Description

NY 5261 BRAMPTON CARLISLE ROAD
BRAMPTON (North side)

15/7 No 66 (Oulton House)

II

House. Late C17 with Cl8 alterations. Incised stucco walls with raised quoins and
chamfered plinth; C20 tile roof, raised copes gables and kneelers, stucco chimney
stacks. 3 storeys, 3 bays. Entrance has chamfered surround and C19 door. Ground
floor and first floor 2-pane sashes have C19 plain stone surrounds. Second floor
2-pane casements have chamfered surrounds and remains of central mullions, with
filled windows between. Width increased by extension to rear, with late C18 round-
headed staircase window with radial glazing bars in head. Home of the Forster
family of violin makers, later of London. See, Transactions Cumberland &
Westmorland, A&A, Soc., lxxiii, p.310. Compare style with that of Bonnie Prince
Charlie's house, Brampton and Bleatarn Park, Irthington Parish.

Listing NGR: NY5260661019

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26599001

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)