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Latitude: 54.3511 / 54°21'3"N
Longitude: -2.9425 / 2°56'32"W
OS Eastings: 338838
OS Northings: 495472
OS Grid: SD388954
Mapcode National: GBR 7LW4.R0
Mapcode Global: WH82L.SW0R
Plus Code: 9C6V9325+C2
Entry Name: The Station
Listing Date: 25 March 1970
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1087305
English Heritage Legacy ID: 76726
ID on this website: 101087305
Location: Far Sawrey, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, LA22
County: Cumbria
District: South Lakeland
Civil Parish: Claife
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Sawrey St Peter
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
Tagged with: Building
CLAIFE B5285 (North side)
SD 39 NE
Far Sawrey
The Station
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25.3.70
II
Viewing station. Late C18. Stone rubble. 2 storeys, with canted bays to front
and rear, and embattled parapet. Now ruinous, the front wall collapsed. lst
floor sill band, some slate hanging remains to rear. Large window openings to
1st floor of returns and narrow opening to remaining part of front wall. Lower
recesses to ground floor of returns. Rear has canted bay with entrance and 1st
floor window opening with flanking blind windows; narrow window openings to
either side, with slate hanging to remains of parapet. Wall connects station
with rock outcrop to rear, with round-headed archway and round-headed opening
with foundations of structure to rear. Interior has remains of cross walls,
rear gabled wall with stack and fireplace. Vaulted chamber to ground floor,
rear canted bay has stone flying stair with moulded treads. The Station was
used as a viewing point for Lake Windermere at the time when picturesque
principles suggested that landscape should be viewed from certain points only,
where the elements of scenery were most pictorial, and is associated with the
early tourist industry. Property of The National Trust.
Listing NGR: SD3883895472
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