Old Daltongate House

ULVERSTON

SD2878 626-1/3/22 20/06/72

DALTONGATE (South side) No.13 Old Daltongate House (Formerly Listed as: DALTONGATE (South side) No.13)

GV II

House. Probably c1600, altered and re-fronted mid C18. Painted roughcast with painted stone dressings and slate roof. L-plan. 2 storeys and 3 bays. The facade has a storey band and has glazing bar sashes, all except the central window on the 1st floor in tripartite stone surrounds. Above the doorway, which has a plain stone surround, is a stone hood carried on fluted brackets. The door is of 6 flush panels and has an overlight. INTERIOR: the entrance hall has a wall of re-used C17 panelling to its left and a wall of C18 raised and fielded panels to its right. The left-hand front room contains a stone fireplace of early or mid C18 type with keystone, and has a round-arched cupboard with pilasters, a cornice, and doors of raised and fielded panels. The rear wing has large re-used chamfered main ceiling joists, and a shouldered stone fireplace. The mahogany stair has an open string, turned balusters, and half-balusters. Some of the 1st-floor rooms have oak floorboards. Also at 1st-floor level, the rear wing has a blocked 2-light oak-mullioned window in its west wall. At attic level there is a similar window in the west gable wall, and some panelling of C17 type. The principals are of hardwood and part of a reed and plaster ceiling is visible.

Listing NGR: SD2849578345