FORMER SOLICITOR'S OFFICE - Hawkshead - List Entry

  • Description

    National Trust store. Probably C17 but refaced C19. Stucco with slate roof. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Top frieze and deep bracketed eaves; quoins. 1st bay has 1st floor over passage leading to Red Lion Yard. Ground floor has canted bay window with small-paned glazing and iron rails to 2nd bay; 3rd bay has window with paired sashes with glazing bars and horns. 1st floor has windows with label moulds which are sashed with glazing bars, that to 2nd bay with horns; 3rd bay has Venetian window, sashed with glazing bars and horns. Entrance has architrave and 4-panel door. Lateral stack and gable-end stacks. Rear has horizontally sliding sash to attic window. .... Rear wing adjoins No.1 Red Lion Yard (q.v.). Office once owned by W. Heelis, husband of Beatrix Potter. Property of the National Trust, the gift of Beatrix Potter....
  • Owner

    Historic England
  • Source

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  • Further information

    Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1335779
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    Added by: Simon Cotterill
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