Misplaced Pages

Listed buildings in Hartley, Cumbria

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

Hartley is a civil parish in the Eden District, Cumbria, England. It contains 16 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". The parish is to the east of the town of Kirkby Stephen. The South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway ran through it until the line closed in 1965, but two viaducts have survived and are listed. Many of the other listed buildings are houses and associated structures, farmhouses and farm buildings. The rest of the listed buildings comprise the ruins of a castle, two bridges, a boundary stone, a row of nine cairns, and a pinfold.

Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap

Download coordinates as:

Buildings

Name and location Photograph Date Notes
Hartley Castle ruins
54°28′09″N 2°20′13″W / 54.46922°N 2.33685°W / 54.46922; -2.33685 (Hartley Castle ruins) 		— 14th century Most of the castle was demolished in the 18th century. Some earthworks remain, and part of the vaulted cellar to the former kitchen, later used as a store. The remains are also a Scheduled Monument.
Nine Standards
54°27′15″N 2°16′18″W / 54.45405°N 2.27158°W / 54.45405; -2.27158 (Nine Standards)
Before 1635 A group of nine cairns along the boundary between the parishes of Hartley and Winton. They are in drystone, tapering towards the tops, and between about 10 feet (3.0 m) and 12 feet (3.7 m) high.
Frank's Bridge
54°28′24″N 2°20′48″W / 54.47343°N 2.34653°W / 54.47343; -2.34653 (Frank's Bridge)
17th century A footbridge crossing the River Eden, it is in stone and consists of two segmental arches with a central pier and a cutwater. The footpath is 4 feet 9 inches (1.45 m) wide, and the parapet has stone copings.
Lowmill Bridge
54°28′35″N 2°20′54″W / 54.47629°N 2.34831°W / 54.47629; -2.34831 (Lowmill Bridge) 		— c. 17th century The bridge carries Hartley Road over the River Eden. It is in stone and consists of two segmental arches with a central pier and a cutwater. The bridge has flat parapets, and a horizontal band.
Lord's Stone
54°28′04″N 2°17′41″W / 54.46782°N 2.29466°W / 54.46782; -2.29466 (Lord's Stone) 		— 1730 A boundary stone, initially marking the boundary of the lands of Sackville Tufton, 7th Earl of Thanet, and later the boundary between the parishes of Hartley and Winton. It is inscribed with carved names, initials and dates.
Barn, Hartley Castle
54°28′08″N 2°20′12″W / 54.46898°N 2.33657°W / 54.46898; -2.33657 (Barn, Hartley Castle)
18th century The barn incorporates re-used 17th-cenyury material. It is in stone on a boulder plinth, and has quoins and a stone-flagged roof. The barn contains an elliptical-headed wagon entrance, three doors, a loft door, and small windows with chamfered surrounds.
Farmhouse and wall, Hartley Castle
54°28′09″N 2°20′13″W / 54.46904°N 2.33700°W / 54.46904; -2.33700 (Farmhouse, Hartley Castle)
Mid 18th century A stone house, stuccoed at the front, with quoins, a sill band, and a slate roof with stone-flagged eaves. There are two storeys and six bays. The central doorway has a cornice on consoles, and the windows are mullioned. The wall to the left incorporates a re-used niche containing a shell-head.
The Larches
54°28′27″N 2°20′11″W / 54.47410°N 2.33645°W / 54.47410; -2.33645 (The Larches) 		— 18th century The house was built in two stages, and is in stone with a stone-flagged roof. There are two storeys and five bays, and the windows are sashes.
Braithwaite House, railings and gate
54°28′28″N 2°20′10″W / 54.47446°N 2.33616°W / 54.47446; -2.33616 (Braithwaite House) 		— Late 18th century A stone house with rusticated quoins and a slate roof with stone copings. It has two storeys and a symmetrical three bays front. The central door has a stone surround and the windows are sashes in architraves. The low stone area walls have segmental copings and carry wrought iron railings with pointed standards. The gate piers have pyramidal caps, and the gate has pointed arch-heads between standards.
Hartley Fold House, railings, cottage and stables
54°28′33″N 2°20′13″W / 54.47582°N 2.33683°W / 54.47582; -2.33683 (Hartley Fold House) 		— Late 18th century The house, with a cottage and stable to the north, are in stone and have slate roofs with stone copings. The house has quoins, two storeys and a symmetrical three-bay front. The central doorway has a Tuscan doorcase, a traceried fanlight, and a semicircular canopy on brackets. The windows are sashes in architraves. The cottage has two storeys, three bays, a doorway with a chamfered surround, and sash windows, and the stable has a partly-blocked stable door and a small loft door. There are low rendered area walls with chamfered copings, wrought iron railings with pointed standards, and square gate and end piers with pyramidal caps.
Pinfold
54°28′31″N 2°20′13″W / 54.47530°N 2.33683°W / 54.47530; -2.33683 (Pinfold) 		— Late 18th century (possible) The pinfold has drystone walls about 5 feet (1.5 m) high. It has a trapezoid plan and contains a 20th-century gate.
West View farmhouse, railings and byre
54°28′32″N 2°20′12″W / 54.47558°N 2.33653°W / 54.47558; -2.33653 (West View farmhouse) 		— 1776 The farmhouse and byre are in stone with quoins. The house has a slate roof with a coped gable to the north, two storeys, and a symmetrical front of three bays. The central doorway has a fanlight, and a hood carried on consoles, and the windows are sashes. The byre to the right, dated 1820, has a stone-flagged roof, two doors with segmental heads, and a loft door with a dated lintel. There are low area walls with flat coping and wrought iron railings that have pointed standards, and cast iron posts with urn finials.
Glenwood
54°28′29″N 2°20′12″W / 54.47477°N 2.33670°W / 54.47477; -2.33670 (Glenwood) 		— Late 18th to early 19th century Originally a farmhouse, later a private house, it is in stone with quoins and a stone-flagged roof. There are two storeys and a symmetrical front of three bays. The central doorway has a pilastered surround and a semicircular canopy on brackets, and the windows are sashes.
Murton Holme
54°28′26″N 2°20′10″W / 54.47382°N 2.33598°W / 54.47382; -2.33598 (Murton Holme) 		— Late 18th to early 19th century Originally a house and a cottage, possibly with an older core, later one dwelling. It is in stone on a plinth, with quoins and a slate roof. There are two storeys, the original house has a symmetrical three-bay front, and the cottage to the right has one bay. Between the house and the cottage is a projecting stone chimney. Most of the windows are sashes, and there is a two-light mullioned window in the left return.
Merrygill Viaduct
54°28′12″N 2°20′03″W / 54.47009°N 2.33426°W / 54.47009; -2.33426 (Merrygill Viaduct)
1861 The viaduct was built by the South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway, whose engineer was Thomas Bouch, to cross Merry Gill. It is in limestone and has nine arches, a cornice, and tall parapets. The viaduct is 110 metres (360 ft) long, and has a maximum height of 24 metres (79 ft). The railway closed in 1965.
Pod Gill Viaduct
54°27′59″N 2°20′17″W / 54.46627°N 2.33809°W / 54.46627; -2.33809 (Pod Gill Viaduct)
1861 The viaduct was built by the South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway, whose engineer was Thomas Bouch, to cross Ladthwaite Beck, and it was widened in 1889. It is a straight viaduct in sandstone, carried on tapering rectangular piers, and is 466 feet (142 m) high at its tallest point. On the sides of the viaduct, and within the thickness of its walls, are refuges with cast iron plates on the outside.

References

Citations

  1. Historic England
  2. Hyde & Pevsner (2010), p. 471
  3. Historic England & 1144883
  4. Historic England & 1021183
  5. Historic England & 1144879
  6. Historic England & 1145010
  7. Historic England & 1326954
  8. Historic England & 1144878
  9. Historic England & 1327011
  10. Historic England & 1137192
  11. Historic England & 1137191
  12. Historic England & 1327009
  13. Historic England & 1327010
  14. Historic England & 1312432
  15. Historic England & 1144880
  16. Historic England & 1144882
  17. Historic England & 1144881
  18. Historic England & 1387274
  19. Historic England & 1096036

Sources

Category: