Listed buildings in Hincaster

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Hincaster is a civil parish in the South Lakeland District of Cumbria, England. It contains eleven listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Hincaster and the surrounding countryside. The Lancaster Canal passed through the parish, including the Hincaster Tunnel. This part of the canal is now dry, but structures associated with it are listed, including the portals of the tunnel, a cottage, and accommodation bridges and a railway bridge crossing the canal or the sunken horse path (which is a Scheduled Monument). [1] The other listed buildings are farmhouses and farm buildings.

Hincaster hamlet and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England

Hincaster is a small hamlet and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England, located between Kendal and Milnthorpe. It has a population of 195 increasing to 209 at the 2011 Census. Hincaster is most famous for the Hincaster Tunnel which is the longest tunnel on the Lancaster Canal.

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.

South Lakeland District in England

South Lakeland is a local government district in Cumbria, England. The population of the non-metropolitan district at the 2011 Census was 103,658. Its council is based in Kendal. It includes much of the Lake District as well as northwestern parts of the Yorkshire Dales.

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Grade Criteria [2]
II* Particularly important buildings of more than special interest
II Buildings of national importance and special interest

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Name and locationPhotographDateNotesGrade
Hincaster Hall
54°15′24″N2°45′33″W / 54.25678°N 2.75927°W / 54.25678; -2.75927 (Hincaster Hall)
Hincaster Hall - panoramio.jpg
A farmhouse that was altered later, and an extension added to the right in the 18th century. It is in stone and has a green slate roof with a stone ridge, and chimney pots with round shafts. The house has two storeys, and each part has three bays. On the front of the original part is a gabled stone porch with a ball finial, and the windows have chamfered surrounds and mullions with hood moulds above. In the extension is a doorway with a segmental head and voussoirs, and the windows are 19th-century casements. [3] [4]
Well Heads Farmhouse
54°16′05″N2°44′48″W / 54.26793°N 2.74674°W / 54.26793; -2.74674 (Well Heads Farmhouse)
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The farmhouse is in roughcast stone and has a green slate roof with a stone ridge. There are two storeys with attics and five bays, and the windows are 20th-century casements. Inside are two upper cruck trusses. [5]
High Barns Farmhouse
54°15′29″N2°45′56″W / 54.25810°N 2.76544°W / 54.25810; -2.76544 (High Barns Farmhouse)
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The farmhouse was later extended. It is in roughcast stone with a green slate roof. There are three storeys, three bays, a single-storey extension to the left, and an outshut at the rear. The windows are mullioned and contain casements, and on the front is a 20th-century gabled porch. [6]
Barn, Sellet Hall
54°15′47″N2°44′27″W / 54.26309°N 2.74078°W / 54.26309; -2.74078 (Barn, Sellet Hall)
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1746This consists of a barn, shippons and a hay loft. The building is in stone with through-stones, and has a green slate roof with a stone ridge and stone coping on the west gable. The barn has a T-shaped plan, an east front of eight bays, and a rear extension. The main range contains windows, doors and loading doors, and in the extension in a cart entrance in both sides, ventilation slits, and a mullioned window. [7]
Accommodation bridge
54°15′32″N2°45′12″W / 54.25887°N 2.75335°W / 54.25887; -2.75335 (Accommodation bridge)
Western Accommodation bridge Hincaster horsepath - panoramio.jpg
1817The accommodation bridge crosses the sunken horse path to the east of the western portal of Hincaster Tunnel. It is in limestone, and consists of a horseshoe arch with voussoirs, and has ramped parapets. [8] [9]
Accommodation bridge and East Portal, Hincaster Tunnel
54°15′43″N2°44′29″W / 54.26203°N 2.74137°W / 54.26203; -2.74137 (Accommodation bridge and East Portal, Hincaster Tunnel)
Eastern Portal Hincaster Tunnel - panoramio (1).jpg
1817The accommodation bridge crosses the sunken horse path to the west of the eastern portal of Hincaster Tunnel. The tunnel carried the Lancaster Canal, which is now dry. Both the bridge and the portal have horseshoe arches with rusticated voussoirs and keystones. The portal also has flanking tapering pilasters. [8] [10]
West Portal, Hincaster Tunnel
54°15′32″N2°45′19″W / 54.25896°N 2.75521°W / 54.25896; -2.75521 (West Portal, Hincaster Tunnel)
Western Portal Hincaster Tunnel - panoramio.jpg
1817The tunnel carried the Lancaster Canal, which is now dry. The portal is in limestone, and consists of a horseshoe arch with rusticated voussoirs and a keystone, and is flanked by tapering pilasters. [8] [11]
Sellet Hall Bridge
54°15′43″N2°44′29″W / 54.26202°N 2.74136°W / 54.26202; -2.74136 (Sellet Hall Bridge)
Sennet Hall Bridge.jpg
1818An accommodation bridge over the Lancaster Canal, which is now dry. It is in limestone, and consists of a single elliptical arch with rusticated voussoirs and keystones. The bridge has arched parapets, and is about 10 metres (33 ft) wide. [12]
Canal Cottage
54°15′32″N2°45′21″W / 54.25880°N 2.75576°W / 54.25880; -2.75576 (Canal Cottage)
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A house and stables in limestone with quoins, and a Westmorland slate roof with coped gables. It has a linear plan, with two storeys and attics, five bays, and a two-bay single-storey extension to the right. The house occupies two bays and has sash windows and a lean-to porch. In the centre is a wide stable doorway with a stone lintel, and there are external steps leading to a first floor doorway. [13]
Barn, Hincaster Hall
54°15′25″N2°45′34″W / 54.25707°N 2.75931°W / 54.25707; -2.75931 (Barn, Hincaster Hall)
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The bank barn is in stone, the east gable has been rebuilt in brick, and the roof is in green slate with a stone ridge and ball finials at the ends. It contains a cart entrance on both sides, a board door with a segmental head and limestone voussoirs, and square ventilation holes. [8] [14]
Railway bridge over sunken horse path
54°15′34″N2°44′59″W / 54.25945°N 2.74981°W / 54.25945; -2.74981 (Railway bridge over sunken horse path)
West Coast Main Line bridge ^52 - panoramio.jpg
The bridge was built for the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway and now carries the West Coast Main Line over the sunken horse path. The portals are in limestone and it has a brick barrel vault. The arches are rusticated and have bands and keystones. There are retaining walls on the west side. [8] [15]

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