Kaber

46 KABER (G.d.)

(O.S. 6 in. ^(a)XXIII, N.E., ^(b)XXIV, N.W., ^(c)XXIV, S.W.)

Kaber is a parish and hamlet 2 m. N.E. of Kirkby Stephen.

Secular

Monuments (1–6)

The following monuments, unless otherwise described, are of two storeys. The walls are of rubble and the roofs are slate-covered.

Condition—Good or fairly good.

^a(1). Barn, on the N. side of the road, 50 yards W. of Kaber village-green, was built perhaps early in the 18th century. A door-lintel has the initials and date R.M. 1711.

^a(2). House on the N. side of the road at Rookby, ½ m. S.E. of Kaber green, was re-built in the 18th century. It contains two two-stage cupboards of the local type. The first has a projecting fascia, supported by balusters and carved with the initials and date I.M., A.M. 1698; the second cupboard has enriched upper panels and fascia with two pendants. The outbuilding, W. of the house, incorporates two 17th-century windows.

^a(3). Duckintree, house, ¾ m. E. of Kaber green, was largely re-built in the 18th century but retains a 17th-century three-light window.

^b(4). House, on the N. side of Heggerscales, over 1½ m. E.S.E. of Kaber green, appears to have been re-built in the 18th century. It contains a 17th-century panelled partition and a fireplace with a heavily moulded surround, frieze and cornice of c. 1700.

^b(5). House and barn, 15 yards S.E. of (4), were built probably early in the 18th century. The doorway of the porch has a lintel with the initials and date I. and E.M. 1712. The barn has three original windows, perhaps removed from the house.

^c(6). Wrenside, house, 3¼ m. E.S.E. of Kaber green, was built late in the 17th century and retains two or three original windows. Inside the building is a stone fireplace with corbels carrying an enriched entablature. A panelled door has the initials and date M.D., E.D. 1697.