Description

NY 34 NE DALSTON Hawkesdale

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Hawkesdale Hall

G.V.
II*

House. Late C17 with addition dated and inscribed over rear entrance 1704 J. &
M.N. (Nicholson). Painted rendered walls,with V-jointed quoins and heavily
moulded cornice,on chamfered painted plinth. Graduated greenslate roof;painted
stone chimney stacks. Extension: painted render over brick; graduated slate
roof; large square painted stone chimney stack. 3 storeys, 5 bays; 2-storey,
3-bay extension to right. C20 door with glazed fanlight in painted roll moulded
architrave with pulvinated frieze. Early C19 glazed wooden porch with panelled
pilasters and radial fanlight. Sash windows with broad glazing bars in painted
chamfered surrounds under moulded cornices. Yorkshire sash windows in chamfered
painted surrounds on second floor. Newcastle fire insurance company mark over
entrance. Interior: Late C17 staircase for full 3 storeys with barley-twist
balusters and broad moulded handrail. Ground floor room right of hall has
heavily carved and moulded C18 stone fireplace; flanking panelled cupboard to
right and half-domed shelved recess to left, all in eared architraves. Room
left of hall has panelled plaster ceiling. Panelled doors throughout. Late C17
wooden panelled first floor bedroom. Extension: 2- & 3-light stone-mullioned
windows in chamfered stone surrounds. Known as Hawkesdale Low House in 1694
when John Nicholson, brother of the Bishop of Carlisle, was the owner. His son
Joseph, resident in the house until his death, was joint author with Dr Richard
Burn of a History of Westmorland and Cumberland published in 1777. See
Transactions Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society, new
series, lv, pp345-6.

Listing NGR: NY3746447710

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17542327

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Recommended Books

• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)