Description

NY 22 NW WYTHOP

7/127 Wythop Hall and adjoining former 3.3.67 stables II Farmhouse and adjoining former stables. Probably mid C16 with extension dated and inscribed F. & V.F. 1678 (Fletcher) with late C19 alterations. Rendered walls on irregular plinth, under graduated greenslate roof with C19 rusticated chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 3 bays with right-angled stables to right, forming overall L-shape, originally the hall and kitchen range of courtyard plan, attached to a fortified house. C19 enlarged 2-light sash windows under continuous C16 hoodmoulds. Porch at right side has top-glazed 6-panel door in painted architrave under dated lintel. Former stables of whitewashed rubble under corrugated iron roof. Ground-floor 3-light stone-mullioned window, plank doors and upper-floor casement window. Gable wall has enlarged C20 garage entrance with loft doorway above. House has C17 outshut and further C19 extension to rear. For details of the tower which was given a licence to crenellate 12 July 1318, see M.W. Taylor, Old Manorial Halls of Westmorland & Cumberland, C.W. extra series, vol. viii, pp324-5.

Listing NGR: NY2029128404

External Links

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