Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Grayrigg Foot | |
| parish |
Grayrigg parish, once in
Westmorland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| building/s | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD56969659 | |
| 10Km square:- |
SD59
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| 1Km square | SD5696 | |
| old map:- |
Ford 1839 map
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| Map of the Lake District, published in A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, 1839. | ||
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| Grayrigg Foot | ||
| placename:- | Grayrigg Foot | |
| county:- | Westmoreland | |
| date:- | 1839 | |
| period:- | 19th century, early; 1830s | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| GRAYRIGG FOOT WITH ATTACHED OUTBUILDING / / A685 / GRAYRIGG / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75662 / SD5696396592 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| House. Mid to late C17 with early C18 alterations, outbuilding probably later. Stone rubble, the house roughcast, slate roof, corrugated iron to outbuilding. L-plan, 2 storeys. South elevation of 6 bays with blocked windows to 3rd and 5th bays. Dripcourse over ground floor. Cross casement windows with opening lights; 5th bay has 3-light window to ground floor, with king mullion and inner post. Entrance to 3rd bay has C20 glazed gabled porch. Cross-axial and gable-end stacks. Outbuilding has entrance and 2 windows. East return of 3 bays has dripcourse over 1st floor. Varied casements to windows; attic window to 1st bay. North elevation has gable-end stack to east wing, with attached outbuilding and lean-to outshut to right return. Stair bay slightly higher than next 2 bays, under raking roof; narrow casement window. 2 bays have fixed glazing with opening lights or sashed lights. Entrance. Outbuilding to right has re-entrant lean-to outshut; entrance to right. End 1st floor entrance up steps and small lights. West return has lean-to pigsties. Interior has chamfered beams; stair has turned balusters, square newels and moulded handrails. Blocked 2-light wooden mullioned window to head of stair. 2-panel attic door. Attic has 4 collar trusses, 2 with sawn-through tie beams, supported on posts and braces to north side. 6 blocked 3-light wooden- chamfered-mullioned windows to south side, some with leaded glazing, diamond quarries, some ornamental. East wing has upper cruck trusses and 2 blocked 2-light windows with intermediate bars. | ||
| placename:- | Grayrigg Foot | |
| district:- | South Lakeland | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD56969659 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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