Cark House

Date:
17 Jul 2000
Location:
Cark House, Lower Holker, South Lakeland, Cumbria, LA11 7PE
Reference:
IOE01/02700/04
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

LOWER HOLKER CARK-IN-CARTMEL SD 3676 9/141 Cark House 25.3.70 G.V. II C Farmhouse. Datestone to rear outshut reads: "T A/1689", but front range is late C18. Stone rubble, probably originally roughcast, with ashlar dressings and slate roof. 3 storeys, 5 bays. 1st floor sill band, cornice and moulded gutter; quoins, part to left hand end breaks back. Windows have stone surrounds with projecting edges and are sashed with glazing bars. Central entrance has Tuscan columns, frieze and pediment; half-glazed panelled door. Gable-end stacks and cross-axial stack. Rear has outshut under catlside roof with sashed windows with glazing bars and horns. Right return has entrance with moulded reveals and embattled lintel with date. Recessed bay to left with left hand end breaking back. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SD3612076556

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/2266 IOE Records taken by C J Wright; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr CJ Wright. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Wright, Cj

Rights Holder: Wright, Cj

Keywords

Ashlar, Roughcast, Rubble, Slate, Stone, Stuart Farmhouse, Domestic, Agricultural Dwelling, Dwelling, House, Agriculture And Subsistence, Farm Building, Agricultural Building, Date Stone, Commemorative, Commemorative Stone, Commemorative Monument