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Rigmaden Park, Mansergh
Rigmaden Park
civil parish:-   Mansergh (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   park
coordinates:-   SD61018484
1Km square:-   SD6184
10Km square:-   SD68

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 43 12) 
placename:-  Rigmaden
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:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Rigmaden hall
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Rigmaden hall"
in  "Mansor in the parish of Kirkby Lonsdale"

evidence:-   probably old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Rigmaiden Hall
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
image
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"Rigmaiden Hall"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   probably old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Rigmaiden Hall
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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"Rigmaiden Hall"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Rigmaden Hall
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"RIGMADEN HALL / / / MANSERGH / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75711 / SD6100784777"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"House, now gutted. 1825 and later. By Francis Webster. For Christopher Wilson. Ashlar, the service wing of roughcast stone rubble. Main wing of 2 storeys and 3x5 bays; service wing to north of 4 bays; later billiard room wing of 3x3 bays to north-west. East facade of main wing has semi-circular central bay with 3 windows to each floor. Giant angle pilasters, 1st floor sill band and top frieze, cornice and blocking course. Ground floor windows to central bay have eared architraves, friezes and cornices; those to outer bays are tripartite, with angle colonnettes, entablatures and pediments; central 1st floor window is blind, in form of sash. South return has end bays breaking forward with architraves under frieze, broken by recessed lintels. Windows to end bays of ground floor as to central bay above; those between open onto short flight of steps. Windows to end bays of 1st floor have panelled sills and jambs; those between have sill band. West facade has end bays breaking forward, with angle pilasters. Large porte cochere with paired antae, entablature and blocking course; entrance with flanking lights, architrave and cornice. Some remaining ashlar stacks with cornices. Service wing has plainer details, to east, the end bay breaks forward under gable, to west 2 bays project by one bay, with 2nd storey. Billiard room wing has angle pilasters, frieze, cornice and blocking course. Ground floor windows to west facade have architraves, friezes and cornices. South return has entrance with architrave and armorial bearing above. North return is roughcast; plain windows, one retaining small-paned iron fixed glazing with some remaining painted glass."

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"OUTBUILDING TO NORTH OF RIGMADEN HALL / / / MANSERGH / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75715 / SD6102084814"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"KENNEL RANGE TO NORTH OF RIGMADEN HALL / / / MANSERGH / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75714 / SD6101484849"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
item:-  date stone (1680); date stone (1673)
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"STABLE RANGE TO NORTH OF RIGMADEN HALL / / / MANSERGH / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75713 / SD6098184863"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"RAILINGS RUNNING FOR 47 METRES GATES AND PIERS TO WEST OF RIGMADEN PARK / / / MANSERGH / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75712 / SD6094184749"

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