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Barton Church Farm, Barton
Barton Church Farm
Barton Kirk Farm
civil parish:-   Barton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY48522643
1Km square:-   NY4826
10Km square:-   NY42
references:-   Listed Buildings 2010


photograph
BXO66.jpg (taken 26.10.2012)  
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BXO64.jpg  Date stone on an entrance arch to the farm yard:-
"D / T E / Aug [13] / 1702" (taken 26.10.2012)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 7 3) 
placename:-  Barton Church
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:-  Barton Kirk
source data:-   Photograph, Barton Kirk from the South West - Barton Church Farm, Barton, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1895.
image  click to enlarge
HB0060.jpg
Vol.1 no.60 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "60. Barton Kirk from the South West, Barton. W."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3165.60
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Barton Kirk
source data:-   Photograph, Barton Kirk from the North West - Barton Church Farm, Barton, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1895.
image  click to enlarge
HB0061.jpg
Vol.1 no.61 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "61. Barton Kirk from the North West, Barton. W."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3165.61
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Barton Kirk
item:-  ceilingplaster ceiling
source data:-   Photograph, Barton Kirk, Ceiling of the Drawing Room - Barton Church Farm, Barton, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1895.
image  click to enlarge
HB0062.jpg
Vol.1 no.62 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "62. Barton Kirk, Ceiling of the Drawing Room. Barton. W."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3165.62
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Barton Church Farm
item:-  date stone (1693)
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BARTON CHURCH FARMHOUSE / / / BARTON / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 74521 / NY4852426433"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"RANGE OF FARM BUILDINGS ATTACHED TO BARTON CHURCH FARMHOUSE / / / BARTON / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74522 / NY4856226414"


photograph
BXO65.jpg  Barns tec.
(taken 26.10.2012)  
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BXO67.jpg  Barns etc.
(taken 26.10.2012)  
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BXO62.jpg  An escutcheon on a barn:-
"H / E L" (taken 26.10.2012)  
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BXO63.jpg  Date stone on a barn:-
"D / T E / Augt 22 / 1701" and coat of arms of the Dawes Family.
(taken 26.10.2012)  

notes:-  
site of an early stone house

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

hearsay:-  
The old vicarage house just outside the farm courtyard has an inscription over the door:-
"L D / NON MIH SED / SUCCESSORIBUS / 1637"
LD was Lawrence Dawes, born here, vicar of this parish from 1608. Over the porch, also built by Lawrence Dawes, is:-
"D / L A / NON EST HAEC REQUIES / 1628"
with an addition by his nephew Thomas:-
"D / T E / 1693"

hearsay:-  
A porch was added by Thomas Dawes, 1693, with date stones:-
"[D / L A / non est haec requies / 1628]"
"[D / T E / 1693]"

Palmer 1945

hearsay:-  
An outbuilding has date stones:-
"[D / T E / AUG 13 / 1702]"
"D / T E / Augt 22 / 1701"
The 1701 date stone is accompanied by a coat of arms; a fess between three jackdaws?

Palmer 1945

hearsay:-  
Built by the Dawes Family, 16th century. An east wing was added by Lancelot Dawes, vicar of Barton, 1628, who put an inscription over the door:-
"[non mihi sed successoribus]"
not for me but for my successors.

Palmer 1945


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

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