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boat house, Fell Foot
site name:-   Fell Foot
civil parish:-   Staveley-in-Cartmel (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   boat house
coordinates:-   SD380871
1Km square:-   SD3887
10Km square:-   SD38
SummaryText:-   The landing stage at Fell Foot has a splendid set of gothic boat houses!


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BLV82.jpg (taken 15.4.2006)  
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BLV83.jpg (taken 15.4.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 41 2) 
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.
"Quay / Boat Houses"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"WORKSHOP AND ADJOINING DOCK AT FELL FOOT PARK / / A592 / STAVELEY IN CARTMEL / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 421912 / SD3809587114"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Workshop and adjoining dock. Coursed slate rubble with some limestone dressings, slate roof. Workshop has west elevation with embattled parapet and pointed window. Dock entrance archway to left has round arch with limestone imposts and 3 slots above; flanking turrets with slots and embattled parapets. Gable has centre raised embattled parapet. Workshop has pointed entrance. Dock has rubble retaining walls to north and east and capstain to east side. Part of a group of boathouses built for Col. G.J.M. Ridehalgh of Fell Foot, from 1854 member of the 1st sailing committee of Windermere Sailing Club and one of the founders of the Royal Windermere Yacht Club; the house was demolished."

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"NORTHERN BOATHOUSE AT FELL FOOT PARK / / A592 / STAVELEY IN CARTMEL / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 421910 / SD3809487155"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Boathouse. 1869. Coursed slate rubble and slate roof. Tudor arched boat entrance has timber portcullis and doors and is flanked by turrets with slots and projecting embattled parapets. Embattled gable has raised embattled panel. Short wall to right. Rear has entrance and adjoining shed to right. Front platform has ramp to centre. Part of a group of boathouses built for Col. G.J.M. Ridehalgh of Fell Foot, from 1854 member of the 1st sailing committee of Windermere Sailing Club and one of the founders of the Royal Windermere Yacht Club; the house was demolished."

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"CAFETERIA, INFORMATION CENTRE AND ADJOINING BOATHOUSE AT FELL FOOT PARK / / A592 / STAVELEY IN CARTMEL / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 421911 / SD3809287141"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Boathouses, one now converted. Fireplace inscribed: 'GJMR/1869'. Coursed slate rubble with water-worn limestone dressings, slate roof. Boat entrance has triangular limestone arch with keystone, portcullis and sliding studded doors, with C20 glazed doors behind. Flanking turrets with limestone crosses and projecting embattled parapets. Embattled gable with limestone cross and finial. Right return has 2 windows and entrance with large limestone lintels and extension under catslide roof. Cross-axial stack and gable-end stack. Rear has window and entrance up steps. Interior has cast iron arch braces with scrollwork to roof trusses; small bracketed balcony over round-headed fireplace with cable mould; inserted balcony to end. Boathouse to north side projects to east with open gabled shed to west which has iron columns and ornate cast iron roof trusses. Front platform has ramp to centre, ramp to north has iron rails. Part of a group of boathouses built for Col. G.J.M. Ridehalgh of Fell Foot, from 1854 member of the 1st sailing committee of Windermere Sailing Club and one of the founders of the Royal Windermere Yacht Club; the house was demolished."

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"SOUTHERN BOATHOUSE AT FELL FOOT PARK / / A592 / STAVELEY IN CARTMEL / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 421913 / SD3809087104"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Boathouse. 1869. Coursed slate rubble and slate roof. Asymmetrically pitched roof. Pointed boat entrance with arrow slit above; blocked pointed window to left. Embattled parapet, raised to centre; lower to left hand end. Pointed entrance to east gable end. Part of a group of boathouses built for Col. G.J.M. Ridehalgh of Fell Foot, from 1854 member of the 1st sailing committee of Windermere Sailing Club and one of the founders of the Royal Windermere Yacht Club; the house was demolished."


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BLV85.jpg (taken 15.4.2006)  
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BLV86.jpg (taken 15.4.2006)  
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BLV87.jpg (taken 15.4.2006)  
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BLV84.jpg  Cast iron boat shed over the slipway.
(taken 15.4.2006)  
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BLV88.jpg  Sunflower II, the ferry to and from Lakeside.
(taken 15.4.2006)  

hearsay:-  
The boat houses were built 1860.
Colonel Ridehalgh moored his two steam yachts here, Britannia and Fairy Queen.

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