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Barwise Hall, Hoff
Barwise Hall
civil parish:-   Hoff (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY65951766
1Km square:-   NY6517
10Km square:-   NY61

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 15 6) 
placename:-  Barwise Hall
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.

evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Barwise Hall
source data:-   Photograph, Barwise Hall, Hoff, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1897.
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HB0005.jpg
Vol.1 no.5 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "5. / Barwise Hall. Appleby St. Lawrence. E."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3165.5
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Barwise Hall
source data:-   Photograph, Barwise Hall, The Back door, Hoff, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1897.
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HB0006.jpg
Vol.1 no.6 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "6. / Barwise Hall, The Back door Appleby St. Lawrence. E."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3165.6
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Barwise Hall
item:-  fireplacerangechairlampchimney crane
source data:-   Photograph, Barwise Hall, Fireplace, Hoff, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1897.
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HB0007.jpg
Vol.1 no.7 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "7. / Barwise Hall, Fireplace. Appleby St. Lawrence. E."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3165.7
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Barwise Hall
item:-  staircase
source data:-   Photograph, Barwise Hall, Staircase, Hoff, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1897.
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HB0008.jpg
Vol.1 no.8 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "8. / Barwise Hall, Staircase. Appleby St. Lawrence. E."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3165.8
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evidence:-   site plan:- Historical Monuments 1936
placename:-  Barwise Hall
source data:-   Site plan, uncoloured lithograph, Hoff Barwise Hall, Hoff, Westmorland, scale about 1 to 290, published by Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, London, 1936.
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HMW074.jpg
On p.113 of the Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland. 
printed, upper left  "HOFF / BARWISE / HALL"
RCHME no. Wmd, Hoff 1 
item:-  Armitt Library : A745.74
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Barwise Hall
item:-  date stone (1579); date stone (1676)
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BARWISE HALL AND ADJOINING BARN AND BYRE / / / HOFF / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 73278 / NY6595617668"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"COTTAGE, STORE, AND PIGSTY BUILT AT RIGHT ANGLES TO EAST OF BARWISE HALL / / / HOFF / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73280 / NY6600517683"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
item:-  date stone
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BANK BARN TO NORTH WEST OF BARWISE HALL / / / HOFF / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 73279 / NY6591817682"

notes:-  
16th century stone house

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan and illustration

hearsay:-  
Date stone over the door:-
"[S / J [] / 1579]"

Palmer 1945

hearsay:-  
The lintel of the back door has a date stone:-
"[D / R E / 1676]"
and there is another with the same initials and date 1681 on a barn.

Palmer 1945

hearsay:-  
Probably built by Sir John Sudwick, 1579. The was an earlier building, the home of the Berewyse Family in the 13th century.

Palmer 1945


Palmer, J H & McIntire, W T (ed): 1945: Historic Farmhouses in and around Westmorland: Westmorland Gazette (Kendal, Westmorland)

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