Latitude: 54.2031 / 54°12'11"N
Longitude: -2.5986 / 2°35'54"W
OS Eastings: 361050
OS Northings: 478761
OS Grid: SD610787
Mapcode National: GBR BM9V.62
Mapcode Global: WH94P.1MV5
Plus Code: 9C6V6C32+6H
Entry Name: Fountain House
Listing Date: 12 February 1962
Last Amended: 22 March 1983
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1145799
English Heritage Legacy ID: 75115
ID on this website: 101145799
Location: Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, LA6
County: Cumbria
District: South Lakeland
Civil Parish: Kirkby Lonsdale
Built-Up Area: Kirkby Lonsdale
Traditional County: Westmorland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Kirkby Lonsdale Team Ministry
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
Tagged with: House
BECK HEAD
1.
5166
No 8 (Fountain House)
formerly listed as Nos 6 and
8 (Fountain House)
SD 6078 NE 5/5 12.2.62
II GV
2.
Mid C18 house. Two storeys. Stucco with stone dressings. Slate roof. Five bay
symmetrical composition. Plinth. Chamfered rusticated quoins. Modillion cornice
with blocking course. Windows with plain stone surrounds and sashes without glazing
bars. Doorway has three-quarter Ionic columns, pulvinated frieze, modillion cornice
and pediment. Six panel door. Rectangular fanlight. Low stone wall across front
with small stone gatepiers from which springs wrought iron arch. The rear is of
rubble, with quoins and kneelers. Windows with plain stone surrounds, sashed with
all glazing bars. Large staircase window with plain surround, its lower half sashed
with all glazing bars, upper half a fixed Gothick head considerably wider than the
jambs with intersecting glazing bars. To left of this small staircase window with
glazing bars lights back stairs. Plain doorway with four panel door, top glazed.
Interior. Decorated consistently with Classical motifs intermixed with Gothick.
Doors of six raised and fielded panels, and similar shutters, throughout. Room to
left at front has Ionic cornice, and elaborate wooden chimneypiece with consoled
cornice and Gothick cusping in frieze. Room to right at front has large plain oval
recess in wall. Front hall and staircase separated by wooden arch with large frets
on jamb and soffit. Room at rear has fitted cupboard to right of altered chimney-
breast. Main staircase with Ionic modillion cornice. Two flight dogleg open string
stairs and landing with turned balusters, moulded brackets and ramped moulded hand-
rail. Elaborate queue on columnar newel, from which issues another short rail and
queue which runs back to level of back door. The other newels are square, sunk
panelled and linked to each other or descending rail by trefoils. Parallel and
adjoining runs back staircase, with four flight dogleg closed string stair and
landing. Turned balusters and simple handrail. First floor room at front on right
has elaborate wooden chimneypiece. Probably contemporary inner chimneypiece of
wood with Rococo embellishment. Heavy collar roof.
Listing NGR: SD6105078761
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