Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Townend | |
| other name:- | Town End | |
| locality:- | Town End | |
| locality:- | Troutbeck | |
| parish |
Lakes parish, once in
Westmorland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| building/s; locality | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY40710227 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY40
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| 1Km square | NY4002 | |
 Townend -- Town End -- Troutbeck -- Lakes -- Cumbria / -- 7.10.2005 | ||
 Townend -- Town End -- Troutbeck -- Lakes -- Cumbria / -- Date stone:- -- '1626 GB' -- 7.10.2005 | ||
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| TOWN END WITH ATTACHED FARM BUILDINGS / / / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / I / 452851 / NY4071102277 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Dated 1626, the north and south-west wings late C17. Roughcast stone rubble, old slate roof with laced valleys and 5 round chimneys, tapering, on square bases. 2 storeys, with slate dripstone over ground floor. Wood-mullioned windows (four of 5 lights, three of 3 lights). L plan, with gabled wing to sough-west with later windows. A small overhanging oriel with a catslide roof. Doorway in angle of L. Rear wing has spiral staircase with cross windows. A small wing to east has 3 round chimneys. Said to have good interior. For group notes see General group description under Troutbeck village. | ||
| placename:- | Town End | |
| district:- | South Lakeland | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY40710227 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| photographs | ||
| Townend -- Town End -- Troutbeck -- Lakes -- Cumbria / -- Barn opposite the house. -- 11.5.2007 | |
| hearsay |
Built by George Browne, 1620s, on the site of an earlier
house. He lived here with his wife Susanah, and the Browne
Family remained here for 318 years.
There are bee boles in the side of the house. | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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