Preston Richard

80 PRESTON RICHARD (D.g.)

(O.S. 6 in. ^(a)XLII, S.E., ^(b)XLIII, N.W., ^(c)XLIII, S.W.)

Preston Richard is a township of Heversham, 5 m. S.S.E. of Kendal.

Ecclesiastical

^b(1). Friends Burial Ground near the N. end of the parish contains the following—Monument: to Anne, daughter of Isaac Cartmell, 170 (2 ?), slab.

Secular

^c(2). The Old Hall, about 1¼ m. S.S.W. of (1), is of two storeys; the walls are of rubble and the roofs are slate-covered. The house has been extensively altered and enlarged, but the middle part of the E. side seems to be the earliest part of the building. The N. end is a late 17th-century addition and over the doorway is a stone with the initials and date W. and M.I. 1685.

Condition—Good.

^a(3). Cottage at Field End about 1,025 yards W.N.W. of (2), is a late 17th-century building of two storeys, with rubble walls and a slate-covered roof.

Condition—Poor.

^b(4). High Commonmire, house ¾ m. N. of (2), is of two storeys with attics; the walls are of rubble and the roofs are slate-covered. It was built probably late in the 17th century and contains some original panelled doors and a re-set beam carved with the initials and date E.B. 1696.

^b(5). Storth End, house on the N.W. edge of the parish 1,450 yards N. of (4), is of two storeys with attics; the walls are of rubble and the roofs are slate-covered. It was built probably early in the 18th century and on the gable of the porch are the initials (T) and A.D. Inside the building is a panelled partition with the same initials and the date 1701. The S. room has a small cupboard of 1722. The staircase has a moulded rail and five flat shaped balusters; there is some panelling in the stair-hall. An Outbuilding, E. of the house, has a 17th-century window with moulded oak frame and mullion, but now blocked.

Condition—Good.

^a(6). Outbuilding, at Kidside at the S. end of the parish is modern but incorporates a late 16th or early 17th-century window of stone and of three lights with a moulded label.