Listed buildings in Greysouthen

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Greysouthen is a civil parish in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria, England. It contains seven 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 Greysouthen and surrounding countryside. The listed buildings consist of houses, farmhouses, farm buildings, and a milestone.

Greysouthen a village located in Allerdale, United Kingdom

Greysouthen is a village and civil parish between the towns of Workington and Cockermouth, in Cumbria, North West England. The village has an historic association with coal mining.

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
Milestone
54°39′09″N3°27′15″W / 54.65256°N 3.45425°W / 54.65256; -3.45425 (Milestone)
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The milestone has a rounded top. It has a cast iron plate inscribed with the distances in miles to Workington and to Cockermouth. [2]
The Mansion and No. 20 Main Street
54°38′56″N3°26′26″W / 54.64887°N 3.44064°W / 54.64887; -3.44064 (The Mansion)
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A house with adjoining servants' quarters, stuccoed, with angle pilasters, an eaves cornice, and a green slate roof. The main house has two storeys and nine bays, with a lower two-storey four-bay house. There is a porch with Tuscan columns, and the windows are sashes. At the rear, facing Main Street, is a doorcase with pilasters flanked by stained glass windows. [3]
Lodge
54°38′52″N3°26′39″W / 54.64776°N 3.44427°W / 54.64776; -3.44427 (Lodge)
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The lodge is stuccoed, with angle pilasters, an eaves cornice, and a green slate hipped roof. It is in a single storey and has three bays and a tow-storey two-bay extension at the rear. There is a canted bay window, and the other windows are sashes. [4]
Observatory
54°39′12″N3°26′16″W / 54.65344°N 3.43769°W / 54.65344; -3.43769 (Observatory)
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The observatory, is in the grounds of Tarn Bank, and is in calciferous sandstone on a rusticated plinth with a dentilled cornice. It has a circular plan and a lead-domed cupola. The observatory is in a single storey, and has a rectangular porch, a doorway with pilasters, and narrow tall round-arched windows. [5]
Overend House and barn
54°39′07″N3°26′02″W / 54.65183°N 3.43376°W / 54.65183; -3.43376 (Overend House)
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The house and barn are roughcast with Welsh slate roofs. The house has two storeys and three bays with a lower single-bay extension to the right, and a right-angled barn The door has a fanlight, and the windows are sashes. In the extension is a re-set lintel. [6]
Tarn Bank
54°39′14″N3°26′14″W / 54.65382°N 3.43727°W / 54.65382; -3.43727 (Tarn Bank)
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A house in calciferous sandstone on a chamfered plinth, with angle pilasters, an eaves cornice, and a hipped green slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays, a single-storey three-bay wing to the right, and extensions to the rear. There is a porch with two columns, and the windows are sashes. [7]
Mayfield
54°37′55″N3°26′47″W / 54.63184°N 3.44649°W / 54.63184; -3.44649 (Mayfield)
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1845A roughcast farmhouse with angle pilasters and a green slate roof. It has two storeys and three bays, with a folly battlemented tower to the right. The windows are sashes with hood moulds. [8]

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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.

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