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placename:- Mitre House
parish Kirkby Stephen parish, once in Westmorland
county:- Cumbria
building/s
coordinates:- NY77510872
10Km square:- NY70
References Listed Buildings 2010

1Km square NY7708

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Mitre House -- Kirkby Stephen -- Cumbria / -- 13.11.2011
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Mitre House -- Kirkby Stephen -- Cumbria / -- Date stone:- -- 'EEW 1663' -- 13.11.2011

database:- Listed Buildings 2010

Listed Buildings 2010

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MITRE HOUSE / / MARKET SQUARE / KIRKBY STEPHEN / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 72981 / NY7751208724
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House. Dated 1663 on door lintel, with later additions. Slobbered rubble sides and pebble-dash front with the quoins hidden by rusticated stucco end pilasters. Graduated slate roof with brick end chimneys. 2 1/2 storeys, 3 bays (symmetrical). Central C20 part-glazed door with flanking lights has dated lintel; panelled pilasters carry cornice. Single tripartite sash window to either side and 3 sashes to 1st floor; 3 windows to top floor are of reduced height with their sills resting on the lintels to the 1st floor windows. All windows have plain stucco surrounds. Internally, only the hall has retained its original cornice. C.1930 extensions to rear of property are not included.

placename:- Mitre House
district:- Eden
listed building
coordinates:- NY77510872
date:- 2010
period:- 2010s

database:- Listed Buildings 2010

Listed Buildings 2010

courtesy of English Heritage
FORECOURT GATE AND RAILINGS TO MITRE HOUSE / / MARKET SQUARE / KIRKBY STEPHEN / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 72982 / NY7752608709
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Cast-iron railings with central gate enclosing front garden of Mitre House, c first half of C19. Very decorative with ornate ballusters and scrolled infill; foliate decoration to finials, standards and scrolls.
district:- Eden
listed building -- gate; railings
coordinates:- NY77520870
date:- 2010
period:- 2010s

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button to large Mitre House -- Kirkby Stephen -- Cumbria / -- Gate and railings. -- 13.11.2011

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