Listed buildings in Burtholme

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Burtholme 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. Of these, six are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish includes the villages of Lanercost and Banks, and is otherwise rural. Historically, the most important building in the parish was Lanercost Priory. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, parts of the priory buildings have been converted for other uses, and these comprise five of the listed buildings in the parish. The other listed buildings include a medieval cross base, houses, farmhouses, and farm buildings.

Burtholme human settlement in United Kingdom

Burtholme refers to any of a civil parish in Cumbria, a hamlet within that parish or a family name originally linked to the place. It also appears in Burtholme Beck, which marks a significant point on Hadrian's Wall.

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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Grade Criteria [1]
I Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important
II Buildings of national importance and special interest

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Name and locationPhotographDateNotesGrade
Cross base
54°57′59″N2°41′44″W / 54.96638°N 2.69544°W / 54.96638; -2.69544 (Cross base)
Cross (rems of) (geograph 3184007).jpg
1214The cross is in sandstone. It consists of a stepped plinth, a chamfered square socket stone, and a fragment of a shaft. The shaft has dog-tooth decoration and an inscription. Part of the shaft has been incorporated in the north aisle of the church. [2] [3]
Dacre Hall
54°57′57″N2°41′43″W / 54.96595°N 2.69532°W / 54.96595; -2.69532 (Dacre Hall)
Dacre Hall, Lanercost Priory.jpg
Originally the west range of the cloisters of Lanercost Priory, and later converted into a church hall. It was altered in 1559, and again in the early 19th century. The building is in red sandstone and calciferous sandstone, mainly from the Roman wall, and has a green slate roof. It is in two storeys and has five bays. Most of the windows are mullioned. [4] [5]
Gateway arch
54°57′58″N2°41′50″W / 54.96619°N 2.69728°W / 54.96619; -2.69728 (Gateway arch)
Lanercost Priory - geograph.org.uk - 5733.jpg
This was originally part of the gate tower of Lanercost Priory. It is built in red sandstone and calciferous sandstone from the Roman wall. It is a chamfered segmental arch, with a hood mould, moulded corbel stops, and fragments of fan vaulting. At the rear are flanking buttresses. [6] [7]
St Mary's Church
54°57′58″N2°41′42″W / 54.96612°N 2.69513°W / 54.96612; -2.69513 (St Mary's Church)
Lanercost Priory, West Front, Cumbria.JPG
The church has been developed from the nave of Lanercost Priory. It is built in red sandstone and calciferous sandstone from the Roman wall, and has a green slate roof. The church has a chamfered plinth, string courses, buttresses and a dentilled moulded cornice, and consists of a nave with a clerestory and a north aisle. [8] [9]
Vicarage
54°57′57″N2°41′45″W / 54.96594°N 2.69582°W / 54.96594; -2.69582 (Vicarage)
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The vicarage has been developed from the former guest house of the outer court of Lanercost Priory. It was altered in the 16th century, in 1850–51 by Anthony Salvin, and from 1873 by C. J. Ferguson. It is built in red sandstone and calciferous sandstone from the Roman wall,and has roofs of slate or sandstone slate. To the left is a three-storey, single-bay tower. Most of the windows are mullioned and transformed. Inside the vicarage is a spiral staircase. [6] [10]
North walls, Lanercost Priory
54°58′01″N2°41′43″W / 54.96686°N 2.69539°W / 54.96686; -2.69539 (North walls, Lanercost Priory)
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The wall to the north of the priory and the graveyard is in mixed red sandstone and calciferous sandstone from the Roman wall. There is an entrance for a footpath with a chamfered surround. The graveyard wall, dating probably from the 18th century, adjoins the north transept, and is built in material from the demolished priory. [11]
Barn, Abbey Farm
54°57′57″N2°41′45″W / 54.96573°N 2.69578°W / 54.96573; -2.69578 (Barn, Abbey Farm)
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The barn originated as the west range of a house. The barn is built in mixed red sandstone and calciferous sandstone from Lanercost Priory, and has a roof of sandstone slate with coped gables. It is a long barn in two storeys. [6] [12]
Holmehead
54°58′04″N2°40′25″W / 54.96768°N 2.67366°W / 54.96768; -2.67366 (Holmehead)
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Originally a bastle house, it was altered in the 19th century. The building has extremely thick stone walls and a Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays, with a recessed bay to the right. The doorway has a chamfered surround, and most of the windows are sashes. Above the doorway is a gabled dormer with a casement window. [13]
Bell's Cottage
54°58′27″N2°40′38″W / 54.97404°N 2.67711°W / 54.97404; -2.67711 (Bell's Cottage)
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The house is built in stone from the Roman wall, and has a roof of Welsh slate with coped gables. There are two storeys and three bays. The windows include chamfered mullioned windows, fire windows, windows from later dates, and some blocked windows. Inside the house is a bressumer. [14]
Banks Foot and outbuildings
54°58′19″N2°40′51″W / 54.97202°N 2.68092°W / 54.97202; -2.68092 (Banks Foot)
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The farmhouse and outbuildings are in red sandstone and calciferous sandstone and have Welsh slate roofs. The house is in two storeys with three bays, and has quoins, and a cornice. The doorway has a fanlight, a quoined surround and an entablature with a keystone. The windows are sashes in plain surrounds, and at the rear is a round-headed stair window. The outbuildings form an L-shaped plan to the right, and include a hexagonal gin gang with a hipped green slate roof. [15]
St Mary's Vale
54°57′55″N2°40′54″W / 54.96537°N 2.68178°W / 54.96537; -2.68178 (St Mary's Vale)
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A stuccoed house on a squared plinth with a hipped green slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays, flanked by single-bay extensions. On the front, the door and the sash windows have plain surrounds, and at the rear the windows are casements. [16]

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The National Heritage List for England (NHLE) is England’s official list of buildings, monuments, parks and gardens, wrecks, battlefields and World Heritage Sites. It is maintained by Historic England and brings together these different designations as a single resource even though they vary in the type of legal protection afforded to each. Conservation areas do not appear on the NHLE since they are designated by the relevant local planning authority.

Nikolaus Pevsner German-born British scholar

Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner was a German, later British scholar of the history of art, especially of architecture.

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