Barrow Wife is a Grade II* listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1970. A Early Modern Meeting house. 5 related planning applications.
Barrow Wife
- WRENN ID
- hidden-loft-bistre
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1970
- Type
- Meeting house
- Period
- Early Modern
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
UPPER ALLITHWAITE HEIGHT ROAD SD 48 SW (West side) 11/117 25.3.70 Barrow Wife (formerly listed as Friends' Meeting House, Height with Barrow Hollin (q.v.)
G.V. II*
Friends' meeting house, now house. Datestone reads: 'LN/ANNO/DOMINI/1677'. Stone rubble with slate roof. 2 storeys, 4 bays, the 3rd bay with large 2-storey gabled porch. 1st 2 bays have large windows with small-paned casements, replacing sashes inserted in 1772; 3rd bay has small round-headed window to 1st floor; 4th bay has windows with small-paned fixed glazing that to 1st floor with opening light. Round arch to porch has datestone above; wide-boarded door with latch and strap hinges. Gable-end stack. Left return has C20 inserted window. Rear has later outbuilding under catslide roof. Interior has C17 bolection-moulded panelling to right of entrance, the upper panels hinged, formerly the gallery to the meeting house. Balcony over entrance. Stair has turned balusters. Later panelling now on gable-end wall. Some 2-panelled doors. Room under gallery has panelling, and bench with inscription: 'HBM 1714'; spice cupboard with door. High front garden wall has entrance in porch with gabled roof. A rare early example of a Friends' Meeting House, very few being built before the Act of Toleration of 1689.
Listing NGR: SD4068284824
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