Description

NY 22 NE UNDERSKIDDAW MILLBECK

8/119 Millbeck Hall and
3.3.67 adjoining barn

II*

Farmhouse and barn. Dated over rear entrance 1592. Roughcast walls, under
graduated greenslate roof with brick chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 5 bays, with
contemporary single-bay wing to left rear and 2-bay barn to right of higher roof
line, forming overall L-shape. 2- and 3-light chamfered stone-mullioned windows
and smaller firewindows on both floors to right. 2 windows are C20 casements in
enlarged surrounds. Rear has replacement studded plank door in Tudor-style
surround under shaped lintel, dated and inscribed QVORSUM M.W. VIVERE MORI, MORI
VIVERE NICHOLAS WILLIAMSON (whither are we going, to live is to die, to die is
to live eternally). 2-light chamfered stone-mullioned windows and similar
windows in wing. Left plank door with ramp and steps to loft doorway. Barn has
openings with plain reveals and doorways to side and rear. Thought to
incorporate the remains of a C15 fortified tower with newel staircase in
thickness of the wall, but this is hidden by roughcast. See Old Manorial Halls
of Westmorland & Cumberland, by W.M. Taylor, 1892, pp320-323. Birthplace of Sir
Joseph Williamson a C17 Secretary of State.

Listing NGR: NY2559526082

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17540485

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