Description

CLAIFE B5285 (North side)
SD 39 NE
Far Sawrey
The Station
6/51
25.3.70

II

Viewing station. Late C18. Stone rubble. 2 storeys, with canted bays to front
and rear, and embattled parapet. Now ruinous, the front wall collapsed. lst
floor sill band, some slate hanging remains to rear. Large window openings to
1st floor of returns and narrow opening to remaining part of front wall. Lower
recesses to ground floor of returns. Rear has canted bay with entrance and 1st
floor window opening with flanking blind windows; narrow window openings to
either side, with slate hanging to remains of parapet. Wall connects station
with rock outcrop to rear, with round-headed archway and round-headed opening
with foundations of structure to rear. Interior has remains of cross walls,
rear gabled wall with stack and fireplace. Vaulted chamber to ground floor,
rear canted bay has stone flying stair with moulded treads. The Station was
used as a viewing point for Lake Windermere at the time when picturesque
principles suggested that landscape should be viewed from certain points only,
where the elements of scenery were most pictorial, and is associated with the
early tourist industry. Property of The National Trust.

Listing NGR: SD3883895472

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26379757

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