Description

GRANGE-OVER-SANDS

SD4077 GRANGE FELL ROAD
705-1/4/13 (North side)
11/08/50 Hardcragg Hall
(Formerly Listed as:
GRANGE FELL ROAD
Hardcragg Hall excluding modern
conservatory on west end)

II

Formerly known as: Hard Crag GRANGE FELL ROAD.
House, now hotel and restaurant. C17, extensively restored in
a C17 style c1900. Painted roughcast with slate roof. L-plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. The windows have plain reveals, oak
mullions, and diamond leaded glazing. The east facade is a
2-window range and has a gabled bay window of 8 lights with
transom in the right-hand bay. The other windows are of 4
lights: the left-hand one on the ground floor has a transom.
To the left of the bay window there is a rainwater hopper
inscribed 'N P 1764'. The chimney on the right-hand gable has
rounded shafts. The left-hand (south) gable wall has a 5-light
bay window with transom on the ground floor and a 4-light
window above. To the left is the 5-window south range. The
left-hand window on the ground floor has stepped lights. The
other ground-floor windows are of 5 lights, the right-hand one
with transom. The 1st-floor windows are of 4 lights except for
the 3rd, above the porch, which is a cross-window. The
single-storey gabled porch has a sundial in its front wall
which appears to be of artificial stone and is dated '1663'.
To the right of the porch a lead rainwater pipe has an upper
hopper inscribed 'RCL 1734' and a lower hopper inscribed '19
WTM 0-, S - [?]'. Between the 1st and 2nd windows there is a
lead hopper inscribed 'C W M 1770'. Chimneys on left-hand
gable.
INTERIOR: the ground-floor rooms are lined with oak panelling
in a C17 style, incorporating C17 woodwork. Above a C19
fireplace at the south end of the east wing is a timber
inscribed 'TDM 1666'. Above a spice cupboard door there is the
inscribed date '1685'. The entrance hall contains a staircase
with splat balusters.
HISTORY: the house was bought c1860 by one of the Townley
family of Burnley, and WG Marshal Townley was born there in
1869. Beatrix Potter was a friend of the family and it is said
that she met the original of Pigling Bland at Hard Cragg.
(Swale WE: Grange-Over-Sands: Grange-Over-Sands: 1969-: 59).

Listing NGR: SD4054777942

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26559808

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
• 
  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
• 
  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
• 
  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)