Description

ST JOHN'S CASTLERIGG & WYTHBURN
NY3O8239 Hollin Root Old House

447-//10003
II

Former dwelling house, now farm outbuilding. Late C17 or early C18 with C19
alterations and additions and some C20 refurbishment. Uncoursed rubble sandstone
without dressings, single circular gable stack (a C20 addition) at the end and a
Westmorland slate roof covering laid to diminishing courses. 2-cell end lobby entrance
plan. S elevation; single storey, 2 bays with single doorway to w end, central 6-pane
fixed light window, and to the right a single-light window in a partially, infilled wider
opening. N gable with wide doorway and planked door to right beneath rough lintol.
Doorway to added rear oiiihut set back from gableline. Interior; entry baffle wall to left
of gable doorway carries massive cambered hearth beam defining wide endwall hearth.
Inserted sawn C19 tie beams sit on interior masonry partition wall separates heated
room from service 'passage' to side.

Listing NGR: NY3084423894

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26408869

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)