Description

STANWIX RURAL HIGH CROSBY
NY 45 NE
6/70 Crosby Lodge

II

Hotel and restaurant, formerly house. 1807-10, possibly by Peter Nicholson and
William Reid, for David Kennedy of Carlisle, with mid-C19 and C20 additions.
English garden wall bond brickwork, tower of coursed red sandstone rubble walls,
stone dressings, roof hidden by parapets. Garden front 2 storeys, 3 bays,
flanked by two 3 storey, single bay, towers, added in mid-C19, with further C20
extensions to left and right, Central segmental 2 storey bay-window with 5
rounded gauged-brick arches (altered mid-C19), central niche above flanked by 2
stone surround flat-headed windows, all casement with margin glazing bars to
ground floor. Flanked by 2 recessed bays, with cross-mullioned windows to
ground floor and double windows above, stone surrounds. This with flanking
single storey wings comprised the original house, but now has flanking stone and
brick towers with similar windows and castellated parapet added to the walls and
towers. C20 single storey, 2 bay extension to left, in brick and in keeping
with the rest of the building. 2 storey single bay extension to right of C20
brick with castellated parapet, extends round to entrance front. Entrance front
has stepped brick porch with moulded gauged-brick surround, squared brick
pilasters supporting wrought-iron lamp bracket and open brick parapet. Windows
on ground floor have chamfered stone surrounds and hood-moulds. Ashlar quoins,
castellated brick parapet, brick chimney stacks. Arched stable entrance to
right. Listing does not include out-buildings. Documents relating to the .
building of the house are in the County Record Office, Carlisle (Kennedy
Papers).

Listing NGR: NY4545959569

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26609450

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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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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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)