The Station
THE STATION, B 5285
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1087305
- Date first listed:
- 25-Mar-1970
- List Entry Name:
- The Station
- Statutory Address:
- THE STATION, B 5285
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1087305
- Date first listed:
- 25-Mar-1970
- List Entry Name:
- The Station
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE STATION, B 5285
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE STATION, B 5285
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Cumbria
- District:
- South Lakeland (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Claife
- National Park:
- Lake District
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 38838 95472
Details
CLAIFE B5285 (North side) SD 39 NE Far Sawrey The Station 6/51 25.3.70
II
Viewing station. Late C18. Stone rubble. 2 storeys, with canted bays to front and rear, and embattled parapet. Now ruinous, the front wall collapsed. lst floor sill band, some slate hanging remains to rear. Large window openings to 1st floor of returns and narrow opening to remaining part of front wall. Lower recesses to ground floor of returns. Rear has canted bay with entrance and 1st floor window opening with flanking blind windows; narrow window openings to either side, with slate hanging to remains of parapet. Wall connects station with rock outcrop to rear, with round-headed archway and round-headed opening with foundations of structure to rear. Interior has remains of cross walls, rear gabled wall with stack and fireplace. Vaulted chamber to ground floor, rear canted bay has stone flying stair with moulded treads. The Station was used as a viewing point for Lake Windermere at the time when picturesque principles suggested that landscape should be viewed from certain points only, where the elements of scenery were most pictorial, and is associated with the early tourist industry. Property of The National Trust.
Listing NGR: SD3883895472
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 76726
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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