Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Barton Hall | |
| parish |
Barton parish, once in
Westmorland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| building/s | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY47802510 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY42
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| 1Km square | NY4725 | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| BARTON HALL / / B5320 / BARTON / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74506 / NY4780125093 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| House. Datestones: 1710, and 1863 to extension. Ashlar, extension is roughcast, with sandstone dressings. East elevation of 2 storeys with attic and 5 bays, with 2-bay extension to south. Original part has chamfered base, string band and coved cornice; rusticated quoins and coped gables with kneelers. Windows have architraves and recessed flat-faced cross mullions and small-paned glazings but 1st 2 bays of ground floor are sashed. 2 gabled dormers, probably C19, have shaped plastered fronts and bolection moulded architrave and dated open pediment, 4-panel door and overlight. Gable-end stacks. 1st bay of extension has gable and end stack, 2 narrow sashes to ground floor; narrow 2nd bay has flat-roofed porch, entrance with 2-light overlight and 1st floor sash; cross-axial stack. South return of 3 bays, 2 canted bays of 2 storeys, 1st floor parts later, with 1st floor sash between West elevation similar to that to east; earlier part is partly roughcast, extension of rock-faced stone. Small flat-roofed C20 extension with later timber sun lounge. Tall cross-mullioned stair window to extension. North return has small gabled service wing and stable with hipped roof. 2-light windows to 1st floor and attic, sashed window with glazing bars to west of service wing; stable has west lean-to outshut and ashlar dressings to east elevation. Interior has plastered beams and cornices to hall and 2 rooms. another room has bolection-moulded fireplace with cornice. Stair has turned balusters and close string cut by moulded handrail, square balusters. 3-panel bolection-moulded doors. 1st floor has 2-panel doors, C19 bathroom. Extension has open well stair, 2 turned balusters to the tread and original fireplaces and grates. | ||
| placename:- | Barton Hall | |
| district:- | Eden | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY47802509 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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