Description

LOWER ALLITHWAITE PRIORY CLOSE SD 3778 (West side) Cartmel 8/85 Priory Close House 25.3.70 G.V. II* House. Parts possibly medieval, reconstructed in early C17, with parts of c1740. Roughcast stone with slate roofs. East facade of 2 storeys, 5 bays, the 4th and 5th bays recessed and lower. 1st 3 bays have 1st floor sill band and cornice. Windows are sashed with glazing bars. Entrance has bracketed canopy and 6-fielded-panelled door with overlight with glazing bars. 4th bay has small casements; 5th bay has windows with small-paned glazing; entrance has bracketed canopy and 6-fielded-panel door, 2 glazed. Return of 3rd bay has 4-light chamfered-wooden-mullioned window to attic. Rear has 3-bay projecting gabled wing with re-entrant lean-to outshut and lateral stack with round shafts to left. 6th bay is gabled, with large stack. Most windows are sashed with glazing bars. Ground floor has 2-light window with casements to 1st bay, 2nd bay has small-paned glazing to window in outshut, 5th bay has stone 3-light single-chamfered-mullioned window. Top-hung casement to window to 2nd bay of 1st floor; 4th bay has large stair window with 56-pane fixed glazing with casement window to attic above; 6th bay has 3-light single-chamfered-mullioned window. Entrance to outshut has half-glazed door. Interior has ground floor room with double hexagon pattern to floor, in dark and light boards, and bolection-moulded panelling with dado rail and cornice. Another room has fireplace with grate, and wall cupboard with fluted flat pilasters, broken pediment and fielded-panel doors opening to reveal round-headed niche with shaped shelves, insides of doors and niche painted with naive laquerwork oriental scenes. Outshut has segmental arch and bench with decorative panels and figurework said to come from pew in church. Stair has panelled square newels, ramped handrail, and turned and double-twisted balusters. 1st floor has bolection moulded fireplaces and 2-panel doors; stone fireplace has triangular head with dagger motifs. The house is believed to be an early C17 reconstruction of the medieval Prior's lodging and guesthouse.

Listing NGR: SD3792678796

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