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Summer House Approximately 95 Metres North West of Cark Hall

A Grade II Listed Building in Flookburgh, Cumbria

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.1833 / 54°10'59"N

Longitude: -2.975 / 2°58'30"W

OS Eastings: 336466

OS Northings: 476830

OS Grid: SD364768

Mapcode National: GBR 7NN2.Q5

Mapcode Global: WH83K.83LV

Plus Code: 9C6V52MF+8X

Entry Name: Summer House Approximately 95 Metres North West of Cark Hall

Listing Date: 18 May 1953

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1100264

English Heritage Legacy ID: 77051

ID on this website: 101100264

Location: Cark, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, LA11

County: Cumbria

District: South Lakeland

Civil Parish: Lower Holker

Built-Up Area: Flookburgh

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria

Church of England Parish: Flookburgh St John the Baptist

Church of England Diocese: Carlisle

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Description


LOWER HOLKER CARK-IN-CARTMEL
SD 3676
9/137 Summer House approx
18.5.53 95m north-west of
Cark Hall (q.v.)
G,V. II
Summer house. Probably late C17 or early C18. Stone rubble with quoins.
2-storey square structure, for many years roofless. East face has entrance with
lintel, 1st floor has window with moulded reveals and escutcheon with initials:
CR to lintel, originally cross-mullioned. South face has blocked 3-light
single-chamfered-mullioned window with dripstone to ground floor; 1st floor has
window with slightly chamfered reveals and transom, originally cross-mullioned.
North and west faces have 1st floor windows, originally cross-mullioned.
Initials believed to refer to Christopher Rawlinson (1677-1733), a noted
antiquarian, who lived at Cark Hall. See J.C. Dickinson, The Land of Cartmel,
1980, pp76 and 77.


Listing NGR: SD3646676830

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