Earth closet now derelict, Tongue House Farm, Duddong

Record ID:  26277 / MNA117348
Record type:  Building
Protected Status: World Heritage Site
NT Property:  Duddon Valley; North
Civil Parish:  Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite; South Lakeland; Cumbria
Grid Reference:  SD 2362 9747
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Summary

This is a fairly typical earth closet, although a little smaller than most. It is rendered internally and painted yellow, the stonework is of cobbles and quarried slate in mortar with both upright and flat quoins. There is a square set oak ridge purlin, roughly sawn rafters and torched thick slates with sandstone ridge. No fitting remain.

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Monument Types

  • PRIVY HOUSE (latrine, Mid 19th C to Late 19th C - 1850 AD to 1900 AD)

Description

This is a fairly typical earth closet, although perhaps somewhat smaller than most. It is rendered internally and painted yellow, the stonework is of cobbles and quarried slate in mortar with both upright and flat quoins. There is a square set oak ridge purlin, roughly sawn rafters and torched thick slates with sandstone ridge. No fitting remain.

(NT VBS SURVEYOR: 1986)

References

  • SZI50236 - Vernacular Building Survey: Martin Higgins. 01/08/1986. Vernacular building survey of Tongue House Farm, Duddon.

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Associated Events

  • ENA1460 - Field Survey, Vernacular Building Survey, Tongue House Farm, Duddon Valley, 1986

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