Listed buildings in Hethersgill

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Hethersgill is a civil parish in the Carlisle district of Cumbria, England. It contains 17 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".[1] The parish contains the villages of Hethersgill and Kirklinton, and is otherwise rural. Most of the listed buildings are houses and associated structures, farmhouses and farm buildings. The other listed buildings include relocated columns from a demolished church, a former Friends' meeting house, a war memorial, and a church hall.

Buildings[edit]

Name and location Photograph Date Notes
Garden columns, Kirklinton Vicarage
54°59′41″N 2°53′18″W / 54.99484°N 2.88829°W / 54.99484; -2.88829 (Garden columns, Kirklinton Vicarage)
12th century The columns originated as piers in the original St Cuthbert's Church, they were moved in 1845 when the church was rebuilt, and used as a garden feature. They consist of round sandstone columns with carved capitals and incised decoration.[2]
Kirklinton Hall
54°59′53″N 2°53′02″W / 54.99803°N 2.88402°W / 54.99803; -2.88402 (Kirklinton Hall)
c. 1661 (possible A country house that was extended in 1875 by Cory and Ferguson, but is now in ruins. It is in calciferous sandstone and, where the roof remains, it is in Welsh slate. The house has two and three storeys, numerous bays, and a roughly E-shaped plan. The main entrance has a round head and twin Doric columns on a plinth. The windows in the ground and middle floors of the main part are sashes and have architraves and entablatures with pulvinated friezes. In the top floor the windows are square casements with similar entablatures and friezes. Above are with shaped gables and a modillion eaves cornice.[3][4]
Anguswell
54°59′09″N 2°49′36″W / 54.98596°N 2.82679°W / 54.98596; -2.82679 (Anguswell)
Late 17th century A farmhouse built in large sandstone blocks, that has a Welsh slate roof with coped gables. There are two storeys, three bays, a single-storey one-bay extension to the left, and a single-story outshut at the rear. The doorway and the 20th-century sash windows have chamfered surrounds. In the extension is a casement window.[5]
Rigghead
54°59′36″N 2°52′11″W / 54.99323°N 2.86980°W / 54.99323; -2.86980 (Rigghead)
1698 A rendered farmhouse with stone dressings and a Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays, with a single-bay extension on the left. The doorway has a chamfered surround and a moulded and dated lintel. The windows are sashes, those in the upper floor having chamfered surrounds. There is also a fire window with a chamfered surround and moulded cornice.[6]
Sikeside
54°59′25″N 2°52′03″W / 54.99027°N 2.86752°W / 54.99027; -2.86752 (Sikeside)
1699 A rendered farmhouse with a slate roof, in two storeys and three bays. The doorway has a chamfered surround, and the windows are sashes. To the right is a single-storey two-bay extension with a Welsh slate roof, a casement window and a sash window.[7]
Friends' Meeting House
54°59′24″N 2°52′01″W / 54.98998°N 2.86703°W / 54.98998; -2.86703 (Friends' Meeting House)
1736 The former Friends' meeting house was later used as a barn, and then as a dwelling. It is in sandstone with a shaped cornice, and a slate roof with coped gables. There is one storey and three bays. The doorway has a round head, projecting impost blocks, and a keystone. The windows are sashes with round heads, stone surrounds, and projecting keystones.[3][8]
Dovecote, Anguswell
54°59′10″N 2°49′35″W / 54.98599°N 2.82630°W / 54.98599; -2.82630 (Dovecote, Anguswell)
Mid 18th century The dovecote is in sandstone with quoins, it has a slate roof, and is in two storeys. The doorway has a chamfered surround, and above it is a re-used carved coat of arms dated 1599. Inside there is a 19th-century two-seater dry closet, and in the upper floor are stone boulins.[9]
The Croft
54°59′46″N 2°49′07″W / 54.99607°N 2.81857°W / 54.99607; -2.81857 (The Croft)
Late 18th century A sandstone house with quoins and a tile roof. There are two storeys and three bays, sash windows, and a door with a fanlight, all in plain stone surrounds.[10]
Riggfoot House
54°59′49″N 2°50′00″W / 54.99705°N 2.83339°W / 54.99705; -2.83339 (Riggfoot House)
1821 A stuccoed farmhouse with chamfered quoins and a slate roof. The round-headed doorway has a chamfered quoined surround and a patterned fanlight, and the sash windows have stone surrounds. There is a projecting canted bay window to the left, and a single-storey extension to the right with a casement window.[11]
Kirklinton Park
54°59′26″N 2°51′38″W / 54.99061°N 2.86059°W / 54.99061; -2.86059 (Kirklinton Park)
1822 A country house in sandstone on a chamfered plinth, with quoins, a moulded cornice and blocking course, and a hipped slate roof. There are 2+12 storeys and five bays. The doorway has a pilaster strip surround, a cornice on consoles, a fanlight and side lights. The windows are sashes with moulded surrounds. In the roof is a large hipped dormer flanked by smaller dormers, all containing casement windows.[12][13]
Gate piers and wall, Kirklinton Park
54°59′31″N 2°51′26″W / 54.99207°N 2.85727°W / 54.99207; -2.85727 (Gate piers and wall, Kirklinton Park)
Early 19th century The gate piers and walls are in calciferous sandstone. The piers are square and each has a moulded cornice and a ball finial on a console bracket. Between each pair of piers is a serpentine shaped wall with moulded coping.[14]
Quarrybrow
54°59′18″N 2°50′02″W / 54.98840°N 2.83393°W / 54.98840; -2.83393 (Quarrybrow)
Early 19th century A house in rendered sandstone with a Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys and two bays. The doorway has a fanlight, a sandstone surround, and a cornice, and the windows are sashes with sandstone surrounds.[15]
Kirkinton Vicarage and stables
54°59′42″N 2°53′17″W / 54.99499°N 2.88815°W / 54.99499; -2.88815 (Kirkinton Vicarage)
1839 The vicarage is in sandstone with angle pilaster strips and a hipped slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays, a wooden gabled porch, a doorway with a patterned fanlight, and sash windows with plain surrounds. The stables at the rear are dated 1903, they are in sandstone with quoins and a roof of Welsh slate and some sandstone. The stables contain a round-arched cart entrance, mullioned windows with casements, a loft door, a shaped gable, and ventilation slits, and at the rear is a gabled dormer.[16]
Church Hall
54°59′43″N 2°53′18″W / 54.99519°N 2.88823°W / 54.99519; -2.88823 (Church Hall)
1840 Originally a Sunday School, the hall is in sandstone on a chamfered plinth, with quoins and a slate roof. It has one storey and two bays. The doorway has a pointed arch and a chamfered surround, and above it is a date stone. The windows are mullioned with two lights, they have round heads and hood moulds.[17]
Barn, Kirklinton Hall
54°59′54″N 2°53′02″W / 54.99841°N 2.88391°W / 54.99841; -2.88391 (Barn, Kirklinton Hall)
1875 (probable) The barn is in sandstone with a Welsh slate roof. It has two storeys and an L-shaped plan. There are plank doors, boarded windows, and a shaped gable end.[18]
Kirklington Park Lodge
54°59′31″N 2°51′26″W / 54.99194°N 2.85716°W / 54.99194; -2.85716 (Kirklinton Park Lodge)
c. 1900 The lodge is in rendered sandstone on a plinth with a Welsh slate roof, and has one storey with an attic. It has an almost square plan with polygonal bay windows in three corners. In the roof is a slate-hung dormer containing a two-light casement window on each side. The windows in the ground floor are sashes in moulded surrounds. The doorway has a segmental-arched fanlight with chamfered imposts.[19][20]
War memorial
54°59′45″N 2°49′01″W / 54.99572°N 2.81696°W / 54.99572; -2.81696 (War memorial)
1920 The war memorial is in the churchyard of St Mary's Church. It is in Aberdeen granite, and consists of a wheel-head cross on a tapering shaft. The shaft is on a tapering plinth with a moulded foot. The cross has a central boss, and there is Celtic knotwork carving on the arms of the cross and the front of the shaft. On the plinth is an inscription and the names of those lost in the two World Wars.[21]

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  • Historic England, "Kirklinton Hall, Hethersgill (1335577)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 June 2016
  • Historic England, "Anguswell, Hethersgill (1087612)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 June 2016
  • Historic England, "Rigghead, Hethersgill (1087615)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 June 2016
  • Historic England, "Sikeside, Hethersgill (1335582)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 June 2016
  • Historic England, "Friends' Meeting House, south-east of Sikeside, Hethersgill (1087616)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 June 2016
  • Historic England, "Dovecote east of Anguswell, Hethersgill (1087613)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 June 2016
  • Historic England, "The Croft, Hethersgill (1312182)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 June 2016
  • Historic England, "Riggfoot House, Hethersgill (1335562)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 June 2016
  • Historic England, "Kirklinton Park, Hethersgill (1335580)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 June 2016
  • Historic England, "Gate piers and wall to east of Kirklinton Park, Hethersgill (1087614)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 June 2016
  • Historic England, "Quarrybrow, Hethersgill (1335581)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 June 2016
  • Historic England, "Vicarage and stables to rear, Hethersgill (1335578)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 June 2016
  • Historic England, "Church Hall north of Vicarage, Hethersgill (1335579)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 June 2016
  • Historic England, "Barn to north-east of Kirklinton Hall, Hethersgill (1087610)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 June 2016
  • Historic England, "Kirklinton Park Lodge, Hethersgill (1335594)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 June 2016
  • Historic England, "Hethersgill War Memorial, Hethersgill (1467837)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 January 2020
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