Dalemain

Here the river Eamont, which was the boundary between Cumberland and Westmorland, was fordable while also it is sheltered at this point in the valley where often the worst of the weather will go around Dalemain.

The courtyard evolved over the centuries from a mediaeval hamlet, built for defensive reasons, immediately surrounding the original peel tower to the farm buildings which have survived.

There is a very good collection of roses; a timeline of apple trees; the magnificent Silver Fir Abies Cephalonica which has the largest girth in the UK which had been a gift from Joseph Banks, the botanist, in the 1840s;[8] and the Himalayan blue poppies Meconopsis grandis Dalemain.

Her parents were Frances Maud (born Flood) and John Edward Hasell JP DL and she was brought up at Dalemain.

[10] Founded in 2005, the World's Original Marmalade Awards and Festival held in March each year at Dalemain have become an landmark culinary event.

The event has raised nearly £250,000 over the years for local charity Hospice at Home Carlisle and North Lakeland, and for palliative care both in the UK and overseas.