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General Information

  • Registration number
    0034
  • Date constructed
    1500s-1
  • Century constructed
    1501-1600
  • Evidence proof date
    N/A
  • Evidence proof use
    N/A
  • Listed building grade
    II
  • Condition
    8

Address

  • Address
    Hill Top Farm
  • Village or town
    Ambleside
  • County
    Cumbria
  • Traditional County (pre 1974)
    Westmorland
  • Region
    England

Premises

  • Accessible
    Private
  • Location on Premises
    Garden
  • Direction faced
    S

Structure Information

  • Structure
    B: Bee bole(s)
  • External recesses
    3
  • Internal recesses
    N/A
  • Compartments
    N/A
  • Flight holes
    N/A
  • Front shape
    Rectangle
  • Back shape
    Flat
  • Recess size
    12,14x19-21x22,23
  • House building shape
    N/A
  • External structure
    N/A
  • Distance apart
    N/A
  • Rows
    N/A
  • Shelves
    N/A
  • Height bases shelves
    c.36
  • Wall material
    Stone: Dry
  • Base shelf material
    N/A
  • Lintel material
    N/A
  • Roof material
    N/A

Photography Information

  • Date of photograph
    1980
  • Pictures available
    BT: B/W photo(s) & transparency(ies)

Notes

  • size given for 2 boles; 3rd is 26-30x66x23; was Beatrix Potter's home, now NT but wall is in locked garden; Cottage hive in bole in early 1900s; illustrated (not accurately) in "Jemima Puddleduck"; 1991: good condition
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