High Head Castle Eighteenth Century Wing is a Grade II* listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1986. A C18 Country house.
High Head Castle Eighteenth Century Wing
- WRENN ID
- open-oriel-clover
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1986
- Type
- Country house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
NY 44 SW SKELTON HIGH HEAD
5/217 High Head Castle C18 Wing
G.V. II*
Country house in ruins, built on the site of a medieval castle. 1744-7, probably by James Gibbs for the Brougham family, partly destroyed by fire 1956. Red sandstone ashlar with string course, eaves modillions, open balustraded parapet and V-jointed quoins. Roofless but with banded ashlar sandstone chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 11 bays. Projecting pedimented 3-bay centre, with carved ornament in pediment, has central door in alternate-block surround with entablature and pediment. Stone window architraves. Return and rear walls are partly in ruins. Interior completely gutted. See Transactions Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society, new series, xi, pp.379-384; for the attribution to James Gibbs see G. Beard, 'The Greater House in Cumbria', 1979, pp...... Derelict and unoccupied at the time of survey; owner's application to demolish refused in 1985.
Listing NGR: NY4027943334
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