Skirwith Abbey
The Abbey in the village of Skirwith in Cumbria, England, UK is a two storey Classical house of five by three bays, built by Thomas Addison, mason, in 1768-74 for John Orfeur Yates, who spent many years in India. The main front has more closely spaced windows in the centre; and the centre and angles are also defined by differences in the ashlar stonework. The front door is approached by a splayed, balustraded staircase carried on a bridge over the wide area that encircles the house. The rear of the house is similar, and both sides have a canted full-height bay window in the centre. Except on the entrance front, the area is surrounded by cast iron railings with obelisk standards.
References
C.R. Hudleston & R.S. Boumphrey, Cumberland families and heraldry, 1978, p. 378
Sir N. Pevsner, The buildings of England: Cumberland and Westmorland, 1967, p. 190
J.M. Robinson, The country houses of the North West, 1991, p. 139