In the background of the picture can be seen a barn painted with multi-coloured stripes at Kirfit Hall farm. The barn was painted in this manner in 2003 by the farmer Thomas Wharton in consequence of a dispute with local planning authorities.
This is part of the Job: 2K/18190 Ruskin's View, Church Brow, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria; within the Volume: BF113497 Ruskin's View, Church Brow, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria; within the Series: EHC01/002 Eh Architectural Requests; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive
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Photographer: Williams, Peter