Barrows Green, near Oxenholme

FOR SALE BY AUCTION by order of A C Somervell Esq -  The FREEHOLD RESIDENTIAL ESTATE called BARROWS GREEN, three miles South of Kendal and within easy reach of the Lake District and the coast. Lot 1 - The Modern Stone-Built Slate-Roofed Mansion. Barrows Green, with Out-Offices, Garages and Grounds, near Kendal, which has recently become unoccupied. The house is built of limestone, erected in 1906 to the design of the eminent Manchester architect. Sir Percy Worthington, and is a fine example his domestic work Oak is used throughout the house on the ground floor. The plasterwork throughout the house is of Parian Cement Plaster. The house has modern central heating. The windows are the casement pattern with steel frames. Lighting by acetylene gas plant. Electricity is nearby but not installed Modern septic tank drainage Private water supply and supplementary water supply from the Thirlmere-Manchester line on a meter and Lupton water supply from South Westmorland. The net rateable value is on a reduced figure of £50, formerly £109.  The accommodation Is as follows: Ground floor: Entrance porch giving access entrance hall, drawing-room 22ft 6; by 17ft., excluding bay; study 17ft. x 13ft. (this room leads out to a fine loggia), dining-room 24ft, 4in. by 16ft. The rooms are 8 feet 6 inches high. The domestic offices are in a separate wing and include: Servants’ hall, good kitchen, housekeeper’s sitting-room, pantry, larder, wine cellar, wood and coal store, etc. First floor: Seven bedrooms (two large and five of reasonable size), three well-appointed bathrooms, three WCs, linen-room. Second floor: Five bedrooms, box-room, servants’ bathroom. Excellent garage accommodation. The grounds comprise productive kitchen garden, flower garden, tennis lawn, hard tennis court, shrubbery and woodland, the whole area extending to about 2.571 acres. The gardens are Inexpensive to maintain and can kept in order by one man. [Lancashire Evening Post 16 May 1946 page 3]

Reference    RIBA Journal 14 August 1939 page 950-952
Reference    Lancashire Evening Post 16 May 1946 page 3 – sale by auction