Rushpool Hall
house in Skelton and Brotton, Redcar and Cleveland, England, UK
Rushpool Hall is a Grade II* listed country house located near Saltburn, North Yorkshire. It currently operates as a wedding venue.
History
Rushpool Hall was built for John Bell, a local ironmaster, in 1863–4. It was constructed from local Cleveland ironstone. Following the death of John Bell the home was leased by Arthur Dorman, a local industrialist. Sir Joseph Walton acquired the home in 1904. Rushpool Hall became a boarding school for girls in 1946. It operated as a hotel by the mid-1960s. It then reverted to a private residence owned by Margaret Malone. Towards the end of the 1970s it became available for private functions, before re-opening as a hotel in the late 1980s.
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