Farleton

29 FARLETON (D.h.)

(O.S. 6 in. ^(a)XLVI, N.E., ^(b)XLVII, N.W.)

Farleton is a small parish 5 m. W.N.W. of Kirkby Lonsdale.

Secular

Monuments (1–4)

The following monuments, unless otherwise described, are of the 17th century and of two storeys; the walls are of rubble and the roofs are slate-covered. Some of the buildings have exposed ceiling-beams.

Condition—Good or fairly good.

^b(1). Farleton House, near the middle of the parish, was built late in the 17th or early in the 18th century. In the W. addition is a re-set tablet with the initials and date T.C.A. 1712 M.C. Inside the building, the original staircase has turned balusters and square newels with ball-terminals. A two-stage cupboard, not a fixture, bears the initials and date W. and I.T. 1656.

^b(2). Marsden Farm, house, 140 yards S. of (1), has been partly refitted in the 18th century. It contains an original panelled partition with enriched friezepanels; above the door are the initials and date R. and M.H. 1631, and near it is a three-stage cupboard with turned pendants and fascia at the top. The early 18th-century fireplace in the S. room has a corbelled head of the local type and near it is a small 17th-century cupboard with the initials R. and A.H. on the door. There are some doors and panelling of the same age.

^b(3). Townend Farm, house, 140 yards S.S.W. of (2), was re-built in the 18th century, but contains some 17th-century panelling including a panel dated 1673 and a small cupboard-door with the initials I.P. and T.P.

^a(4). Overthwaite, house, 1,660 yards W. of (1), has been much altered and extended. It retains an original stone window, on the N. side, of three lights with a moulded label. The front door is original and has moulded battens planted on; there is also some refixed original panelling.