Strickland, Great

95 STRICKLAND, GREAT (D.b.)

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

Great Strickland is a parish and small village 5 m. N. of Shap.

Secular

Monuments (1–11)

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). House, on the N. side of the road 130 yards W. of the church, retains some original battened partitions and panelled doors.

^b(2). Cottage, 150 yards W.S.W. of (1), retains some original windows.

^b(3). Post Office, on the S. side of the road 350 yards W.S.W. of the church.

^b(4). Cottage, 160 yards S.W. of (3), was built c. 1700 and retains some original windows.

^b(5). House, formerly School, 170 yards W. of (4), was built c. 1700.

^b(6). Field Head, house ¾ m. S.E. of the church, was built c. 1700.

^b(7). Bradley, house ¾ m. E. of the church, retains some original windows.

^c(8). Mealy Syke, house over 1¼ m. E.S.E. of the church, was built late in the 17th or early in the 18th century.

^a(9). Wood House, ¾ m. N.E. of the church, was built c. 1700.

^a(10). Woodside, house 1,100 yards N.N.W. of (9), has an 18th-century extension on the N. Some of the windows are original.

^a(11). Barn, near the site of Melkinthorpe Hall 1¼ m. W.N.W. of the church, is partly of one storey. It is lit by two ranges of loop-lights.