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| Harmony Hall, Milnthorpe | ||
| Harmony Hall | ||
| Street:- | Harmony Hill | |
| locality:- | Milnthorpe | |
| civil parish:- | Milnthorpe (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | SD49958157 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD4981 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD48 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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 BYG83.jpg (taken 30.4.2013)  BYG84.jpg Gate. (taken 30.4.2013) |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Harmony Hall |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "HARMONY HALL WITH GARDEN WALL AND GATE PIERS / / HARMONY HILL / MILNTHORPE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75556 / SD4995981570" |
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| hearsay:- |
Built by Joseph Fayrer, about 1790 to 1820. He was a sea captain and slave trader.
The name is possibly taken from Harmony Hall, Jamaica. |
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| It has been a girls' school, run by Eleanor Blewart and her daughter Sarah Ann Mason,
1840s. |
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| It ws the home of Dr Carden, who cultivated oranges in the conservatory, 1880s |
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