Castle Head, Grange-over-Sands

Castle Head is a country house surrounded by 20 acres (81,000 m2) of grounds near to the seaside resort of Grange-over-Sands in Cumbria, England. It is run by Field Studies Council, and is a Grade II listed building.[1]

Castle Head and the River Winster

History

The house was built in the Georgian style for John Wilkinson, an industrialist, in 1778.[2] He was buried in the garden at Castle Head in 1808 before being re-interred in the church in 1828.[3] The house was then acquired by Robert Wright, a solicitor, but lay empty under his ownership for some 30 years, before being bought in 1863 by Edward Mucklow, a Manchester businessman.[4]

The house went on to serve as St Mary’s Missionary College, a seminary owned by the Holy Ghost Fathers, from the early 20th century until it closed in the early 1970s.[5] Students who trained there included, briefly, Sir Gerry Robinson, the industrialist.[6]

Since the mid 1970s[7] the house has been a Field Studies Centre, from 1997 managed by the Field Studies Council who offer residential and non residential fieldwork for schools, colleges and universities and holiday accommodation.[8]

In September 2009 a Life Science Centre was also established at the house.[9]

References
  1. "Castle Head, Grange-over-Sands". Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  2. "John Wilkinson". The Cumbria Directory. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  3. "Townships: Upper Allithwaite, in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 8, ed. William Farrer and J Brownbill". London. 1914. pp. 268–270. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  4. "Brosely Newsletter" (PDF). Broseley Local History Society. February 2005. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  5. "Obituary of Rev John Cunningham". The Archdiocese of Liverpool. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  6. "Interview: Sir Gerry Robinson". Management Today. 1 April 1999. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  7. "Castle Head Field Centre". Duedil. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  8. "A week in the life of Castle Head field centre, Cumbria". TimesEducation Supplement. 11 May 2008. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  9. "Young scientists to get major research boost". Westmorland Gazette. 3 August 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2015.


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