Description

CARLISLE

NY3954 HOLME HEAD
671-1/15/179 Holme Head House
13/11/72
(Formerly Listed as:
HOLME HEAD
Manager's house, between Weaving
shed and Bridge Terrace at Holme
Head Works)

GV II

Manager's house, now offices. Mid C19 for Ferguson Brothers
factory. English garden wall bond brickwork on chamfered
plinth (all dressings of painted stone) with sill band and
eaves cornice. Hipped overhanging slate roof; under the eaves
at each angle are rows of small mill wheels; original ridge
brick chimney stacks.
2 storeys, 3 bays with 2-bay returns; central entry stair,
double-depth plan. Central panelled door and overlight, up
steps, in pilastered porch. Flanking canted bay windows. Upper
floor sash windows in stone architraves, the bays flanking the
door project slightly for full height. Right return windows in
stone architraves. INTERIOR not inspected.
A plan of the factory complex in 1865 in Cumbria County Record
Office, shows no house in this position, nor is it shown on
the 1865 OS map, but it is on the 1900 OS map.

Listing NGR: NY3971554501

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491492

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Recommended Books

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)