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Listed buildings in Asby, Eden

Asby is a civil parish in the Eden District, Cumbria, England. It contains 22 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, four are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the small villages of Great Asby and Little Asby, and is otherwise almost completely rural. Most of the listed buildings are houses and associated structures, farmhouses and farm buildings. The other listed buildings comprise a church, a lych gate, almshouses, a roadbridge, a footbridge, and two wells.


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Grade Criteria[1]
I Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important
II* Particularly important buildings of more than special interest
II Buildings of national importance and special interest

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Name and location Photograph Date Notes Grade
Well, Grange Hall
54°29′33″N 2°29′13″W / 54.49238°N 2.48696°W / 54.49238; -2.48696 (Well, Grange Hall)
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 Medieval This consists of a well house over a spring. It is built in stone with an entrance on the east side, and it has a stone roof with a stone with cruciform moulding closing the ridge. The spring rises through a square opening in the floor. The well house is surrounded by a drystone wall with an opening facing the entrance.[2] II*
Grange Hall and adjoining buildings
54°29′33″N 2°29′18″W / 54.49256°N 2.48840°W / 54.49256; -2.48840 (Grange Hall)
 
 14th century This originated as a tower house and a grange of Byland Abbey. It is in stone with quoins, a parapet, and a slate roof. The main part has three storeys and four bays, and there are wings to the front and the back. In the east front is a 15th-century five-light oriel window, and most of the other windows are mullioned.[3][4] I
Old Rectory
54°30′45″N 2°29′42″W / 54.51262°N 2.49504°W / 54.51262; -2.49504 (Old Rectory)
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 14th century The former rectory originated as a solar tower, the hall range was added probably in the 17th century, and an extension to the south was added in 1866. The house is in stone with a slate roof, and has a U-shaped plan. The tower has thick walls, a massive plinth, quoins, a tunnel vault and a chamfered doorway with a hood mould. In the gable end is a two-light arched window with Geometrical tracery, and the other windows have flat tops and mullions.[5][6] II*
Gaythorne Hall
54°30′49″N 2°32′34″W / 54.51360°N 2.54268°W / 54.51360; -2.54268 (Gaythorne Hall)
 
 c. 1600 A large house on an isolated site, in stone with quoins and a slate roof. It has a square plan, with projecting stair towers on the sides. The entrance front has two storeys with a cellar and attics, five bays, and a central two-storey porch with a round-headed entrance and a moulded surround. At the rear the house has three storeys and a single-storey porch. The windows are mullioned or mullioned and transomed, and some have hood moulds.[7][8] II*
Barn, Fell View Farm
54°28′52″N 2°28′00″W / 54.48100°N 2.46675°W / 54.48100; -2.46675 (Barn, Fell View Farm)
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 17th century Originally a house, later converted into a farm building. It is in stone with quoins and a slate roof. The original door has a false four-centred head. External steps lead up to a loft door. All the windows have chamfered stone surrounds and mullions.[9] II
Elm Tree Old Farmhouse and byre
54°30′47″N 2°29′46″W / 54.51313°N 2.49625°W / 54.51313; -2.49625 (Elm Tree Old Farmhouse)
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 1694 A barn was added to the left of the farmhouse in the end of the 18th century, and a kitchen was added to the right in the early 19th century. The buildings are in stone with a slate roof and have two storeys. The original part is on a large plinth, it has three bays and a central door with a dated and initialled lintel.[10] II
Asby Hall, area railings and gate
54°30′49″N 2°29′30″W / 54.51374°N 2.49167°W / 54.51374; -2.49167 (Asby Hall)
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 1694 A house, enlarged in the mid-18th century, in stone with quoins and a slate roof, incorporating earlier 17th-century material. There are three storeys and a symmetrical front of three bays. The central doorway has Tuscan pilasters, and a segmental head with a coat of arms above. The windows are sashes. The area in front of the house has a low wall with railings, and a central double gate with an ornate overthrow.[11][12] II*
White House
54°30′46″N 2°29′49″W / 54.51267°N 2.49689°W / 54.51267; -2.49689 (White House)
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 1748 A stone house that has been divided into two dwellings, with quoins, a slate roof, and two storeys. The original house has four bays, three sash windows in each floor, and an inscribed dated panel above the door. At the rear is a rendered gabled extension. To the right of the original house is a former byre with two casement windows in the lower floor and one above. On the east front are external steps leading up to a first floor doorway.[13] II
Low Whygill Head Farmhouse and barn
54°29′30″N 2°27′30″W / 54.49156°N 2.45824°W / 54.49156; -2.45824 (Low Whygill Head)
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 1749 The farmhouse and outbuildings are in stone with roofs of slate or corrugated iron. Some of the windows are mullioned, others are 20th-century casements. Above a doorway is an initialled and dated panel. Adjacent to the house is a byre and external steps leading to a hayloft above.[14] II
Byre range, northeast of Asby Hall
54°30′50″N 2°29′30″W / 54.51394°N 2.49157°W / 54.51394; -2.49157 (Byre range, northeast of Asby Hall)
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 Mid 18th century The farm building is in stone with quoins, and it has a slate roof with a stone ridge. The building is in a single storey, and it contains two doors and four windows.[15] II
Barn range, northwest of Asby Hall
54°30′50″N 2°29′31″W / 54.51383°N 2.49204°W / 54.51383; -2.49204 (Barn range, northwest of Asby Hall)
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 Mid 18th century A range of farm buildings in stone with a slate roof that has stone copings and a stone ridge. There are 1+1⁄2 storeys, and the range contains wagon entrances, doors with hood moulds, loft doors, and windows.[16] II
High Whygill Head Farmhouse and barn
54°29′30″N 2°27′40″W / 54.49158°N 2.46114°W / 54.49158; -2.46114 (High Whygill Head)
 
 1774 The farmhouse is pebbledashed with a slate roof, and has two storeys and a symmetrical three-bay front. The central doorway has pilasters and a segmental canopy. It is flanked by three-light mullioned windows, and in the upper floor are two two-light windows. At the rear is a wing that continues as a byre with a hayloft above. In the gable is a datestone and dove holes.[17] II
Barn, Grange Hall
54°29′33″N 2°29′17″W / 54.49257°N 2.48801°W / 54.49257; -2.48801 (Barn, Grange Hall)
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 Late 18th century The barn, to the east of the hall, was extended to the north in the late 19th century. It is in stone with a slate roof, and has a later outshut at the south end. The openings include doorways and a later garage door.[18] II
St Helen's Almshouses
54°30′50″N 2°29′36″W / 54.51400°N 2.49321°W / 54.51400; -2.49321 (St Helen's Almshouses)
 
 1811 A stone building divided into four almshouses, the main block is square, with quoins, two storeys and a pyramidal slate roof. On the north and south sides are two sash windows in each floor. On the east and west sides is a single-storey lean-to with a hipped roof, four sash windows, and doors on the sides. On the west front is an inscribed panel.[11][19] II
Byre/barn, southeast of Asby Hall
54°30′49″N 2°29′29″W / 54.51366°N 2.49126°W / 54.51366; -2.49126 (Byre/barn, southeast of Asby Hall)
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 Early 19th century The farm building is in stone with quoins and a slate roof. It has two storeys, two plank doors, and a segmental-headed wagon door with a loft door above.[20] II
Fell View Farmhouse and adjoining buildings
54°28′52″N 2°28′01″W / 54.48115°N 2.46687°W / 54.48115; -2.46687 (Fell View Farmhouse)
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 Early 19th century A rendered stone farmhouse that has a slate roof with stone copings. There are two storeys and three bays. On the front is a doorway, a two-light mullioned window to the right, a traceried stair window with a semicircular head, imposts, and a keystone, and two sash windows in the upper floor. At the rear is a door with a wooden cornice on consoles. To the north is a group of outbuildings, and to the south is a store, both of which have wagon entries with segmental heads.[21] II
Wall, railings and gate posts,
Asby Hall
54°30′51″N 2°29′31″W / 54.51407°N 2.49208°W / 54.51407; -2.49208 (Wall, railings and gate posts, Asby Hall)
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 Mid 19th century (probable) The gateway is flanked by rusticated stone piers with cornices. These are linked to similar end piers by a low wall with cast iron railings.[11][22] II
Footbridge over Dale Beck
54°30′40″N 2°29′54″W / 54.51105°N 2.49827°W / 54.51105; -2.49827 (Footbridge over Dale Beck)
 
 Mid 19th century The bridge carries a footpath over a stream. It consists of large stone slabs, and has massive abutments and low parapets. The footway is between 2 feet (0.61 m) and 3 feet (0.91 m) wide.[23] II
St Peter's Church
54°30′48″N 2°29′42″W / 54.51338°N 2.49494°W / 54.51338; -2.49494 (St Peter's Church)
 
 1865–66 The church was built on the site of an earlier church and was designed by W. and J. Hay in Gothic Revival style. It is built in sandstone with stepped buttresses and has a slate roof with stone copings. The church consists of a nave, a south aisle with an ornate porch, and a chancel. At the west end is a bellcote carried on an arch round the west window.[5][24] II
Lychgate
54°30′48″N 2°29′43″W / 54.51328°N 2.49537°W / 54.51328; -2.49537 (Lychgate)
 
 1866 The lychgate is at the entrance to the churchyard of St Peter's Church. It has braced wooden uprights supporting a hipped slate roof with open gablets and wrought iron crosses. The gates are wooden with wrought iron fittings.[25] II
Bridge over Potts Beck
54°29′33″N 2°26′42″W / 54.49263°N 2.44498°W / 54.49263; -2.44498 (Bridge over Potts Beck)
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 1875 The bridge carries a road over a stream. It is in stone and consists of a single span with a segmental arch. In the parapet is an inscribed and dated parish boundary stone.[26] II
St Helen's Well
54°30′50″N 2°29′35″W / 54.51382°N 2.49305°W / 54.51382; -2.49305 (St Helen's Well)
 
 Uncertain A rectangular enclosure around a spring. On three sides there is a wall with a sandstone coping surmounted by limestone flags, and in the north wall is a wrought iron gate. Water rises from a large rectangular opening, and leaves by two outlets.[27] II

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Citations

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  1. ^ Historic England
  2. ^ Historic England & 1144934
  3. ^ Hyde & Pevsner (2010), pp. 382–383
  4. ^ Historic England & 1326998
  5. ^ a b Hyde & Pevsner (2010), p. 380
  6. ^ Historic England & 1326996
  7. ^ Hyde & Pevsner (2010), pp. 381–382
  8. ^ Historic England & 1137181
  9. ^ Historic England & 1144933
  10. ^ Historic England & 1144930
  11. ^ a b c Hyde & Pevsner (2010), p. 381
  12. ^ Historic England & 1144927
  13. ^ Historic England & 1144931
  14. ^ Historic England & 1312435
  15. ^ Historic England & 1144928
  16. ^ Historic England & 1326995
  17. ^ Historic England & 1326999
  18. ^ Historic England & 1137188
  19. ^ Historic England & 1144932
  20. ^ Historic England & 1144929
  21. ^ Historic England & 1312425
  22. ^ Historic England & 1326994
  23. ^ Historic England & 1326997
  24. ^ Historic England & 1144926
  25. ^ Historic England & 1326993
  26. ^ Historic England & 1144935
  27. ^ Historic England & 1137163

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