Helme Lodge

HELME LODGE, NATLAND MILL BECK LANE

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Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1336097
Date first listed:
01-Nov-1973
List Entry Name:
Helme Lodge
Statutory Address:
HELME LODGE, NATLAND MILL BECK LANE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1336097
Date first listed:
01-Nov-1973
List Entry Name:
Helme Lodge
Statutory Address 1:
HELME LODGE, NATLAND MILL BECK LANE

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
HELME LODGE, NATLAND MILL BECK LANE

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

District:
Westmorland and Furness (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Natland
National Grid Reference:
SD 51967 90505

Details

SD 59 SW NATLAND NATLAND MILL BECK LANE (off south side)

1/20 Helme Lodge 1.11.73 II

House. 1824. Francis and George Webster for W.D. Crewdson. Later alterations: verandahs on south side added c1914 by Richardson; West side remodelled in 1916 by W.A. Nelson following a fire: bays formed from original stone, balustrading and balconies added; C20 alterations to service wing. Greek Revival Style. Limestone ashlar with sandstone dressings; hipped graduated greenslate roof with corniced limestone chimneys and deeply overhanging modillioned cornice with cast-iron ogee gutter. 2 storeys. Entrance front 3 bays, 2:1:2, articulated by Tuscan pilasters: central bay recessed. 3-panelled door with oblong fanlight in stone surround under porch with entablature supported on 2 sets of paired Ionic columns; 2 sashes to either side with stone surrounds, 5 sashes above. Garden front at right angles: 3 bays articulated by Tuscan pilasters. Central sash; single storey bay window with tripartite sash to each side, 3 sashes above. Stone balustrades and cast-iron balcony supported on cast-iron columns to 1st floor. Rear: 4 windows to each floor; Tuscan pilasters at corners; glazed cast-iron verandah. All windows with glazing bars throughout. Interior has original 6-panelled doors; architraves, picture rails, cornices, panelled window surrounds and shutters throughout; stone staircase with iron balustrade finishing in spiral and 2-step curtail. Moulded plaster ceiling to landing. Marble fireplaces from Webster's works. (Complete set of original plans and elevations for original building and for verandahs kept in County Archives in Kendal).

Listing NGR: SD5196790505

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
76458
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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