The Station is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1970. Viewing station.

The Station

WRENN ID
heavy-pinnacle-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1970
Type
Viewing station
Source
Historic England listing

Description

CLAIFE B5285 (North side) SD 39 NE Far Sawrey The Station 6/51 25.3.70

II

Viewing station. Late C18. Stone rubble. 2 storeys, with canted bays to front and rear, and embattled parapet. Now ruinous, the front wall collapsed. lst floor sill band, some slate hanging remains to rear. Large window openings to 1st floor of returns and narrow opening to remaining part of front wall. Lower recesses to ground floor of returns. Rear has canted bay with entrance and 1st floor window opening with flanking blind windows; narrow window openings to either side, with slate hanging to remains of parapet. Wall connects station with rock outcrop to rear, with round-headed archway and round-headed opening with foundations of structure to rear. Interior has remains of cross walls, rear gabled wall with stack and fireplace. Vaulted chamber to ground floor, rear canted bay has stone flying stair with moulded treads. The Station was used as a viewing point for Lake Windermere at the time when picturesque principles suggested that landscape should be viewed from certain points only, where the elements of scenery were most pictorial, and is associated with the early tourist industry. Property of The National Trust.

Listing NGR: SD3883895472

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