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placename:- Hawksdale Hall
parish Dalston parish, once in Cumberland
county:- Cumbria
building/s
coordinates:- NY37474770
10Km square:- NY34

1Km square NY3747

descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)

Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, et al, 1839; published 1839-52.
Page 99:-
...
Proceeding onwards, Holm Hill is on the right. Not far from it is Hawksdale Hall, once the residence of Nicholson the antiquarian, who, in conjunction with Chancellor Burn, wrote a History of Cumberland and Westmorland, which no subsequent publications have as yet superseded. ...

placename:- Hawksdale Hall
person:- : Nicolson, Joseph
person:- : Burn, Richard
date:- 1839
period:- 19th century, early; 1830s

descriptive text:- Simpson 1746 -- probably relevant

The three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as 'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller ...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746.
image SMP4P197, button   goto source.
... Haukesdale Hall. - John Nicholson's, Esq; ...

placename:- Haukesdale Hall
person:- : Nicholson, John
date:- 1746
period:- 18th century, early; 1740s

database:- Listed Buildings 2010

Listed Buildings 2010

courtesy of English Heritage
FORMER STABLES TO SOUTH EAST OF HAWKESDALE HALL / / / DALSTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78325 / NY3749247708
courtesy of English Heritage
Former stables for Hawkesdale Hall. Early C18. Whitewashed sandstone rubble; sandstone slate roof. 2 storeys, 4 bays. Large central carriage entrance with plank doors in quoined surround under segmental arch. Flanking entrances, that to right now window, both in quoined surrounds. 2-light stone-mullioned casement windows with glazing bars flank smaller casement windows all in painted chamfered surrounds. Listed partly for G.V. with Hawkesdale Hall.
district:- Carlisle
listed building -- stable
coordinates:- NY37494770
date:- 2010
period:- 2010s

database:- Listed Buildings 2010

Listed Buildings 2010

courtesy of English Heritage
OUTBUILDING TO NORTH WEST OF HAWKESDALE HALL / / / DALSTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78324 / NY3744847729
courtesy of English Heritage
Outbuilding, probably originally stables. Early C18. Whitewashed sandstone rubble; sandstone slate roof. Single storey, 2 bays. 2 shaped gables with ball finials. Blocked ground floor entrance now 2-light stone-mullioned window; oval window above in stone surround. Loft entrance to right. Side wall left has original entrance with chamfered surround. End wall right has C20 garage doors. Linked to house extension by a C19 segmental arch. Listed partly for G.V. with Hawkesdale Hall.
district:- Carlisle
listed building
coordinates:- NY37444772
date:- 2010
period:- 2010s

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