Listing Text

SD 59 NE GRAYRIGG A685
(East side)

7/80 Grayrigg Foot with
attached outbuilding

II

House. Mid to late C17 with early C18 alterations, outbuilding probably later.
Stone rubble, the house roughcast, slate roof, corrugated iron to outbuilding.
L-plan, 2 storeys. South elevation of 6 bays with blocked windows to 3rd and
5th bays. Dripcourse over ground floor. Cross casement windows with opening
lights; 5th bay has 3-light window to ground floor, with king mullion and inner
post. Entrance to 3rd bay has C20 glazed gabled porch. Cross-axial and
gable-end stacks. Outbuilding has entrance and 2 windows. East return of 3
bays has dripcourse over 1st floor. Varied casements to windows; attic window
to 1st bay. North elevation has gable-end stack to east wing, with attached
outbuilding and lean-to outshut to right return. Stair bay slightly higher than
next 2 bays, under raking roof; narrow casement window. 2 bays have fixed
glazing with opening lights or sashed lights. Entrance. Outbuilding to right
has re-entrant lean-to outshut; entrance to right. End 1st floor entrance up
steps and small lights. West return has lean-to pigsties. Interior has
chamfered beams; stair has turned balusters, square newels and moulded
handrails. Blocked 2-light wooden mullioned window to head of stair. 2-panel
attic door. Attic has 4 collar trusses, 2 with sawn-through tie beams,
supported on posts and braces to north side. 6 blocked 3-light wooden-
chamfered-mullioned windows to south side, some with leaded glazing, diamond
quarries, some ornamental. East wing has upper cruck trusses and 2 blocked
2-light windows with intermediate bars.

Listing NGR: SD5794397519