Brimmer Head Farmhouse With Adjoining Farm Building
BRIMMER HEAD FARMHOUSE WITH ADJOINING FARM BUILDING
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1272005
- Date first listed:
- 15-Mar-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Brimmer Head Farmhouse With Adjoining Farm Building
- Statutory Address:
- BRIMMER HEAD FARMHOUSE WITH ADJOINING FARM BUILDING
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- Date:
- 2003-04-24
- Reference:
- IOE01/10166/17
- Rights:
- © Mr Gordon Furness. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1272005
- Date first listed:
- 15-Mar-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Brimmer Head Farmhouse With Adjoining Farm Building
- Statutory Address 1:
- BRIMMER HEAD FARMHOUSE WITH ADJOINING FARM BUILDING
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:
- BRIMMER HEAD FARMHOUSE WITH ADJOINING FARM BUILDING
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Westmorland and Furness (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Lakes
- National Park:
- Lake District
- National Grid Reference:
- NY 32457 08480
Details
1. 1291A GRASMERE Brimmer Head Farmhouse with adjoining farm building NY 30 NW 7/68 I 2. 1574 and 1870. Reputedly the oldest house in Grasmere.. White-washed stone rubble, slate roof, 2 storeys. New end added 1870, with a bay window. Front has centre door, 2 windows on ground floor and 3 above, all with wooden mullions, and 2 small gablets over upper windows. The later portion to the left has a gable, bay window and an upper window with labels. Farm building adjoins to right under same roof (shippons belay, loft above ). Traces of original external stairs. Interior has very low ceiling beams and oak panelling in present kitchen. Stairs mid-Cl7, with treads and panelling and turned balusters with Roman numbering. A blocked old window visible inside, and an oak chest dated 1637. Old ladder still extant inside the original C16 kitchen.
Listing NGR: NY3245208483
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 452084
- 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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