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0665

General Information

  • Registration number
    0665
  • Date constructed
    1700s-I?
  • Century constructed
    1701-1800
  • Evidence proof date
    N/A
  • Evidence proof use
    N/A
  • Listed building grade
    N/A
  • Condition
    3

Address

  • Address
    Boot Cottage
  • Village or town
    Windermere
  • County
    Cumbria
  • Traditional County (pre 1974)
    Westmorland
  • Region
    England

Premises

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

Structure Information

  • Structure
    L: Bee shelter
  • External recesses
    N/A
  • Internal recesses
    N/A
  • Compartments
    3
  • Flight holes
    N/A
  • Front shape
    N/A
  • Back shape
    N/A
  • Recess size
    N/A
  • House building shape
    N/A
  • External structure
    54x140x30
  • Distance apart
    N/A
  • Rows
    N/A
  • Shelves
    N/A
  • Height bases shelves
    18?
  • Wall material
    Slate & granite
  • Base shelf material
    N/A
  • Lintel material
    N/A
  • Roof material
    slate slabs

Photography Information

  • Date of photograph
    2010
  • Pictures available
    CT: Colour photo(s) & transparency(ies)

Notes

  • built against wall; 3 adjacent compartments with 16 in.-divisions; shelves and part of roof gone; much ivy on walls - owner thought there was also a bee bole in one wall; 2010: ivy removed and structure restored by Cumbria branch of DSWA, photographed by P Adair, B Jones; shelves missing
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