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placename:- Manor House
parish Borrowdale parish, once in Cumberland
county:- Cumbria
building/s
coordinates:- NY25311743
10Km square:- NY21
References Listed Buildings 2010

1Km square NY2517

database:- Listed Buildings 2010

Listed Buildings 2010

courtesy of English Heritage
MANOR HOUSE AND FORMER STABLES / / / BORROWDALE / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72130 / NY2531017430
courtesy of English Heritage
House and former stables. Mid C17 with C18 and C19 extensions; 1920's alterations. Painted roughcast walls, under graduated greenslate roof with large square C17 stone chimney stack and roughcast chimney stack on extension. 2 storeys, 4 bays with former stable to right now forming integral part of house under common roof; lower 2-storey, 2-bay left rear extension, forming overall L-shape. Gabled stone porch has C20 door with flanking small side lights. C20 verandah between porch and right-angled shippon. C20 canted-bay oriel windows flank 2 casement windows in open reveals. 2 gabled dormer windows. Extension has 4-panel door in plain opening. Large C20 bay window under sash windows with glazing bars in plain reveals. Interior of original house had a court cupboard with C17 date, which was removed as rotten in C20. Built-in cupboard in extension has inscription and date R.I.B. 1726.

placename:- Manor House
district:- Allerdale
listed building -- stable
coordinates:- NY25311743
date:- 2010
period:- 2010s

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