Rampside Hall
| Rampside Hall | |
| Lancashire | |
|---|---|
 Rampside Hall | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SD24086631 |
| Location: | 54°5’14"N, 3°9’44"W |
| Village: | Rampside |
| History | |
| Built 17th Century | |
| For: | Knipe family |
| Country house | |
| Information | |
| Condition: | poor |
| Owned by: | private |
Rampside Hall is a country house on Hall Garth in Rampside, now a coastal suburb area of Barrow-in-Furness, in Lancashire. It stands close by the southernmost tip of the Furness Peninsula.[1]
This is one of only three Grade I listed buildings left in the neighbourhood of Barrow apart from the Furness Abbey complex itself, though it is somewhat more recent than the latter, having been built in the 17th Century.[2] It has declined from its great days, neglected and now standing in an ordinary road.
The house was built for the Knype family, it is most noted for its dozen chimneys which have given the building the nickname 'the twelve apostles'. Rampside Hall retains the majority of its original features, with the only major alteration taking place in 1810 when the building was re-roofed.[3]
The building was heavily damaged on 15 February 1865 when a 2.2 ML earthquake shook the area, topling three of its famed chimneys, cracking walls and displacing some of them by eight inches.[4]
There is evidence of a house on the Rampside Hall site since 1634, however the precise date of construction for the present building is thought to be in the late 17th Century.[2] Rampside Hall is three storeys in height excluding the attic and is of a 5 bay, double-depth plan. Some important original features noted by Historic England include a well in the building's cellar as well as a large staircase rising all three floors with oak balustrades and handrails.[2]
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1197852: Rampside Hall
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rampside Hall - British Listed Buildings
- ↑ "Castles and towers of Cumbria". Matthew Pemmott. http://www.matthewpemmott.co.uk/2010/03/rampside-hall-rampside.html. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
- ↑ "Buildings wrecked in the Rampside quake". News and Star. http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/buildings-wrecked-in-the-rampside-quake-1.797620?referrerPath=2.4650. Retrieved 22 March 2013.