- Source: Skirwith Abbey
Skirwith Abbey is a country house in Skirwith, Cumbria, England. The House is a two-storey house of five by three bays, built by Thomas Addison, mason, in 1768-74 for John Orfeur Yates, who spent many years in India. The main front has more closely spaced windows in the centre; and the centre and angles are also defined by differences in the ashlar stonework. The front door is approached by a splayed, balustraded staircase carried on a bridge over the wide area that encircles the house. The rear of the house is similar, and both sides have a canted full-height bay window in the centre. Except on the entrance front, the area is surrounded by cast iron railings with obelisk standards.
References
C. R. Hudleston & R. S. Boumphrey, Cumberland Families and Heraldry, 1978, p. 378
Sir N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Cumberland and Westmorland, 1967, p. 190
J. M. Robinson, The Country Houses of the North West, 1991, p. 139
External links
Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1326980)". National Heritage List for England.