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Durham Ox, Old Town
Durham Ox House
locality:-   Old Town
civil parish:-   Mansergh (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   inn (ex) 
coordinates:-   SD59588281
1Km square:-   SD5982
10Km square:-   SD58
references:-   Listed Buildings 2010


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BXU81.jpg (taken 10.2.2103)  

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Durham Ox, The
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"THE DURHAM OX / / B6254 / MANSERGH / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75717 / SD5958582798"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"House. Late C18. Stone rubble with slate roof. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Windows have dressed stone surrounds and are sashed with glazing bars. Central entrance has dressed surround, now window with small-paned casement. Gable-end stacks. Small gabled wing to right return has entrance with half-glazed door with steps and plain iron balusters and handrail with terminal urns, moved from former entrance. Rear has single storey gabled projection with flanking flat-roofed projections; tall stair window has small-paned glazing, probably originally higher. 2 large dormer windows. The house is recorded as being a public house in the 1st half of the C19 and is on the main drove road from Scotland."

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