Rigg House

RIGG HOUSE, A684

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Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1132007
Date first listed:
25-Mar-1969
Statutory Address:
RIGG HOUSE, A684
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1132007
Date first listed:
25-Mar-1969
Statutory Address 1:
RIGG HOUSE, A684

Location

Statutory Address:
RIGG HOUSE, A684

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
High Abbotside
National Park:
Yorkshire Dales
National Grid Reference:
SD 84582 91871

Details

HIGH ABBOTSIDE A 684 SD 89 SW (north side) (Cotter Riggs) 6/142 Rigg House 25.3.69 - II House. Mid-late C18. Rubble, stone slate roof. L-shaped plan, 2 storeys, 5 bays. South elevation: central 3 bays a segmental bow. Left bay of coursed watershot rubble, 9-panel door on ground floor, sash window with glazing bars above. Central 3 bays have sash windows with glazing bars on ground floor, sash windows with glazing bars and ogee heads on first floor. Bay to right a derelict outbuilding, with coach house entered from rear on ground floor: quoins to right, 1 window opening on each floor. Stacks at ends and between bays 1 and 2, 4 and 5. Tall staircase window in left return. The birthplace of Sir William Hillary (1771-1847), equerry to the Duke of Sussex, created baronet 1805, and founder of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1824.

Listing NGR: SD8458291871

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Legacy System number:
323166
Legacy System:
LBS

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