Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Mill House | |
| parish |
Stanwix Rural parish, once
in Cumberland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| building/s | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY42035878 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY45
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| References |
Listed Buildings 2010
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| 1Km square | NY4258 | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| MILL HOUSE / / / STANWIX RURAL / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 77640 / NY4203958786 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Remand home, formerly house. Probably mid-C18, as house for the mill owner of nearby mill now demolished, with alterations c1830, probably for George Saul, with later C19 and C20 additions. Flemish bond brick walls, graduated slate roof, tall brick chimney stacks. Original house and stables in F-shape. Original house, facing road, 2 storeys, 2 bays, with single storey barn, now converted to rooms, of 5 bays. House has brick filled entrance recess: windows with replacement reeded ashlar surround, casements with glazing bars of 2-lights and rounded-heads on ground floor. Carved stone roundel above entrance, dog-tooth brick cornice, squared angled chimney stacks on square based. Barn has similar conversion, filled slit vents, mullioned and eross-mullioned windows with reeded and chamfered ashlar surrounds and hood moulds, casements with glazing bars. Filled central entrance now window with bay-window to right of C20 brick, but 5-light mullioned window retained. Numerous chimney stacks, as house. Barns continue in U-shape to enclose small yard. Behind original house and facing north, is C20 entrance. This including the C20 extension to left is not included in the listing. To right of entrance and at right angles to it, is mid-C19 brick extension, with sash windows and glaring bars and similar chimney stacks. The further C20 extension aided to this is not included in the listing. Ground floor interior retains its 1830's moulded plaster ceilings. Office and games room retain C19 oak panelling with carved wood and moulded stone fireplaces. Estate was purchased 1824 by George Saul who probably converted Mill House to Millbrooke Cottage, sold by the family in 1912. Purchased by County Council in 1942 and converted to Remand Home 1944. | ||
| placename:- | Mill House | |
| district:- | Carlisle | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY42035878 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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