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Holme Hill, Dalston
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Holme Hill
Lime House School
civil parish:-   Dalston (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY37644719
1Km square:-   NY3747
10Km square:-   NY34
references:-   Listed Buildings 2010

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 30 10) 
placename:-  Holme Hill
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:-   probably old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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"Holmes Esqr."
house with an avenue of trees 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Holm Hill
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 321-322  "A mile beyond [Rose Castle] is Holm Hill, - Summer, Esq."
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Holm Hill
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 557-558  "On the l. of Hawksdale is Holm Hill, George Summer, Esq."
item:-  JandMN : 228.2
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Holme Hill
item:-  Hill, The
item:-  date stone (1887)
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"HOLME HILL / / / DALSTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78327 / NY3764747192"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"House originally called Holme Hill, now private school. Early C19 with stable arch dated and inscribed 1887 L.C.S., with Salkeld coat of arms; incorporating C17 and C18 features. Calciferous sandstone ashlar with V-jointed quoins on chamfered plinth. Rendered wings; graduated greenslate roofs; ashlar chimney stacks. Entrance facade: 3 storeys, 7 bays with flanking low 2-storey, L-shaped 6-bay wings, making overall U-shape; stable arch adjoining to right. Central bay projects with shaped cornice enclosing Salkeld coat of arms. 6-panel door in stone architrave; stone porch on reeded pilasters with decorated parapet. Single-pane sash windows in eared architraves, second floor with pedimented cornices. Pilastered attic with balustraded parapet. Wings: 2-pane sash windows nearest house in stone architraves. At right-angles are ground floor Venetian windows with Diocletian windows above. Entrance at extreme left has reused early C18 Ionic porch with moulded entablature and modillioned cornice and pediment enclosing Holme(?) coat of arms. Stable arch to right is included for G.V., but former stables are of no interest. Garden facades of 7 bays with 3-storey single-bay tower to right. Single-pane sash windows, with glazing bars on upper floor. Balustraded parapet incorporates Salkeld coat of arms. T.S. cypher over garden entrance. Adjoining buildings to right of tower are of no interest. 2 fireplaces dated 1638 suggest that the core of the building is earlier than the C19 facade. Seat of the Holme family from the medieval period, originally known as The Hill, passed to George Holme Sumner in 1794 and sold to Col. Thomas Salkeld in 1810. Remained in Salkeld family until C20. School takes its name from its original location at Lime House, Wetheral."


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