Castlerigg Hall Farmhouse

NY 22 SE ST JOHNS CASTLERIGG & WYTHBURN CASTLERIGG

12/89 Castlerigg Hall Farmhouse

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Farmhouse. Early C17 with mid C17 extension. Painted roughcast walls, partly on large boulder plinth. Graduated greenslate roof with large square central C17 stone chimney stack and 2 smaller original chimney stacks on extension. 2 storeys, 4 bays with left rear lower right-angled 4-bay extension. Oldest part, facing road, has Yorkshire sash windows with glazing bars and small central upper-floor firewindow, all in plain reveals. Rear has small irregularly spaced C20 windows in plain reveals. Extension has boarded door in plain opening. Casement windows, some with fixed panes, over larger ground-floor Yorkshire-sash window. Smaller upper-floor right firewindow. Interior of oldest part has 2 blocked inglenooks on either side of the large central chimney stack. Extension interior has beamed ground-floor ceiling, inglenook with firebeam and heck partition. Spice-cupboard door dated 1648 was removed from extension inglenook in a rotten condition. Known as How Place in the 1640's, according to deeds in the owner's possession. Ancestral home of the Wren family. Further courtyard extension and adjoining barn are not of interest.

Listing NGR: NY2821622535