Bothel and Threapland is a civil parish in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria, England. It contains nine 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 Bothel and Threapland, and is otherwise rural. Apart from a milestone, all the listed buildings are houses, farmhouses, or farm buildings.
Bothel and Threapland is a civil parish in the Allerdale district of Cumbria, England, just outside the Lake District National Park. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 438. The parish includes the villages of Bothel and Threapland. The village of Bothel is south-east of the parish of Aspatria and Threapland is south of Aspatria and Carlisle is eighteen miles (29 km) North-east of the parish. It had a population of 483 in the 2011 census figures.
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 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.
Name and location | Photograph | Date | Notes |
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Threapland Hall 54°44′29″N3°18′40″W / 54.74131°N 3.31110°W | — | Late 15th or early 16th century | The hall, later used as a farmhouse, was extended in the 19th century. It has thick roughcast walls and a green slate roof, and has three storeys and three bays. The doorway has a chamfered surround and an inscribed hood mould lintel. The windows are sashes, and on the left return is a stair window. [2] |
Farewell Grange and barns 54°44′30″N3°18′46″W / 54.74172°N 3.31264°W | — | 1696 | The farmhouse and barns are in rubble on a projecting stone plinth and have green slate roofs. The house has two storeys and three bays, and on the left is a barn with an L-shaped plan. The doorway has an architrave and an inscribed and dated lintel, and the windows are sashes. The barn contains plank doors and casement windows. Inside the house is a bressumer. [3] |
Bothel Hall 54°44′28″N3°16′17″W / 54.74100°N 3.27131°W | — | Mid 18th century | A rendered farmhouse with a green slate roof, in two storeys and three bays. The windows are sashes, some of which are double. [4] |
St Bathan's Lodge 54°44′09″N3°16′28″W / 54.73571°N 3.27448°W | — | Mid or late 18th century | Formerly an inn, later converted into a private house, it is stuccoed on a chamfered plinth, and has quoins and a green slate roof. There are two storeys and originally three bays, with a later two-bay extension to the left. The doorways have fanlights, and the windows are sashes. [5] |
Brisco House 54°44′11″N3°16′29″W / 54.73651°N 3.27486°W | — | Late 18th century | A stuccoed house on a chamfered plinth with an eaves cornice, quoins, and a tile roof. It has two storeys and three bays, and on the left is a lower single-bay extension with a green slate roof. The doorway has an architrave with a pediment. The windows are sashes, those in the main part of the house with architraves. [6] |
Overgates 54°44′48″N3°16′01″W / 54.74670°N 3.26696°W | — | Late 18th century | An extension was added to the farmhouse in the 19th century. The house is stuccoed, with quoins and a green slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays, and a lower two-bay extension to the left. The central doorway has an architrave and a shaped pediment, and the windows are sashes. [7] |
High House 54°44′11″N3°16′32″W / 54.73649°N 3.27543°W | — | Late 18th or early 19th century | A stuccoed house on a chamfered plinth with an eaves cornice, angle pilasters, and a green slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays. The doorway has a Tuscan doorcase with an open pediment and a radial fanlight. The windows are sashes. [8] |
Milestone 54°44′22″N3°16′22″W / 54.73948°N 3.27288°W | — | Late 18th or early 19th century | The milestone was provided for the Carlisle-Cockermouth Turnpike. It is in sandstone, and has a round top, a curved face, and a cast iron plate. The plate is inscribed with the distances in miles to Carlisle, Wigton and Cockermouth. [9] |
Skiddaw View 54°44′13″N3°16′31″W / 54.73684°N 3.27538°W | — | Early 19th century | A stuccoed house on a chamfered plinth, with an eaves cornice, quoins, and a Welsh slate roof. The doorway has a pilastered surround and a radial fanlight, and the windows are sashes. [10] |
Bothel is a small village in Cumbria, North-western England. It is situated just off the main A595 road, 18 miles (29 km) from Carlisle and 7 miles (11 km) from Cockermouth. The village is in the civil parish of Bothel and Threapland just outside the boundary of the Lake District National Park. The A591 road terminates just outside the village, linking Bothel to Bassenthwaite Lake and Keswick.
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Parton is a civil parish in the Borough of Copeland, Cumbria, England. It contains eight buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Parton, and is largely residential. The listed buildings comprise a country house and associated structures, a church and items in the churchyard, a former toll house, and a milestone.
Catterlen is a civil parish in the Eden District, Cumbria, England. It contains seven buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, one is at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Newton Reigny and is otherwise rural. The listed buildings comprise a tower house and associated structures, a church, a house, farmhouses and farm buildings.
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Stainmore, for administrative purposes, is a civil parish in the Eden District, Cumbria, England. The parish contains ten 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 almost completely rural, containing only a few small settlements. The listed buildings consist of a farmhouse and outbuildings, a former country house and its coach house, a public house, three boundary stones, and three milestones.
Beetham is a civil parish in the South Lakeland District of Cumbria, England. It contains 47 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, four are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the villages of Beetham, Farleton and Hazelslack, and the surrounding countryside. The Lancaster Canal passes through the parish, and the listed buildings associated with this are bridges, an aqueduct and a milestone. Most of the listed buildings in the parish are houses, some of them originally tower houses, and associated structures, farmhouses and farm buildings. The other listed buildings consist of a church, bridges, a former corn mill, milestones and a milepost, boundary stones and a boundary post, a former school, a signal box, and a war memorial.
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Strickland Ketel is a civil parish in the South Lakeland District of 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 contains the villages of Burneside and Bowston, and is otherwise rural. The listed buildings consist of farmhouses, farm buildings, a country house and its folly gatehouse, smaller houses, a summer house, a bridge, a monument, and three milestones.
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