Lathom House
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Lathom House was a large country house in the parish of Lathom in Lancashire, England. Built between 1725 and 1740, the main block was demolished in 1925.
Early history
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A wooden castle is believed to have stood on the site in mediaeval times. Sir
In 1554,
Lathom House was the last Royalist stronghold in Lancashire during the
Post Restoration
After the
It was subsequently bought by Sir Thomas Bootle, MP for Liverpool,[5] who commissioned Giacomo Leoni to rebuild the house as the finest Palladian house in the county. Built over 15 years from 1725–40, its deer park was designed by renowned landscape gardener Humphry Repton.[6]
It passed through his niece to
The estate was sold in 1920 to a London consortium. After a brief period as a boys’ school, the main block of the house was demolished in 1925.[8] The estate land of 4000 acres was sold piecemeal, mainly to the tenants. The remaining west wing of the house was converted to apartments.[9]
Archaeology
The ruins of Lathom House were excavated by the Historical Council of Northern Lancashire, in its efforts to reconstruct the 18th-century buildings; the team on site came across
See also
References
- ^ Seacome, John, History of the House of Stanley, Preston, 1793, p.26; History of Latham family see p.47 et seq.[1]
- ^ "Lathom And Knowsley". Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ Foxe's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe
- ^ Lewis, Samuel (1848), "Lathom", A Topographical Dictionary of England, British History Online, pp. 30–33, retrieved 18 September 2011
- ^ a b c d Farrer, William; Brownbill, J (1907). "'Townships: Lathom', in A History of the County of Lancaster". London: British History Online. pp. 247–258. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ Repton, Humphry (1840). The landscape gardening and landscape architecture of Humphry Repton. Longman and Co.
- ^ "Real World War One War Horses were trained at Lathom Park near Ormskirk". Liverpool Echo. 14 January 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ Robinson, p. 136
- ^ "The West Wing, Lathom House". Regan and Hallworth. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ "Latham Park Chapel". Retrieved 11 November 2018.
Bibliography
- Robinson, John, Felling the Ancient Oaks, Aurum Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1845136703
External links
Media related to Lathom House at Wikimedia Commons