John Peel Cottage And Adjoining Barn

NY 23 NE CALDBECK Greenrigg

12/69 John Peel Cottage and adjoining barn 11.4.67 (formerly listed as John Peel Farmhouse)

G.V. II

Farmhouse and private house. Late C17 with alterations dated and inscribed over side window J & AS 1777 (John & Ann Scott). Cement render over mixed rubble on chamfered plinth. Graduated greenslate roof with cement coping and C19 yellow-brick chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 2 bays with single-bay stable to left under common roof and lower barn to extreme left. Sash windows in C18 surrounds to left; flat stone-mullioned window to right and original chamfered-surround window above with stone mullion removed. Stable has stone porch with side plank door. Small window to right and slit vents below eaves. Rear of house has plank door in painted stone surround. 2-light stone-mullioned stair window. Chamfered-surround fire windows to right on both floors and enlarged chamfered-surround windows to left. Stable has entrance and loft above. Barn to right has larger plank door. Home of John Peel, the famous huntsman, from the age of 3 weeks in 1777, until his marriage in 1797. See Hugh Machell, John Peel, 1926, p65, illustrated.

Listing NGR: NY2971138728