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placename:- Catharine Holme
parish Ormside parish, once in Westmorland
county:- Cumbria
building/s
coordinates:- NY68511504
10Km square:- NY61

1Km square NY6815

old map:- Ford 1839 map

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

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