Listed buildings in Leck, Lancashire

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Leck is a civil parish in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. It contains 21 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All of 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] Other than the small settlement of Leck, the parish is rural. The most substantial building in the parish is Leck Hall; this and associated buildings are listed. Most of the other listed buildings are houses, farmhouses and associated structures. Also listed are a church and stones of various types.

Leck, Lancashire civil parish in the English county of Lancashire

Leck is a civil parish in the English county of Lancashire. The parish of Leck had a population of 189 recorded in the 2001 census, increasing to 260 at the 2011 Census. It is located next to the Leck Beck close to the main A65, 2 miles (3.2 km) south east of the Cumbrian town of Kirkby Lonsdale. Administratively it forms part of the City of Lancaster, Lancaster itself being 18 miles (29 km) away.

City of Lancaster City and Non-metropolitan district in England

The City of Lancaster is a local government district of Lancashire, England, with the status of a city and non-metropolitan district. It is named after its largest settlement, Lancaster, but covers a far larger area, which includes the towns of Morecambe, Heysham, and Carnforth, as well as outlying villages, farms, rural hinterland and a section of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The district has a population of 142,500 (mid-2017 est.), and an area of 222.5 square miles (576.2 km2).

Lancashire County of England

Lancashire is a ceremonial county in North West England. The administrative centre is Preston. The county has a population of 1,449,300 and an area of 1,189 square miles (3,080 km2). People from Lancashire are known as Lancastrians.

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Buildings

Name and locationPhotographDateNotes
Crow Trees Cottage and barn
54°11′09″N2°33′07″W / 54.18571°N 2.55199°W / 54.18571; -2.55199 (Crow Trees Cottage)
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A house and attached barn in sandstone with a slate roof. The house has two storeys, two bays, and a rear extension. The windows are paired sashes with mullions. The doorway is between the bays and has a hood mould. The barn has a wide entrance with s segmental arch. [2]
House west of Hipping Hall
54°10′36″N2°32′54″W / 54.17674°N 2.54827°W / 54.17674; -2.54827 (House west of Hipping Hall)
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A stone house with a slate roof in two storeys. It has two bays with a third bay set back to the right. In the upper floor is a painted sundial set diagonally. The original windows have been replaced. [3]
Crow Trees and barn
54°11′07″N2°33′08″W / 54.18530°N 2.55232°W / 54.18530; -2.55232 (Crow Trees)
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1679The house and barn are in stone with a slate roof, the barn having been added in the 18th century. The house is in two storeys with an attic. The doorway has a gabled porch, a moulded surround, and s shaped lintel inscribed with initials and the date. Most of the windows are mullioned. The barn has a wide entrance with a segmental arch. [4]
Hipping Hall
54°10′37″N2°32′53″W / 54.17681°N 2.54806°W / 54.17681; -2.54806 (Hipping Hall)
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1706A country house, mainly in sandstone, with a slate roof. It has three storeys, five bays, and a rear extension. Most of the windows are sashes, and there are the remains of mullioned windows in the extension. The central doorway has a porch carried on cast iron columns, and a moulded surround. Above it is a plaque carved with initials and the date. [5]
High Leck Farmhouse
54°11′17″N2°32′08″W / 54.18796°N 2.53558°W / 54.18796; -2.53558 (High Leck Farmhouse)
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The farmhouse is in sandstone with a slate roof, and has two storeys. The windows are mullioned, and the doorway has a gabled porch. [6]
Longlands Farmhouse
54°10′40″N2°33′19″W / 54.17788°N 2.55531°W / 54.17788; -2.55531 (Longlands Farmhouse)
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1754A sandstone farmhouse with a slate roof in two storeys and two bays. The doorway has a gabled porch and a plain surround, and above it is an inscribed plaque. The windows no longer have their mullions. [7]
Leck Hall
54°11′09″N2°32′05″W / 54.18576°N 2.53473°W / 54.18576; -2.53473 (Leck Hall)
Leck Hall, Lancashire.jpg
1811A country house by John Webb, in sandstone with a hipped slate roof. It has a symmetrical entrance south front with two storeys and five bays. In the centre of the front is a tetrastyle Ionic porch, and the windows are sashes. On the west front is a two-storey canted bay window. [8] [9]
Heber House
54°10′53″N2°32′08″W / 54.18133°N 2.53559°W / 54.18133; -2.53559 (Heber House)
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A sandstone house with a slate roof in two storeys and four bays. The doorway in the third bay has a plain surround and a Doric porch, and the windows are sashes. [10]
High Lodge
54°10′56″N2°32′46″W / 54.18219°N 2.54619°W / 54.18219; -2.54619 (High Lodge)
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A lodge to Leck Hall, it is in sandstone with a stone-slate roof, and in Jacobean style. It is in an L-shaped plan, and has two storeys. The doorway has plain jambs, a segmental arch, and a hood mould, and some of the windows are mullioned. [11] [12]
Wash house, Hipping Hall
54°10′37″N2°32′53″W / 54.17688°N 2.54818°W / 54.17688; -2.54818 (Wash house, Hipping Hall)
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An outbuilding in sandstone with a slate roof in a single storey. It has doorways leading to two separate compartments. The compartment on the right contains a stone bench. The other compartment is open to the rear, three stone steps lead to a flagged floor on two levels, and further steps lead down to a stream. [13]
Cart shed, Leck Hall
54°11′10″N2°32′04″W / 54.18603°N 2.53452°W / 54.18603; -2.53452 (Cart shed)
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A stone building with a slate roof in a single storey. There is a central gabled projection, and on each side is a doorway. The central projection has a central pier flanked by round arches. [14]
Court house, Leck Hall
54°11′11″N2°32′05″W / 54.18638°N 2.53475°W / 54.18638; -2.53475 (Court house)
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The building originated as stables, and is in sandstone with a hipped slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays. On the ground floor are three round-headed recessed arches; there are sash windows in the outer arches and in the upper floor. [15]
Farm building, Leck Hall
54°11′11″N2°32′03″W / 54.18625°N 2.53424°W / 54.18625; -2.53424 (Farm building, Leck Hall)
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The farm building is in sandstone with a hipped slate roof, and has two storeys. In the ground floor are three elliptical arches, and the upper storey is open at the front and rear. The main part is flanked by gabled wings, each with two elliptical arches. [16]
Dovecote, Leck Hall
54°11′11″N2°32′04″W / 54.18630°N 2.53456°W / 54.18630; -2.53456 (Dovecote)
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The dovecote is in stone with a slate roof. It consists of a central two-storey block with single-storey wings. The central block contains lunettes, and is surmounted by an octagonal lantern with access openings for birds, and a lead cap with a ball finial and a weathervane. [11] [17]
Orangery, Leck Hall
54°11′09″N2°32′09″W / 54.18582°N 2.53580°W / 54.18582; -2.53580 (Orangery)
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The orangery is in sandstone with a glass roof in a single storey. On the front are four round arches on Doric pilasters with glazed doors. On the right side is a round-headed doorway with an impost band. [11] [18]
Leck Hill House
54°11′12″N2°32′48″W / 54.18655°N 2.54662°W / 54.18655; -2.54662 (Leck Hill House)
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A stone house with a hipped slate roof. It is in two storeys, and has a symmetrical front of three bays. There is a central timber Doric porch, and the windows are sashes. [19]
Milestone
54°10′40″N2°33′07″W / 54.17774°N 2.55189°W / 54.17774; -2.55189 (Milestone)
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The milestone is in sandstone. It is inscribed with initials and indicates the distances in miles to Settle and to Kirkby Lonsdale. [20]
Stone opposite High Lodge
54°10′57″N2°32′46″W / 54.18237°N 2.54612°W / 54.18237; -2.54612 (Stone opposite High Lodge)
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A stone in sandstone with a rectangular plan and a rounded top. It is inscribed with 'Shuttleworth. Gawthorpe', and is thought to have been a boundary stone moved from the Gawthorpe Hall estate. [21]
Boundary stone
54°10′46″N2°34′05″W / 54.17940°N 2.56814°W / 54.17940; -2.56814 (Boundary stone)
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The stone marks the boundary between the parishes of Leck and Burrow-with-Burrow. It is in sandstone and has a roughly circular plan and a rounded top. It carries inscriptions, indicating the names of the parishes. [22]
Boundary stone
54°10′59″N2°33′36″W / 54.18299°N 2.56008°W / 54.18299; -2.56008 (Boundary stone)
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The stone marks the boundary between the parishes of Leck and Burrow-with-Burrow. It is in sandstone, with a rectangular plan and a rounded top. It carries inscriptions, including the names of the parishes, and an arrow. [23]
St Peter's Church
54°11′02″N2°32′54″W / 54.18383°N 2.54846°W / 54.18383; -2.54846 (St Peter's Church)
St Peter's Church, Leck (4).jpg
1878–79The church was designed by Paley and Austin, it was burnt in 1913, and replaced in its original design in 1915 by Austin, Paley and Austin. It is in sandstone with a slate roof, and consists of a nave, a north aisle, a south porch, a chancel with a north vestry, and west steeple. The steeple has a tower in two stages and has a west window with Perpendicular tracery and a solid parapet. The tower is surmounted by an octagonal recessed spire. [24] [25]

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Citations

  1. ↑ Historic England
  2. ↑ Historic England & 1362539
  3. ↑ Historic England & 1317503
  4. ↑ Historic England & 1317505
  5. ↑ Historic England & 1071668
  6. ↑ Historic England & 1317525
  7. ↑ Historic England & 1362538
  8. ↑ Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), pp. 419–420
  9. ↑ Historic England & 1164984
  10. ↑ Historic England & 1071663
  11. 1 2 3 Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), p. 420
  12. ↑ Historic England & 1071664
  13. ↑ Historic England & 1071669
  14. ↑ Historic England & 1317529
  15. ↑ Historic England & 1071667
  16. ↑ Historic England & 1362537
  17. ↑ Historic England & 1165009
  18. ↑ Historic England & 1071666
  19. ↑ Historic England & 1165017
  20. ↑ Historic England & 1165022
  21. ↑ Historic England & 1071665
  22. ↑ Historic England & 1317786
  23. ↑ Historic England & 1071708
  24. ↑ Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), p. 419
  25. ↑ Historic England & 1164964

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