Silverholme

Silverholme is a house dating from around 1800. It was constructed of stone with a slate roof. The building is two storeys high and originally comprised ten bays, with the 6th to 10th bays set back and rising to a hipped roof. A band runs along the sill level of the first floor, and the first-floor level of the recessed bays features a modillioned cornice. The windows have plaster surrounds and are sash windows with glazing bars; a window was later inserted above the entrance in the 5th bay, and the 8th bay has a tripartite window above the entrance. The main entrance is located between the 3rd and 4th bays and another to the 5th bay, with a further entrance to the 8th bay featuring panelled pilasters, a small-paned upper light, an entablature with wreaths to the frieze, and a six-fielded-panel door with an overlight containing glazing bars. The house has gable-end stacks and two cross-axial stacks, with three stacks to the roof slope. The rear elevation is similar, with the 1st to 5th bays projecting, featuring a small return outshut under a single-pitch roof. The 7th bay also projects under a gable, with a sash window to the stairwell. A 20th-century flat-roofed extension has been added to the end of the two bays. One return lateral stack is also present. The house was built for the Rawlinsons of Graythwaite as a replacement for Graythwaite Old Hall.