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Barrow House, Borrowdale
Barrow House
Cascade House
Barrow Cascade House
Derwentwater Youth Hostel
YHA Derwentwater
locality:-   Barrow
civil parish:-   Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   youth hostel
coordinates:-   NY26852001
1Km square:-   NY2620
10Km square:-   NY22

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evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 14) 
placename:-  Barrow House
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 map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Der) 
placename:-  Barrow Cascade Hall
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of Derwent, ie Derwent Water, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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"Barrow Cascade Hall / Jos. Pocklington's Esq."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.3
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evidence:-   perhaps old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Der) 
placename:-  Barrow Cascade Hall
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of Derwent, ie Derwent Water, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.3
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evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Der) 
placename:-  Barrow
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of Derwentwater and its Environs, scale about 13 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"J. ROBLEY ESQR. / BARROW"
building 
item:-  private collection : 169
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evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
item:-  oak
source data:-   Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.
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Gentleman's Magazine 1792 p.1116  "..."
"The following sentiment arises from a visit to Barrow cascade: "We went round the pleasure-ground, and saw some valuable oaks, such as ought to cover our waste land, many hundred thousand acres of which still bear the name of Forests, without producing one tree. I think there is much satisfaction in looking at young plantations, as to future navies; and every lover of his country ought to regret when he sees a woodless forest.""
evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.
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Page 118:-  "... Mr. Pocklington has a pleasant summer residence at Barrow House; ..."
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"... we pass Barrow House, the beautiful summer residence of Joseph Pocklington, Esq. A fine cascade behind the house may be seen by strangers on application at the lodge. ..."
evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Barrow House
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.
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Page 55:-  "... On Barrow Common may be observed that finely-wooded promontory, which boldly projects almost into the middle of the lake from the hall built by the late Joseph Pocklington, Esq. and commanding a fine view of Derwent Water and Skiddaw. The cascade, at the back of the house, may be seen by leave; ..."
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Page 166:-  "..."
"Barrow House is the residence of Joseph Pocklington Senhouse, Esq. Behind the house is a cascade, 122 feet in height, in two falls."
evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Barrow House
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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"Barrow Ho."
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Barrow
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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"Barrow"
block, building 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Barrow House
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BARROW HOUSE / / / BORROWDALE / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72175 / NY2685520013"
evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) 
placename:-  Barrow House
source data:-   Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Skiddaw and Derwent Water - Mountains as seen at Lodore Hotel, and Mountains as seen at the Third Gate on Ascending Latrigg on the Way to Skiddaw, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.
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"... Barrow House ..."
item:-  JandMN : 37.14
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) 
placename:-  Barrow House
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen at Lowdore Inn, and Mountains as seen at the Third Gate on Ascending Latrigg on the Way to Skiddaw, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1846.
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"... Barrow House ..."
item:-  JandMN : 32.7
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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
notes:-  
 "... a house that appears to have been dropped from the clouds .. which cannot accord in any degree with the surrounding scenery ..."

Gell, William: 1797: Tour in the Lakes made in 1797

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BOK59.jpg (taken 19.1.2008)  
person:-   society
 : Youth Hostels Association
date:-   1978

: 1978 (8th edn): Youth Hostels in Lakeland: Youth Hostels Association|
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