Castlerigg Hall Farmhouse, St Johns Castlerigg And Wythburn
Description: Castlerigg Hall Farmhouse
Grade: II
Date Listed: 8 August 1985
English Heritage Building ID: 72174
OS Grid Reference: NY2821622535
OS Grid Coordinates: 328216, 522535
Latitude/Longitude: 54.5929, -3.1124
Locality: St Johns Castlerigg And Wythburn
Local Authority: Allerdale
County: Cumbria
Country: England
Postcode: CA12 4TE
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Listing Text
NY 22 SE ST JOHNS CASTLERIGG & WYTHBURN CASTLERIGG
12/89 Castlerigg Hall
Farmhouse
II
Farmhouse. Early C17 with mid C17 extension. Painted roughcast walls, partly
on large boulder plinth. Graduated greenslate roof with large square central
C17 stone chimney stack and 2 smaller original chimney stacks on extension. 2
storeys, 4 bays with left rear lower right-angled 4-bay extension. Oldest part,
facing road, has Yorkshire sash windows with glazing bars and small central
upper-floor firewindow, all in plain reveals. Rear has small irregularly spaced
C20 windows in plain reveals. Extension has boarded door in plain opening.
Casement windows, some with fixed panes, over larger ground-floor Yorkshire-sash
window. Smaller upper-floor right firewindow. Interior of oldest part has 2
blocked inglenooks on either side of the large central chimney stack. Extension
interior has beamed ground-floor ceiling, inglenook with firebeam and heck
partition. Spice-cupboard door dated 1648 was removed from extension inglenook
in a rotten condition. Known as How Place in the 1640's, according to deeds in
the owner's possession. Ancestral home of the Wren family. Further courtyard
extension and adjoining barn are not of interest.
Listing NGR: NY2821622535
Source: English Heritage
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