wales) on the [National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England) in 2013.[5][6]

## References

1. ["The Lingholm Collection"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140222194224/http://www.lyonandturnbull.com/content/show_news.asp?id=317). Lyon & Turnbull. Archived from [the original](http://www.lyonandturnbull.com/content/show_news.asp?id=317) on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.

1. ["Game shooting at Lingholm, Cumbria"](http://www.shootinggazette.co.uk/shootfeatures/517153/Game_shooting_at_Lingholm_Cumbria.html). Shooting Gazette. Retrieved 7 February 2014.

1. ["Beatrix Potter connections with Keswick"](http://www.keswick.org/explore/history-culture/beatrix-potter/). Explore Keswick.

1. ["The Lingholm Estate"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140214033215/http://www.thelingholmestate.co.uk/). *The Lingholm Estate*. Archived from [the original](https://thelingholmestate.co.uk/) on 2014-02-14. Retrieved 2019-06-26.

1. ["Lingholm given grade II historic listing by English Heritage"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131105183220/https://thelingholmestate.co.uk/house). The Lingholm Estate. Archived from [the original](https://thelingholmestate.co.uk/house) on 2013-11-05.

## External links

- [Official website](https://thelingholmestate.co.uk/)

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