Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Catharine Holme | |
| parish |
Ormside parish, once in
Westmorland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| building/s | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY68511504 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY61
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| 1Km square | NY6815 | |
| 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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| Catherine Holme | ||
| placename:- | Catherine Holme | |
| county:- | Westmoreland | |
| date:- | 1839 | |
| period:- | 19th century, early; 1830s | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| CATHERINE HOLME, FARMHOUSE AND BARNS ADJOINING TO EAST / / / ORMSIDE / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73281 / NY6850815031 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| House, remodelled in early C19, possibly dating back to early C18. Coursed rubble walls, rendered. Graduated slate roof with stone end chimneys. 2-storey, 3-bay front elevation has central part-glazed door with single sash to either side; 1st floor windows as ground floor, with additional narrow sash. Door and windows in stone surrounds with drafted margins. Stair window to rear has interlaced, semicircular, head. Internally, C19 dog-leg stair has square balusters, carved tread ends and spiral curtail; segmental cross arches to hall and landing have deep panelled reveals, as do architraves to doors. Dairy with stone shelves survives. Barn/byre of various builds adjoins house at right angles. Coursed rubble with quoins under graduated slate roof of 2 builds. Door in north wall has blocked opening above; gable has been raised, probably in early/mid C19 when loft was added over byre. To front, 2 doors with chamfered jambs and lintels, right-hand one re-used, initialled and dated "I & V.M. 1675"; later loft doors with segmental heads above each to left. Large segmental-headed wagon door to left; extreme south end set back with C20 garage doors inserted. | ||
| placename:- | Catherine Holme | |
| district:- | Eden | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY68501503 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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