Rothay Manor is a country house near Ambleside in Cumbria. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]
History
editThe house was built for John Crosfield, a merchant from Liverpool,[2] in 1835 and was originally known as Rothay Bank.[3] The veranda and balcony, which is made of cast iron, was conceived by Mrs Crosfield, who was French.[1] The house came into the ownership of Sir George Mills McKay, treasurer of the English-Speaking Union[4] and a Sheriff of London, in the early 20th century[5] before becoming a hotel and having its name changed to Rothay Manor in 1936.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Rothay Manor Hotel, Lakes". British listed buildings. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ^ Martineau, p. 146
- ^ a b "Milestone is marked for hotel". Cumberland News. 3 November 2006. Retrieved 1 August 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Obituary: Sir George Mills McKay". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 20 July 1937.
- ^ "City Sheriffs Elected". The Times. 25 June 1921. p. 7.
Sources
edit- Martineau, Harriet Harriet (1983). Martineau's Letters to Fanny Wedgwood. Stanford University Press. p. 146. ISBN 978-0804711463.
Rothay Bank Liverpool.