Cark Hall North Cottage South Cottage

LOWER HOLKER CARK-IN-CARTMEL SD 3676 9/136 Cark Hall, North 18.5.53 Cottage and South Cottage (formerly listed as Cark Hall) G.V. II* House, now 3 houses. 1580 (V.C.H.) with C17 alterations and wing. Roughcast stone with slate roof. 2 storeys with attic, 4 bays with 3-storey, 4-bay wing projecting to left. 1st and 4th bays project under gables, the 1st bay partly covered by wing, the 4th bay narrow. Single-chamfered-mullioned windows with label moulds, of 4 lights to ground floor, but that to 3rd bay now of 2 lights and that to 4th bay is cross-mullioned. 1st floor similar, but window to 1st bay cut by wing, 2 lights visible. Attic has 3:3:2-light windows, that to centre in gabled dormer. Stair light to return of 1st bay. Central entrance has doorcase with Ionic columns, entablature, projecting over columns and open semi-circular pediment with armorial bearing: Rawlinson quartering Curwen and Monk; 12-panel door. Cross-axial stack with round shaft. Inner return of wing is similar, 2-light windows, most with leaded glazing, some with small-paned glazing, 2nd bay has stair windows; gable end has large projecting stack with round shaft. Right return has large C20 single storey lean-to outshut. 1st floor has 4:3:2-light windows, 2 with missing mullions, end gables have 3- and 2-light windows. Rear has 1st, 2nd and 3rd projecting gabled bays. 1st bay has 2-light attic window over roofless shell of gabled outbuilding; gable-end stack; return has 4-light window to ground and 1st floors, some mullions missing. 2nd bay has 3-light stair window with high transom and 3-light attic window, both with dripstones. 3rd bay has lean-to outshut with 2-light window and entrance with architrave, 3-light 1st floor window; 4th bay has projecting gable-end stack with rounded shaft, 3-light windows, 2-light attic window. Left return of 5 bays, the 3rd, 4th and 5th bays project, forming wing of 3 storeys. Ground floor has 4:2:3:4-light windows; 1st floor has 4:2:3:2:2-light windows; 2nd floor has 2-light window. Large gabled porch has entrances to 2 cottages, one with chamfered reveals and wide-boarded door. Large projecting lateral stack with set offs and rounded shafts to 2nd bay, 3rd bay has gable-end stack. Interior has ovolo beams, Tudor-arched fireplaces, stud and plaster wall. Stair with turned balusters, square newels with ball finials, moulded handrails and strings, also spiral stair, part stone, part timber. Ceiling with plaster cornice. 1st floor panelled room with corner closet, fireplace overmantel, probably contemporary. See V.C.H. Lancs. Vol.VIII, p274.

Listing NGR: SD3651676741