Greenlane Archaeology Ltd. (2017). Bowmanstead, Coniston, Cumbria: Heritage Assessment. Ulverston: Greenlane Archaeology Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1107149. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Bowmanstead, Coniston, Cumbria: Heritage Assessment
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Series:		 Greenlane Archaeology Ltd unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Greenlane Archaeology carried out a heritage assessment at a property (previously known as Bowmanstead Studio) at Bowmanstead, Coniston. This comprised a desk-based assessment and an English Heritage Level-2 type building recording. Bowmanstead, Coniston is first recorded as a settlement in 1645 yet documentary evidence for the Bowmanstead property (formerly known as Bowmanstead Studio) is remarkably limited; the building is reputed to have medieval origins and housed an archer or archers that served nearby Coniston Hall, hence the name, but no corroborating evidence for this was forthcoming. The documentary evidence indicates that the settlement was occupied by a mixture of yeoman farmers and people connected to the textile industry in the 18th century and then those working in the local slate quarries and copper mines in the 19th century. Much of the present property was constructed by the mid-19th century but some notable alterations were carried out after 1913. The building is likely to date to the 17th century, when a small two-unit house with a cross-passage and rear down house was constructed. This was subsequently enlarged, probably also in the 17th century, by an addition to the west, the roof of which was supported by a raised cruck truss. A number of further additions were then made in the late 18th or early 19th century to provide additional accommodation for horses. This is also when the detached barn to the south was constructed. Later phases included the partial conversion of what was apparently a former forge, which had originally probably been the stable, and alterations that joined parts of the earlier phases together, some of which were deliberately carried out to appear older in an essentially Arts and Crafts style.
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Author:		 Greenlane Archaeology Ltd
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Publisher:		 Greenlane Archaeology Ltd
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Year of Publication:		 2017
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County: Cumbria
District: South Lakeland
Country: England
Parish: Coniston
Grid Reference: 330001, 496842 (Easting, Northing)
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DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH (Event)
HOUSE (Monument Type England)
FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT) (Event)
DESK BASED ASSESSMENT (Event)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
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Created Date:		 03 Jul 2023