Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	Knoll, Ambleside
Street:-	Rydal Road
locality:-	Ambleside
civil parish:-	Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-	Cumbria
locality type:-	buildings
coordinates:-	NY37330480
1Km square:-	NY3704
10Km square:-	NY30
	BQV84.jpg (taken 20.6.2009)
evidence:-	old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 6)  placename:-  Knoll, The
source data:-	Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
evidence:-	old print:- Nelson 1853 (edn 1880s)
source data:-	Print, uncoloured, Harriet Martineau's House, Ambleside, The Knoll, Ambleside, Westmorland, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1853 edn 1880s?   click to enlarge NS0307.jpg On p.26 of Views of the English Lakes, and Tourists Guide to the English Lakes.  printed at bottom:-  "HARRIET MARTINEAU'S HOUSE, AMBLESIDE." item:-  JandMN : 474.8 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old text:- Martineau 1855
source data:-	Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-76.   goto source Preface, pp.i-iii:-  "THE KNOLL, AMBLESIDE," "March 12, 1855" "It is now some months since I committed the manuscript of this Lake Guide to the publisher's hands; and now that the work is just ready to appear, I am thankful to him for the opportunity of saying, in this prefatory page, with what pride and pleasure I have looked over the accessories and embellishments with which, by his zeal and spirit, and by the admirable cooperation he has been so fortunate as to secure, my humble work is elevated to a quality of real importance." "When I look at Mr. RUTHVEN's valuable geological Map, Mr. ASPLAND'S beautiful illustrative Views, so finely engraved by Mr. BANKS; and, again, the Botanical contributions, so essential to the perfect understanding of the Lake District, it seems to me that the book has become, by all this aid, one which may not only be in every tourist's hands, but find a place on the library shelves of those who have never visited, and may not contemplate visiting, this district of England. At the same time, the Directories, (a new feature in a Guide Book) are likely to make it valuable to residents, who need no guide to the scenery near their homes. If my gratitude to my coadjutors causes me to overrate the product of our labours, I shall not at least be mistaken in saying that we have all done our best to set forth a true presentment of a land we love, in the hope of inducing and enabling those who live in town or plain to know and love it as we do. If any think that we have painted it too fair, and that we love it fanatically, let them come and see."   goto source Page 55:-  "... Approaching Ambleside [from Rydal], ... the white house to the right is Tranby Lodge, the abode of Alfred Barkworth, Esq.: and the house on the rising ground behind the chapel is the Knoll, the residence of Miss. H. Martineau. ..."
evidence:-	old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s item:-  garden
source data:-	Photograph, black and white, The Knoll, Ambleside, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.   click to enlarge HB0629.jpg item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS291 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:-  Knoll, The
source data:-	courtesy of English Heritage "THE KNOLL / / RYDAL ROAD / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 451900 / NY3733504805"
source data:-	courtesy of English Heritage "Associations with Harriet Martineau. She built the house in 1844 for her own occupation, was visited here by Mrs Gaskell and Charlotte Bronte, and she died here in 1876. Tall square house of stone rubble with slate quoins and slate roof, with a gable on each side. 2 storeys. Clustered round chimneys. 16-paned sash windows with labels. Garden front has a bay window and wooden mullioned and transomed windows. Boarded door and traceried fanlight in an angle, with a hood on wooden Tuscan colums."
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notes:-	Built by Harriet Martineau in a pseudo vernacular style, 1845-46, with advice from William Wordsworth
	Hyde, Matthew & Whittaker, Esme &Corbet, Val (photographer): 2014: Arts and Craft Houses in the Lake District: Lincoln, Francis (London):: ISBN 978 0 7112 3408 6
hearsay:-	Built by Harriet Martineau, she lived here from about 1846 to her death, 1876.
	She was born in Norwich, Norfolk, 1802, one of eight children. Her father died when she was 24 and she wrote to make money. Ill health had left her deaf, and without the sense of smell or taste. She was agnostic, radical, and concerned for the exploited. Her best known works are:-
	The Complete Guide to the English Lakes, 1855
	Illustrations of Political Economy, 1832-34
	Deerbrook, 1839
	Autobiographical Memoir, 1877
	personal
person:-	author  : Martineau, Harriet
place:-	home
date:-	1846  to 1876

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