Description

SD 59 SW (INSET)
2/128
24-4-51
KENDAL

OXENHOLME ROAD
(North side)

Oxenholme Farmhouse
& Raysholme

II

Farmhouse, now subdivided: Oxenholme Farmhouse comprises former north wing,
Raysholme comprises former central block and south wing. Probably C17; later
additions and alterations. Coursed rubble with quoins on plinth, slobbered and
wet-dashed in part. Graduated slate roofs with projecting eaves; stone ball
finials to ends of stone ridges. Diagonally-set stone mid chimneys. 2
storeys. Oxenholme Farmhouse: Extended 1 bay to west (C18?). C20 plank door in
gabled porch to single-storey entrance wing (formerly outbuildings) adjoining to
north; original doorway, with 4-centred head, uncovered in east return. Various
2- & 3-light C20 copies of earlier wood-mullioned and transomed windows.
Raysholme: Wing added to south end in C19. Panelled door to central block under
graduated slate verandah (carried on cast-iron columns). Windows mainly 3-light
wood-mullioned and transomed (C17?) with decorative leading. Each property has
a wood-mullioned window, with 2 pointed lights, to the west gable and a plank
loft door to the east. Interior: Raysholme has framed C17, closed-string
staircase with projecting landing; turned balusters, square newels, and moulded
handrail.

Listing NGR: SD5303590280

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26438797

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Recommended Books

• 
  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)