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0632a

0632a

General Information

  • Registration number
    0632a
  • Date constructed
    c.1860
  • Century constructed
    1801-1900
  • Evidence proof date
    local name; in winter skeps were packed with bracken and doors were fitted
  • Evidence proof use
    local name; in winter skeps were packed with bracken and doors were fitted
  • Listed building grade
    N/A
  • Condition
    6

Address

  • Address
    Light Hall
  • Village or town
    Ulverston
  • County
    Cumbria
  • Traditional County (pre 1974)
    Lancashire
  • Region
    England

Premises

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

Structure Information

  • Structure
    L: Bee shelter
  • External recesses
    N/A
  • Internal recesses
    N/A
  • Compartments
    2
  • Flight holes
    N/A
  • Front shape
    N/A
  • Back shape
    N/A
  • Recess size
    N/A
  • House building shape
    N/A
  • External structure
    44x84x33
  • Distance apart
    N/A
  • Rows
    N/A
  • Shelves
    1
  • Height bases shelves
    24
  • Wall material
    Stone: slate
  • Base shelf material
    N/A
  • Lintel material
    N/A
  • Roof material
    slates

Photography Information

  • Date of photograph
    1990
  • Pictures available
    BCT: Photo(s) (B/W & colour) & transparency(ies)

Notes

  • built in wall; 2 adjacent compartments with 4 in. dividing slab; shelves gone but iron fixtures remain; metal ring at front for door or bar?; another shelter (0632b) and also bee boles here (0532); also 2 modern(?) recesses near house
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