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Mansion House, Penrith
Mansion House
locality:-   Penrith
civil parish:-   Penrith (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY51733021
1Km square:-   NY5130
10Km square:-   NY53
references:-   Listed Buildings 2010


photograph
BWW09.jpg (taken 20.7.2012)  
photograph
BWW10.jpg  Door, steps, etc.
(taken 20.7.2012)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 58 4) 
placename:-  Bishop Yards
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 text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Bishop Yards
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
image CL13P022, button  goto source
Page 22:-  "..."
"... Bishop-Yards, (a handsome edifice, and the residence of J. Richardson, Esq;) ..."

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Mansion House
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MANSION HOUSE / / BISHOP YARDS / PENRITH / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 72785 / NY5173330219"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"2 GATE PIERS TO THE FORECOURT OF THE MANSION HOUSE / / BISHOP YARDS / PENRITH / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 72787 / NY5176830169"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"SCREEN WALLS OF FORECOURT TO MANSION HOUSE / / BISHOP YARDS / PENRITH / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 72786 / NY5175830164"


photograph
BWW11.jpg  Gate piers.
(taken 20.7.2012)  

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