Stone Cross Mansion, Ulverston :: Shared Description
Stone Cross Mansion was built for Myles Kennedy, whose family made their money from iron ore mining in the Furness peninsula.
It was designed by James Wright Gundy in the Gothic/Baronial style, using limestone with Hexham freestone quoins. The house is considered to be his major work. Building was undertaken by the builder James Garden, from Dalton in Furness. It started in 1874 and was completed around 1879.
Myles and his wife Margaret had 16 children, which would account for the large number of bedrooms in the building.
Myles only enjoyed the house for a few years, as he died in 1888. The house remained in the family until it was sold to Lancashire County Council in 1946, after being used by the army during WW2.
The council adapted it as a residential school (I have heard it was a Borstal). In the 1980's it became offices for lighting firm Marl International. Later, when empty, it suffered vandalism and a major fire in 2004. The housing company Charles Church started renovation in 2016, creating 19 apartments, most of which have been available as holiday rentals from early in 2023.
(Ulverston and the Furness peninsula were part of Lancashire until Cumbria was created in 1974).
Sources : A display in the entrance of the building (2023) and an article in The Mail (the local paper) written in 2017 see Link
It was designed by James Wright Gundy in the Gothic/Baronial style, using limestone with Hexham freestone quoins. The house is considered to be his major work. Building was undertaken by the builder James Garden, from Dalton in Furness. It started in 1874 and was completed around 1879.
Myles and his wife Margaret had 16 children, which would account for the large number of bedrooms in the building.
Myles only enjoyed the house for a few years, as he died in 1888. The house remained in the family until it was sold to Lancashire County Council in 1946, after being used by the army during WW2.
The council adapted it as a residential school (I have heard it was a Borstal). In the 1980's it became offices for lighting firm Marl International. Later, when empty, it suffered vandalism and a major fire in 2004. The housing company Charles Church started renovation in 2016, creating 19 apartments, most of which have been available as holiday rentals from early in 2023.
(Ulverston and the Furness peninsula were part of Lancashire until Cumbria was created in 1974).
Sources : A display in the entrance of the building (2023) and an article in The Mail (the local paper) written in 2017 see Link

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Created: Tue, 5 Dec 2023, Updated: Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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