Whinfell

108 WHINFELL (D.e.)

(O.S. 6 in. ^(a)XXVIII, S.W., ^(b)XXXIV, N.W., ^(c)XXXIV, S.W.)

Whinfell is a parish 6 m. N.E. of Kendal.

Secular

Monuments (1–13)

The following monuments, unless otherwise described, are of the 17th century and of two storeys. The walls are of rubble and the roofs are slate-covered. Some of the buildings have exposed ceiling-beams.

Condition—Good or fairly good, unless noted.

^c(1). Borrans, house on the S.E. side of Whinfell Tarn, contains an original panelled door.

^b(2). Hyning, house (Plate 22) on the W. side of Whinfell Tarn, retains an original window with solid oak frame and mullions. Inside the building is a muntin and plank partition of the local type and a three-stage cupboard, with carved upper panels, pendants and fascia with the initials and date C.H. 1665.

^b(3). Crook, house on the N.W. side of Whinfell Tarn, retains its original nail-studded door.

Condition—Derelict.

^b(4). Howestone, house ¼ m. N. of (3), also retains its original nail-studded door.

^b(5). Toptborn, house 270 yards W. of (4), was altered in 1716, the date on some internal plaster ornament. The front door has ornamental strap-hinges. The E. extension dates from 1758.

^b(6). Stone Hall, 550 yards N.E. of Whinfell Tarn, was built late in the 17th or early in the 18th century.

^b(7). Cockin, house 1,080 yards N.E. of (6), retains two original doors of moulded battens.

^b(8). Agnes Gill, house about ¼ m. N.W. of (7), has later extensions at both ends. The upper part of the staircase incorporates two heavy turned balusters.

^b(9). Guestford, house 1,170 yards N. of Whinfell Tarn, contains a two-stage cupboard with the initials and date, R.S.I. 1692.

^b(10). Rossill Bridge Farm, house 700 yards N.W. of (9).

^b(11). Harewood, house 570 yards N.E. of (10).

^a(12). Grisedale, house 1 m. N. of (10), incorporates an early 16th-century moulded beam, re-used as the bressummer of a fireplace-recess.

^a(13). Ashstead, house 1,020 yards N. of (12).