Gate House Outward Bound School, Eskdale Green | ||
Outward Bound School | ||
Gate House | ||
locality:- | Eskdale Green | |
civil parish:- | Eskdale (formerly Cumberland) | |
county:- | Cumbria | |
locality type:- | buildings | |
locality type:- | school | |
coordinates:- | NY14350022 | |
1Km square:- | NY1400 | |
10Km square:- | NY10 | |
references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 item:- date stone (1896) |
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source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "GATE HOUSE (OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL) / / / ESKDALE / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76214 / NY1435700223" |
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source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Large house, now Outward Bound School. Dated 1896 on panel over door; some rainwater heads dated 1901. By A. Huddart of Whitehaven for James H. Rea (initials on dated panel). Tower is later addition. Coursed, squared rubble with sandstone details. Graduated slate roofs have stone ridges, copings, and kneelers; stone chimneys (some projecting). Asymmetrical plan. Main house 2 storeys with full-height porch and canted bay; 3-storey tower. Sandstone quoins and string-courses; blocking course to house roof, castellated parapet to tower. 4-centred outer porch opening; scattered fenestration in chamfered stone-mullioned surrounds." |
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notes:- |
Design by Arthur Huddart, for James H Rea. Built of local pink granite with sandstone
dressings. The house overlooks a tarn which was made for it, with a boat house. |
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Hyde, Matthew & Whittaker, Esme &Corbet, Val (photographer): 2014: Arts and Craft
Houses in the Lake District: Lincoln, Francis (London):: ISBN 978 0 7112 3408 6 |
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notes:- |
A japanese garden was designed by Thomas H Mawson at a house on the Gate House estate,
Eskdale, 1914, for the Rea Family. |
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Waymark, Janet: 2009: Thomas Mawson, Life, Gardens and Landscapes: Lincoln, Francis
(London) |
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BYF41.jpg Outbuildings, (taken 27.4.2013) BYF42.jpg Gateway. (taken 27.4.2013) |
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