Posts Tagged ‘Deer Shelter’

Frost Damage to the Round Building

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Round Building Damage

The extreme winter conditions have had a toll on the roads and many buildings, however I was dismayed to discover that the Round Building in Parlington Park, classed as either a Deer Shelter, or Cattle Shelter according to the listing on English Heritage, had partly collapsed no doubt due to the movement caused by frost followed by thawing conditions. Hopefully it can be re-instated in the near future before it gets any worse. I have written about it previously, the design was by William Lindley, a Doncaster architect who trained under the famous Yorkshireman John Carr. Further information about the structure is on the Parlington History site here, about a third way down the page is a QuickTime VR 360° panorama taken inside the building late last year.

The Round House

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

Round House with roof?

The Round House, designed by William Lindley, or as it is referred to by English Heritage, the Deer Shelter and others as a cattle shelter, as it might have looked after it was built in c1802. After a brief inspection over the weekend, dodging the showers, I managed to inspect some stonework lying in the central area and was pleased to discover what appears to be a quadrant shaped stone. This could well have been part of a circular central column which supported a conical shaped roof, others have suggested a thatched roof, but I prefer to theorize that it would have been in Westmoreland slate. Many other structures around that are key to the family were roofed in the same slate, the ice house is one, as was the shelter in the main Deer Park.