Description

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SD26NW RAMPSIDE 708-1/6/108 (North side) 10/11/49 No.101 Rampside Hall

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Large house. Late C17 (Pevsner). Roughcast over stone with ashlar dressings, graduated slate roof. 3 storeys and attic, 5 bays, double-depth plan; later wing to rear left. Central doorway has ovolo-moulded quoined surround with vine carving on chamfer stops; lintel decorated with ogee panels and carved vinetrail; hoodmould surmounted by blank panel with round-arched cornice. Dripmould continues from doorhood to cover double-chamfered cross-windows having C20 casements with glazing bars. Upper-floor windows all in same style; bays 1 & 5 on 2nd floor have different, red sandstone, surrounds. Shaped blocks support wooden gutter. Parapet removed but end dies remain and have large ball finials on ornate pedestals; ashlar gable copings. 12 diagonally-set chimneys occupy full length of ridge. Left return: lean-to porch in angle with later wing, encloses cross-boarded oak door with decorative iron hinges in ovolo-moulded surround. Casement and 4-pane sash to ground floor; cross-window and partially-blocked cross-window above. INTERIOR: structurally the house has a massive tranverse wall incorporating the flues; off this the rooms are formed by timber partitions; most rooms have beamed ceilings. Original features include: well in cellar; incomplete fireplace bressumer in kitchen to rear left, beneath it a stone arch. Staircase to rear centre rises through 3 floors and has original oak balustrade of turned balusters and deep-section handrail between square and rectangular newels with sunken panels and moulded caps. Chamfered ashlar fireplace to 1st floor left. Built for the Knype family. A house here is mentioned in 1634 although it is uncertain when and for which member of the family the present structure was built (Chambers & Gaythorpe). Pevsner, as stated, regarding the building as late C17. (Trans. Cumberland & Westmoreland Antiquarian & Archaeol. Society: Chambers C P: Rampside Hall: Kendal: 1910-: 288-297; Buildings of England: Pevsner N: North Lancashire: London: 1969-).

Listing NGR: SD2407966307

External Links

• Rampside Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q15271670

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)