Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Tempest Tower | |
| locality:- | Little Orton | |
| parish |
Orton N parish, once in
Cumberland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| tower | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY34875523 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY35
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| 1Km square | NY3455 | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| TEMPEST TOWER FARMHOUSE / / / ORTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78367 / NY3487455233 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Farmhouse and Folly tower. Mid C19 house with tower dated 1875 and inscription TEMPEST TOWER, ..... RUTH SIBSON, further weathered inscription panel to rear. House of Flemish bond brickwork with pale stretchers; rusticated stone quoins. Welsh slate roof, yellow brick chimney stacks. Tower of red and calciferous mixed sandstone ashlar, brick to rear and cement rendered sides; roof hidden by battlemented parapet. 2-storey, 3-bay house with set-back extension to right of 2 storeys, 2 bays; 4-storey tower. 4-panel door with radial fanlight in round-headed brick arch with Ionic columns in antis. 2-pane sash windows with flat brick arches and stone sills. Extension has one C20 window; other sash windows with glazing bars. Tower has large round entrance- to farmyard with Ionic columns in antis. Round-headed narrow windows on each floor, smaller flanking stair windows. Adjoining outbuildings are of no interest. | ||
| placename:- | Tempest Tower Farm | |
| district:- | Carlisle | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY34875523 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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