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21 and 22, Lowther Village

A Grade II* Listed Building in Lowther, Cumbria

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.6058 / 54°36'20"N

Longitude: -2.7183 / 2°43'5"W

OS Eastings: 353699

OS Northings: 523643

OS Grid: NY536236

Mapcode National: GBR 9HG5.9Q

Mapcode Global: WH81K.6HVG

Plus Code: 9C6VJ74J+8M

Entry Name: 21 and 22, Lowther Village

Listing Date: 6 February 1968

Last Amended: 3 September 1987

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1326824

English Heritage Legacy ID: 74360

ID on this website: 101326824

Location: Lowther, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, CA10

County: Cumbria

District: Eden

Town: Eden

Civil Parish: Lowther

Traditional County: Westmorland

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria

Church of England Parish: Askham with Lowther

Church of England Diocese: Carlisle

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Description


NY 52 SW LOWTHER LOWTHER VILLAGE

12/151 Nos 21 and 22
(formerly listed as
6.2.68 Nos 28-33)

II*

2 houses. 1765-73 by Robert Adam as estate houses for Sir James Lowther, part
of a model village which was never completed. Mixed sandstone rubble walls,
with string courses on 2-storey parts. Graduated greenslate roofs,those at ends
hipped; banded cement-rendered chimney stacks. One quadrant of a circus;
central part single storey, 10 bays, with 2-storey single-bay wings at either
end. Plank doors at either end of single-storey range and C20 casement windows
with glazing bars in original plain reveals, all with red sandstone lintels and
sills. Originally divided into numerous houses and by the early 1960s
semi-derelict, but altered with HBC grant in 1965. See Ancient Monument
Society's Transactions, 14, pp.57-73, R.W. Brunskill, Lowther Village and Robert
Adam.


Listing NGR: NY5369923643

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