Castle Head, Grange-over-Sands

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File:Castle Head and the River Winster.jpg
Castle Head and the River Winster

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 currently used as a field studies centre and is a Grade II listed building.[1]

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 laid 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 where young men and women aged 17 to 19 learn leadership skills and aim to qualify for a Rotary International Young Leaders award.[8] Studies include map reading, canoeing and fell walking[8] and students stay in one of the 19 dormitory rooms or one of the nine single or twin rooms.[9]

In September 2009 a Life Science Centre was also established at the house.[10]

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