Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | St Oswald's | |
| locality:- | Grasmere | |
| parish |
Lakes parish, once in
Westmorland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| building/s; locality | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY336075 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY30
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| 1Km square | NY3307 | |
| source:- |
Martineau 1855
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| Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-71. | ||
| Page 50:- | ||
| ... and plunge down Red Bank, ... at the corner, where the road turns to the village, the cluster of lodging-houses, called St. Oswald's, where the Hydropathic Establishment struggled on for a time, but found the Westmorland winters too long for invalids. | ||
| date:- | 1855 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late; 1850s | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| ST OSWALDS / / / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 451925 / NY3319207270 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Early C19. Pebble-dashed, slate roof and end chimneys, 2 storeys. Front facing the village has 4 windows on each floor, good small-paned sashes with slate sills. A lower single storeyed portion on right hand end has a small bay window. Left hand gable end has 2 similar windows on ground floor, and no windows on 1st floor. Entrance in rear wing has a traceried fanlight. | ||
| placename:- | St Oswalds | |
| district:- | South Lakeland | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY33190727 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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