Description

SETTLE SD 8063-8163 10/1 Falcon Manor Hotel 5.8.88 II Large house, now hotel. 1842 by G Webster, for Rev H J Swale, first vicar of Church of Holy Ascension, Settle (q.v.) In Jacobean style. 2 storeys with half dormers, 3 bays. Coursed stone, stone slate roof. Symmetrical entrance front has project- ing 2-storey gabled porch. Entrance has moulded surround and Tudor head with hoodmould and carved shield in pediment above. First floor sill band and 3-light mullioned and transomed window with 4-centre heads and hoodmould;.3-light stepped window in gable. Pierced balustrade to left and right return of porch. Semi- octagonal buttresses continue above gable as turreted finials with diaper-patterned finish to apex of gable. Gabled bay to left and right of porch. That on right has 3-light mullioned and transomed bay window on ground floor; 3-light mullioned and transomed window on upper floor and 2-light mullioned window in gable; dripstone to bay window, others have hoodmoulds. Ball finials to gables and turreted stacks to apex. Left hand bay is obscured by ivy. Right hand garden front has 3 bays, outer 2 are gabled, each with a 4-light mullioned and transomed window on ground floor and similar 3-light window on first floor and two 2-light mullioned windows on second floor; all have hoodmoulds. Central bay window has 5-light mullioned and transomed window on both floors with pierced balustrade above. Its many chimneys are a distinctive visual feature of this property. Source: A Taylor and J Haworths The Websters of Kendal (1973)

Listing NGR: SD8170663045

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