| AdminHistory | Oliver Robin Gaskell (1914-2000) inherited Levens Hall, a historic country house situated in Kendal, Cumbria (formerly Westmorland), in 1921, when he was 7 years old. He assumed the family name of Bagot in 1936. The Hall was let to tenants until Robin and his family took possession in 1946. A watercolour painter, musician and builder of harpsichords, Bagot restored the Hall and added fine paintings to the contents. In his time the house was first opened to the public.
In 1970 he was successful in preventing a dual carriageway being routed through Levens Park, thus protecting it from destruction. |