Bee Bole 1131b

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1131b

General Information

Registration number

1131b
Date constructed

mid 1800s
Century constructed

1801-1900
Evidence proof date

bees known to have been kept in skeps in late 1800s
Evidence proof use

bees known to have been kept in skeps in late 1800s
Listed building grade

N/A
Condition

10

Address

Address

Brantwood
Village or town

Coniston
County

Cumbria
Traditional County (pre 1974)

Lancashire
Region

England

Premises

Accessible

Public
Location on Premises

Garden
Direction faced

S

Structure Information

Structure

L: Bee shelter
External recesses

N/A
Internal recesses

N/A
Compartments

N/A
Flight holes

N/A
Front shape

N/A
Back shape

N/A
Recess size

N/A
House building shape

N/A
External structure

72x61x44
Distance apart

N/A
Rows

N/A
Shelves

1
Height bases shelves

23
Wall material

Slate & stone
Base shelf material

slate
Lintel material

N/A
Roof material

slates+wood

Photography Information

Date of photograph

1995
Pictures available

C: Colour photo(s)

Notes

free-standing, near vegetable garden; a notice says that bee shelter was here when John Ruskin lived at Brantwood (c. 1880-1900); shelter collapsed but was rebuilt in 1992 (Historic Gardens Conservation Project); also bee bole here (1131a)

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