Listed buildings in Distington

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Distington is a civil parish in the Borough of Copeland, Cumbria, England. It contains six 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 village of Distington and the surrounding countryside. The listed buildings comprise the ruins of a former church, the ruins of a former tower house, a closed Methodist church, an active church, a farmhouse and associated buildings, and a milestone.

Distington village in the United Kingdom

Distington is a large village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Workington and 4 miles (6.4 km) north-northeast of Whitehaven. Historically a part of Cumberland, the civil parish includes the nearby settlements of Common End, Gilgarran and Pica.

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.

Borough of Copeland Borough and Non-metropolitan district in England

The Borough of Copeland is a local government district and borough in western Cumbria, England. Its council is based in Whitehaven. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Borough of Whitehaven, Ennerdale Rural District and Millom Rural District. The population of the Non-Metropolitan district at the 2011 Census was 70,603.

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Name and locationPhotographDateNotes
Chancel arch
54°35′53″N3°32′35″W / 54.59802°N 3.54301°W / 54.59802; -3.54301 (Chancel arch)
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The chancel arch of the former medieval St Cuthbert's Church is in the churchyard of Holy Spirit Church. It consists of a pointed arch with two chamfered orders, flanked by rendered walls. [2] [3]
Hayes Castle
54°35′19″N3°32′50″W / 54.58864°N 3.54712°W / 54.58864; -3.54712 (Hayes Castle)
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1322 or beforeOriginally a tower house on a motte, with a curtain wall and a moat, now a ruin. Only the north wall remains; it is in sandstone with a rubble core, and is about 4 feet (1.2 m) thick and 20 feet (6.1 m) high. The structure is also a scheduled monument. [2] [4] [5]
Stubsgill Farmhouse and associated structures
54°35′31″N3°31′14″W / 54.59204°N 3.52050°W / 54.59204; -3.52050 (Stubsgill Farmhouse)
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1681The house has since been altered and extended. It is pebbledashed with a slate roof, two storeys, seven bays, and a rear outshut. All the windows are 20th-century double-glazed. The area wall is about 4 feet (1.2 m) high, it has flat coping, and contains square rusticated gate piers with corniced caps. The byre to the southwest has quoins, chamfered eaves, and a slate roof. It has two storeys and four bays, and contains a door in each floor, and blocked doors and windows. [6]
Methodist Church, wall and gate
54°35′21″N3°32′30″W / 54.58924°N 3.54174°W / 54.58924; -3.54174 (Methodist Church)
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1838The former Methodist church is in stone with a slate roof, a single tall storey, and three bays. It has a symmetrical front, with double doors and a semicircular fanlight, flanked by windows with semicircular heads, and surrounds with imposts and keystones. The area wall is about 6 feet (1.8 m) high, and has semicircular coping and a cast iron central gate. [7]
Milestone
54°35′29″N3°32′27″W / 54.59149°N 3.54094°W / 54.59149; -3.54094 (Milestone)
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The milestone is in sandstone, and consists of a squared block with a chamfered top, about 2 feet (0.61 m) high, set diagonally to the road. On the south face is a rectangular cast iron plate showing the distances in miles to Workington and to Cockermouth. The plate from the north side is missing. [8]
Holy Spirit Church
54°35′52″N3°32′34″W / 54.59773°N 3.54277°W / 54.59773; -3.54277 (Holy Spirit Church)
The Church of the Holy Spirit, Distington - geograph.org.uk - 475406.jpg
1884–86The church, designed by Hay and Henderson, is in sandstone on a chamfered plinth, with quoins, stepped buttresses, and a slate roof with copings, decorative ridge tiles, and apex crosses. The church consists of a nave with a clerestory, aisles, a south porch, a chancel, and an uncompleted three-stage tower, incorporating a vestry, offset to the south. The east window consists of five stepped lancets. [2] [9]

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Historic England is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). It is tasked with protecting the historical environment of England by preserving and listing historic buildings, ancient monuments and advising central and local government.

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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