Derham House With Gas Lamp Attached

NETHER WYRESDALE WAGON ROAD SD 55 SW 2/175 Lower Dolphinholme 17-4-1967 No.2 (Derham House) with gas lamp attached GV II House, c.1800. Sandstone rubble with tile roof. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Windows sashed with glazing bars and stone surrounds. Door, in central bay, has doorcase of 2 attached Doric columns. Roof hipped at right. Chimneys to left and set back to right. Right-hand return wall has large tripartite window, sashed with glazing bars and with plain stone surround and flat-faced mullions. On the 1st floor are 2 sashed windows with glazing bars and plain stone surrounds. Attached to the northern corner of the building is a gas lamp on an iron bracket, restored to working order in 1984. Derham House was occupied by the manager of Dolphinholme worsted spinning mill. Gas lighting was installed in the mill in 1811 and also used to light the village street, making Dolphinholme one of the first villages to be lit by gas.

Listing NGR: SD5193953381