Former Carr Bank House, Mansfield, Notts.
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Former Carr Bank House, Mansfield, Notts.
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 8 Jan 2015
A green house and garden path on the south side of the former Carr Bank House (now a hotel). The front of the hotel (ahead) overlooks the larger, grassed, part of the park but members of the public also have access to this area. Carr Bank House - now The Mansfield Manor Hotel - and it's gardens were built and created by the Stanton family c.1805. Their wealth was derived from on the cotton industry boom during the Industrial Revolution. This 'estate' was later sold to the 4th Duke of Portland who was influential in shaping Mansfield and it's facilities. The Allotment Commissioners leased land from the Duke for the use of local people and these gardens became the town's first public park. The 6th Duke sold the house and grounds at the end of WWI to provide the town with a memorial park to the thousands who had died. A war memorial was unveiled on 4th August 1921 and the park was opened to the public in 1924.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.149506
Longitude
-1.190446