Listed buildings in Blindbothel

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Blindbothel is a civil parish in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria, England. It contains eleven 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 is almost entirely rural, and most of the listed buildings are houses, cottages, farmhouses, and farm buildings dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. The other listed buildings are a church and a bridge.

Blindbothel village in the United Kingdom

Blindbothel is a village and civil parish in the Allerdale district of Cumbria, England. It is on the edge of the Lake District National Park, and is a couple of miles south of Cockermouth. It had a population of 174 according to the 2011 census. Blindbothel has an area of around 500 hectares On the East of Blindbothel is the River Cocker which flows to Cockermouth.

Civil parish territorial designation and lowest tier of local government in England, UK

In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government, they are a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of ecclesiastical parishes which historically played a role in both civil and ecclesiastical administration; civil and religious parishes were formally split into two types in the 19th century and are now entirely separate. The unit was devised and rolled out across England in the 1860s.

Allerdale Borough in England

Allerdale is a non-metropolitan district of Cumbria, England, with borough status. Its council is based in Workington and the borough has a population of 93,492 according to the 2001 census, increasing to 96,422 at the 2011 Census.

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Name and locationPhotographDateNotes
Whinfell Hall
54°37′01″N3°19′05″W / 54.61682°N 3.31817°W / 54.61682; -3.31817 (Whinfell Hall)
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Originally a farmhouse, later a private house, most of the building dates from the mid-19th century. Both parts are roughcast with green slate roofs and sash windows. The older part has a blocked chamfered doorway with an inscribed lintel and a blocked chamfered window. The newer part is in two storeys and has three bays. It has a doorway with a Tuscan porch and a fanlight. [2]
Littlethwaite Farmhouse and barn
54°36′33″N3°19′05″W / 54.60910°N 3.31796°W / 54.60910; -3.31796 (Littlethwaite Farmhouse)
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The farmhouse and barn are roughcast over slate rubble. The roof is in green slate at the front, and is tiled at the rear. The house has two storeys and three bays, with a central doorway and mullioned windows. At the rear is an overall outshut. [3]
Toddell Cottage and former barn
54°37′30″N3°21′41″W / 54.62499°N 3.36150°W / 54.62499; -3.36150 (Toddell Cottage)
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The cottage and former barn are roughcast with a green slate roof. There are two storeys and five bays with the former barn to the right. Some of the windows are horizontally sliding sashes, and others are casements. [4]
Toddell Farmhouse and barn
54°37′30″N3°21′40″W / 54.62503°N 3.36122°W / 54.62503; -3.36122 (Toddell Farmhouse)
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The farmhouse and barn have a green slate roof. The house is stuccoed with angle pilasters, and has two storeys and three bays. Most of the windows are sashes, and there is one double casement window. The barn, to the right, is roughcast on slate rubble, and has doorways under a slate canopy. [5]
Brandlingill Farmhouse
54°37′34″N3°21′40″W / 54.62614°N 3.36114°W / 54.62614; -3.36114 (Brandlingill Farmhouse)
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1735The farmhouse, later a private house, was extended in the late 18th century. It is roughcast with a green slate roof and is in two storeys. Originally with two bays, the extension added two bays to the left. The windows are sashes, those in the original part having architraves. [6]
Underwood and barn
54°36′37″N3°22′54″W / 54.61014°N 3.38172°W / 54.61014; -3.38172 (Underwood)
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1742A farmhouse and a barn, the latter being altered in 1925. Both are roughcast, the house has a green slate roof, and the barn a roof of Welsh slate. The house has two storeys and three bays, with an extension at the rear, and the barn to the left. It has sash windows with architraves, and a doorway with pilasters and a segmental hood. The barn has plank doors, some under a segmental arch, one with an inscribed lintel, and ventilation slits. [7]
St Michael's Church
54°36′39″N3°22′22″W / 54.61073°N 3.37288°W / 54.61073; -3.37288 (St Michael's Church)
St Michael's Church, Mosser, porch and belfry - geograph.org.uk - 87838.jpg
1773A small church standing on a medieval site that was restored in 1925. It is in rendered slate rubble and has a green slate roof with coped gables. The church consists of a combined nave and chancel, with a west porch and a gabled bellcote. Its furnishings include a 12th-century font on a 19th-century pedestal. [8] [9]
Gill Brow Cottage
54°36′47″N3°22′15″W / 54.61314°N 3.37087°W / 54.61314; -3.37087 (Gill Brow Cottage)
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A farmhouse with slate rubble walls and a green slate roof. It is in two storeys and two bays with a protruding extension to the left. In the extension is a casement window, and the other windows are sashes. [10]
Low Bank Farmhouse
54°37′17″N3°19′20″W / 54.62141°N 3.32230°W / 54.62141; -3.32230 (Low Bank Farmhouse)
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A rendered farmhouse with quoins and a green slate roof. It has two storeys and three bays, a central doorway, and sash windows with architraves. At the rear is a round-headed stair window and a lean-to porch. [11]
Gill Brow and barn
54°36′47″N3°22′16″W / 54.61294°N 3.37122°W / 54.61294; -3.37122 (Gill Brow)
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1785A farmhouse and barn that are roughcast and with green slate roofs. The house has two storeys and three bays, with a further bay to the right. The doorway has a fanlight, and most of the windows are sashes, with casements in the right bay. To the left is an L-shaped barn with doorways, a cart entrance with a segmental arch, and casement windows. [12]
Lorton Low Bridge
54°37′08″N3°18′54″W / 54.61880°N 3.31503°W / 54.61880; -3.31503 (Lorton Low Bridge)
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The bridge carries a road over the River Cocker. It is in slate rubble with a sandstone parapet, and consists of two segmental arches with a splayed cutwater. The parapet is solid and has saddle-back coping. [13]

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