Ghyll Head Cottage and the Homestead
GHYLL HEAD COTTAGE, GHYLL HEAD ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1224958
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jul-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Ghyll Head Cottage and the Homestead
- Statutory Address:
- GHYLL HEAD COTTAGE, GHYLL HEAD ROAD
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- Date:
- 1999-08-17
- Reference:
- IOE01/01207/32
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1224958
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jul-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Ghyll Head Cottage and the Homestead
- Statutory Address 1:
- GHYLL HEAD COTTAGE, GHYLL HEAD ROAD
- Statutory Address 2:
- THE HOMESTEAD, GHYLL HEAD ROAD
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:
- GHYLL HEAD COTTAGE, GHYLL HEAD ROAD
- Statutory Address:
- THE HOMESTEAD, GHYLL HEAD ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Westmorland and Furness (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Cartmel Fell
- National Park:
- Lake District
- National Grid Reference:
- SD3935692788
Details
CARTMEL FELL
SD 39 SE
3.24
GHYLL HEAD ROAD
(North side)
Ghyll Head Cottage
and The Homestead
II
2 houses. Datestone reads: "RGM/1749", later additions. Roughcast stone with
slate roof. 2 storeys, 3 bays, the 1st bay forms Ghyll Head Cottage. Windows
have casements; that to 2nd bay of ground floor has fire window to left; that to
1st bay of 1st floor is sashed with glazing bars and opening pane. Entrance to
1st bay and between 2nd and 3rd bay. Datestone to 2nd bay. Gable-end stacks,
that to right return projects with offsets, and cross-axial stack with round
shaft. Rear has gabled wing with gable-end stack, with stair wing to left under
catslide roof.
Listing NGR: SD3935692788
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 421168
- 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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