Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Longmire | |
| parish |
Windermere parish, once in
Westmorland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| building/s | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY41340197 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY40
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| 1Km square | NY4101 | |
| 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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| Long Mire | ||
| placename:- | Long Mire | |
| county:- | Westmoreland | |
| date:- | 1839 | |
| period:- | 19th century, early; 1830s | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| LONGMIRE / / / WINDERMERE TOWN / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 351712 / NY4140401935 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| C17 or earlier. Roughcast over stone rubble, thick walls, old slate roof, large projecting chimney with offsets and round stack. Spinning gallery at rear with turned balusters. Large gable with 3 stringcourses, new windows to match old wood mullioned ones. South front has a gabled porch and 4 windows on ground floor and 5 above, with wood mullions and transoms and modern leaded lights. Heavy modern stringcourse. Interior has beams, panelling, Georgian round-arched alcove, a spice cupboard dated 1689, back door dated 1690 with original massive wooden lock, flagged floors, some grisaille glass dated 1565, plaster ornament, plank partitions and cloak pegs, and wood-pegged bedroom floors. | ||
| placename:- | Longmire | |
| district:- | South Lakeland | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY41400193 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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