Listed buildings in Torver

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Torver is a civil parish in the South Lakeland District of Cumbria, England. It contains ten 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 is in the Lake District National Park. It contains the village of Torver, and is otherwise rural. The listed buildings consist of farmhouses, farm buildings, a public house, and a church.

Torver hamlet and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, United Kingdom

Torver is a hamlet and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria 3 miles (4.8 km) south west of the village of Coniston and 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Coniston Water. Owing to the minimal population details are maintained under the parish of Blawith and Subberthwaite.

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 [1]
II* Particularly important buildings of more than special interest
II Buildings of national importance and special interest

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Name and locationPhotographDateNotesGrade
Building to west of Hoathwaite Farmhouse
54°20′42″N3°05′07″W / 54.34488°N 3.08514°W / 54.34488; -3.08514 (Building to west of Hoathwaite Farmhouse)
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Originally a house, later used as an outbuilding, it is in stone with a slate roof. There is one storey with an attic, and two wings at right angles, giving an L-shaped plan. In the east wing is a pitching hole, and inside are two upper cruck trusses. [2]
Church House Public House
54°20′19″N3°06′07″W / 54.33871°N 3.10200°W / 54.33871; -3.10200 (Church House Public House)
Church House Inn, Torver (geograph 2526877).jpg
The main range of the public house has one storey and nine bays. In front of the second and third bays is an outshut, and in front of the fourth bay is a gabled porch. At the rear is a two-storey four-bay wing and a two-bay gabled wing. Most of the windows are casements, and there are some sash windows. [3]
Barn to north of Rose Hill
54°19′19″N3°07′54″W / 54.32199°N 3.13169°W / 54.32199; -3.13169 (Barn to north of Rose Hill)
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A field barn in stone with a slate roof and three bays. Inside are cruck trusses, possibly re-used. To the rear is a lean-to cow house with a corrugated iron roof. [4]
Hoathwaite Farmhouse and outbuildings
54°20′42″N3°05′05″W / 54.34493°N 3.08486°W / 54.34493; -3.08486 (Hoathwaite Farmhouse)
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The farmhouse was later extended, and the outbuildings also date from later periods. They are in stone, the house is roughcast, and they have slate roofs. The house has two storeys, a main range of three bays, and a lower three-bay rear wing. On the front is an entrance with a gabled slate hood, and the windows are sashes. In the rear wing is another entrance with a gabled slate hood, most of the windows are casements, and there is also a mullioned window. The outbuildings consist of a small stable, a cow house, a barn, and a pig sty. Inside the house are two upper cruck trusses in each wing. [5]
Bank End Farmhouse and barn
54°19′33″N3°07′52″W / 54.32584°N 3.13119°W / 54.32584; -3.13119 (Bank End Farmhouse)
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The farmhouse and barn are in stone, the house is roughcast, and they have slate roofs. The house has two storeys and three bays, and the windows are of varying types. To the left is an outhouse, attached to which is the barn with an outshut. The barn contains openings including an owl hole, and outside it is a mounting block. [6]
House to northwest of Bank End Farmhouse
54°19′33″N3°07′53″W / 54.32587°N 3.13137°W / 54.32587; -3.13137 (House to northwest of Bank End Farmhouse)
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The house is in stone, partly roughcast, with a slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays. On the front is an open gabled porch, and the windows are sashes, one of them horizontally-sliding. [7]
Barn to west of Bank End Farmhouse
54°19′33″N3°07′53″W / 54.32578°N 3.13142°W / 54.32578; -3.13142 (Barn to west of Bank End Farmhouse)
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The barn is on stone with a slate roof. It has three bays, a smaller outbuilding to the right, and a rear outshut. The building has doorways, a pitching hole, and ventilation holes. [8]
Building to northwest of Bank End Farmhouse
54°19′33″N3°07′54″W / 54.32573°N 3.13163°W / 54.32573; -3.13163 (Building to northwest of Bank End Farmhouse)
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A farm building in stone with a slate roof. It has three entrances, one partly blocked, and a window. [9]
Stable and granary to southwest of Bank End Farmhouse
54°19′32″N3°07′53″W / 54.32564°N 3.13133°W / 54.32564; -3.13133 (Stable and granary to southwest of Bank End Farmhouse)
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The granary is over the stable. They are in stone, partly roughcast, and have quoins. There are windows and doorway, one approached by stone steps. [10]
St Luke's Church
54°20′21″N3°06′06″W / 54.33904°N 3.10165°W / 54.33904; -3.10165 (St Luke's Church)
St Luke, Torver.jpg
1884The church, which was designed by Paley and Austin, is in slate with sandstone dressings, and has slate roofs with coped gables. It consists of a nave with a south porch, a chancel with a north lean-to vestry, and a tower between the nave and the chancel. The tower has buttresses, a coped cornice, a pyramidal roof, and a weathervane in the form of a fish. The windows are round-headed. [11] [12]

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