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Listed buildings in Blindcrake

Blindbothel is a civil parish in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria, England. It contains 31 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, one is at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish is almost completely rural. It contains the village of Blindcrake, the hamlets of Redmain and Sunderland, and the scattered settlement of Isel. Almost all the listed buildings are in or near these settlements, and most of them are houses and associated structures, or farmhouse and farm buildings. The other listed buildings are a church, a table tomb in the churchyard, a bridge, a milestone, a watermill, and a covered well.

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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
St Michael's Church
54°41′16″N 3°18′03″W / 54.68786°N 3.30089°W / 54.68786; -3.30089 (St Michael's Church)
 
 Early 12th century The church was restored in 1878 by C. J. Ferguson. It is in calciferous sandstone with a green slate roof, and consists of a nave with a south porch, and a chancel with a north vestry. On the west gable is a double bellcote. The doorway is Norman in style.[2][3] I
Isel Hall
54°41′28″N 3°18′25″W / 54.69106°N 3.30707°W / 54.69106; -3.30707 (Isel Hall)
 
 Late 14th or early 15th century A tower house with a hall added in the late 15th century and a further extension in the 16th century. The roofs are of green slate. The tower house has thick walls of calciferous sandstone. It is in three storeys with a vaulted basement, and has quoins, windows, loops, and an embattled parapet. The hall and extension are in calciferous and red sandstone, they contain doorways and windows with Tudor arched heads, and have parapets with shaped finials. The hall has two storeys and five bays, and the extension has three storeys and six bays.[4][5] I
Table tomb
54°41′16″N 3°18′03″W / 54.68778°N 3.30071°W / 54.68778; -3.30071 (Table tomb)
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 Late 15th century The table tomb is in the churchyard of St Michael's Church. It is in sandstone, and is carved with trefoils and shields. The tomb is thought to be that of Sir William Leigh of Isel Hall, who died in 1484, The tomb was originally inside the church.[6] II*
Redmain Hall
54°41′35″N 3°20′15″W / 54.69318°N 3.33743°W / 54.69318; -3.33743 (Redmain Hall)
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 Mid or late 16th century A roughcast farmhouse with a green slate roof, in three storeys and two bays. On the front is a 19th-century gabled porch. The windows in the upper two floors are mullioned; in the ground floor there is a 20th-century window in its original surround, and on the right side the surround has been widened and it contains a sash window. There is also an outshut with mullioned windows.[7] II
Stable flats and former Carriage House, Isel Hall
54°41′28″N 3°18′29″W / 54.69114°N 3.30819°W / 54.69114; -3.30819 (Stable flats and former Carriage House, Isel Hall)
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 Mid 17th century The stable and carriage house, parts of which date from the 19th century, have been converted for other uses. They are in sandstone with green slate roofs. The stable has two storeys and five bays, with four lower bays to the right. The doorways have Tudor arched doorways, and the windows are casements, some with retained mullions. The lower part has a loft door, and against its front is a mounting block. The coach house has quoins, four segmental-arched doorways, and casement windows.[8][9] II
Barn and former cottage,
Croft House
54°41′33″N 3°20′19″W / 54.69260°N 3.33865°W / 54.69260; -3.33865 (Barn and former cottage, Croft House)
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 1691 The cottage and attached barn are in rubble stone with green slate roofs. The cottage has two storeys and two bays. The doorway and casement windows have chamfered surrounds. Over the doorway is an inscription and above this is an oval opening. The barn to the left has a blocked doorway converted into a window, ventilation slits, and a 20th-century garage door.[10] II
Grange Farmhouse and barn,
Blindcrake
54°42′05″N 3°19′23″W / 54.70142°N 3.32301°W / 54.70142; -3.32301 (Grange Farmhouse, Blindcrake)
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 Early 18th century The farmhouse and barn are roughcast. The house has a roof of green slate, a coped left gable, a glazed doorway and sash windows with painted surrounds, and a plank door. The barn to the right has a roof of Welsh slate, and contains a plank door and ventilation slits.[11] II
Blindcrake Hall
54°42′02″N 3°19′23″W / 54.70065°N 3.32296°W / 54.70065; -3.32296 (Blindcrake Hall)
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 1728 A roughcast house with quoins and a green slate roof, and with an extension that has a tiled roof. There are two storeys and five bays. The doorway has a fanlight, and the windows are sashes, and all have architraves.[12] II
Low Farmhouse and barns
54°42′00″N 3°19′25″W / 54.70013°N 3.32372°W / 54.70013; -3.32372 (Low Farmhouse)
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 1729 The farmhouse and barns are roughcast with green slate roofs. The house has two storeys and two bays. It has a doorway with an architrave and sash windows. The barns to the right form an L-shaped plan, and contain doors, a loft door, and ventilation slits.[13] II
High Farmhouse and barn
54°42′12″N 3°19′12″W / 54.70324°N 3.32010°W / 54.70324; -3.32010 (High Farmhouse)
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 1730 The farmhouse and barns have green slate roof. The house is rendered with two storeys and two bays. The doorway has an architrave and the windows are casements. The barn, attached to the left has a projecting extension. It is in calciferous sandstone and boulder rubble, and contains doorways with alternate-block surrounds, casement windows, and ventilation slits.[a][14] II
Low House
54°42′26″N 3°16′31″W / 54.70719°N 3.27530°W / 54.70719; -3.27530 (Low House)
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 1735 A roughcast farmhouse with a green slate roof, in two storeys and three bays. It contains a doorway with a dated and inscribed lintel, sash windows, and a 20th-century garage door.[15] II
Grecian House, Beech Farmhouse and barn
54°42′29″N 3°16′28″W / 54.70803°N 3.27448°W / 54.70803; -3.27448 (Grecian House and Beech Farmhouse)
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 1740 The houses and barn are roughcast with roofs in green slate. Originally one house, it was later divided into two; both have two storeys and contain sash windows. Grecian House has five bays and a doorway with an architrave. Beech House, at right angles to the left, has a doorway with a fanlight and a round-headed stair window above it. The barn contains doorways and a cart entrance.[16] II
Grange Farmhouse and barn,
Redmain
54°41′35″N 3°20′17″W / 54.69307°N 3.33811°W / 54.69307; -3.33811 (Grange Farmhouse, Redmain)
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 1745 Both the farmhouse and the barn have green slate roofs. The house is roughcast with quoins, and has two storeys and six bays. The doorway has an architrave with a frieze and cornice, and the windows are sashes, also with architraves. The barn, recessed and to the right, is dated 1812, and is in calciferous sandstone. It contains a central segmental arch, doorways, a loft door, and oval vents, all with sandstone surrounds.[17] II
Croft House, Sunderland
54°42′28″N 3°16′31″W / 54.70781°N 3.27534°W / 54.70781; -3.27534 (Croft House, Sunderland)
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 1750 A rendered farmhouse with a green slate roof, in two storeys and three bays. On the front are two doorways, one dating from the 20th century, and the windows are sashes, all with painted stone surrounds.[18] II
Croft House, Redmain
54°41′33″N 3°20′19″W / 54.69241°N 3.33874°W / 54.69241; -3.33874 (Croft House, Redmain)
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 Mid 18th century A rendered farmhouse with quoins, an eaves cornice, and a green slate roof with coped gables. It has two storeys and three bays, a doorway with architraves, and sash windows.[19] II
Holly House and barn
54°42′31″N 3°16′25″W / 54.70872°N 3.27372°W / 54.70872; -3.27372 (Holly House)
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 Mid 18th century The farmhouse and barn have green slate roofs. The house is rendered, and is in two storeys and two bays. On the front is a doorway with an architrave and a 20th-century stone porch, and the windows are casements, also with architraves. The barn to the right is roughcast, and has a through archway, doors, and ventilation slits. In front of the barn is a mounting block in rubble with flag steps.[20] II
Barn, Redmain Hall
54°41′35″N 3°20′15″W / 54.69305°N 3.33753°W / 54.69305; -3.33753 (Barn, Redmain Hall)
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 Mid 18th century The barn is in calciferous sandstone rubble with quoins, and a green slate roof with coped gables. It has a cart entrance with a segmental head, doorways, a loft door, and ventilation slits.[21] II
Croft House and barn, Blindcrake
54°41′58″N 3°19′25″W / 54.69936°N 3.32367°W / 54.69936; -3.32367 (Croft House, Blindcrake)
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 Late 18th century A farmhouse and barn, roughcast with a green slate roof. The house has two storeys, three bays, and sash windows. The barn to the right has doorways, casement windows, a loft door, and ventilation slits. On the right return is a projecting cart entrance.[b][22] II
Westgate Farmhouse and barns
54°41′56″N 3°19′27″W / 54.69894°N 3.32411°W / 54.69894; -3.32411 (Westgate Farmhouse)
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 Late 18th century The farmhouse is rendered with quoins and a green slate roof. It has two storeys and three bays, and contains a doorway with an alternate-block surround, and sash windows with architraves. Attached to the right are two barns at right angles to each other. They contain doorways, casement windows, a loft door, and ventilation slits.[23] II
Westray House
54°42′23″N 3°16′26″W / 54.70627°N 3.27398°W / 54.70627; -3.27398 (Westray House)
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 Late 18th century A rendered farmhouse in two storeys and two bays. It has a 20th-century door with a fanlight, and sash windows, all in painted stone surrounds.[24] II
Isel Bridge House and former stables
54°41′17″N 3°17′58″W / 54.68814°N 3.29945°W / 54.68814; -3.29945 (Isel Bridge House)
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 c. 1785 Originally a vicarage and stables, later converted into two dwellings. The building is rendered with angle pilasters and green slate roofs. There are two storeys and a main range of three bays, flanked by lower wings. Attached at right angles to the right wing are the former stables. The doorway to the house has a 20th-century trellis porch, and the sindows are sashes. In the former stables are large doors, casement windows, sliding sash windows, and ventilation slits.[25] II
Gate piers and garden walls,
Isel Hall
54°41′29″N 3°18′26″W / 54.69134°N 3.30728°W / 54.69134; -3.30728 (Gate piers and garden walls, Isel Hall)
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 Late 18th or early 19th century The square gate piers are in calciferous and red sandstone. They are rusticated with ball finials. The piers are flanked by low coped brick walls, with ball finials and carved stone crests. Towards the house are terrace steps.[26][27] II
Milestone
54°42′36″N 3°19′20″W / 54.70989°N 3.32233°W / 54.70989; -3.32233 (Milestone)
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 Late 18th or early 19th century The milestone was provided for the Carlisle-Cockermouth Turnpike. It is in sandstone, and has a round top, a curved face, and a cast iron plate. The plate is inscribed with the distances in miles to Carlisle, Wigton and Cockermouth.[28] II
Isel Bridge
54°41′16″N 3°17′53″W / 54.68774°N 3.29807°W / 54.68774; -3.29807 (Isel Bridge)
 
 1812 The bridge carries a road over the River Derwent. It is built in calciferous and pink sandstone, and consists of three segmental arches on two piers with splayed cutwaters. The bridge has solid parapets with saddleback coping.[29] II
Croft Cottage
54°41′32″N 3°20′20″W / 54.69226°N 3.33896°W / 54.69226; -3.33896 (Croft Cottage)
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 Early 19th century A rendered cottage with a green slate roof and coped gables. It has 1+1⁄2 storeys and two bays. The windows are sashes in painted stone surrounds.[30] II
Gates, wall and railings,
Isel Bridge House
54°41′17″N 3°17′56″W / 54.68818°N 3.29887°W / 54.68818; -3.29887 (Gates, wall and railings, Isel Bridge House)
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 Early 19th century The gate piers and walls are in calciferous and red sandstone with some brick. The gate piers are square with ball finials. The low walls have chamfered coping and carry simple cast iron railings with looped tops.[31] II
Isel Grange
54°41′31″N 3°18′32″W / 54.69199°N 3.30883°W / 54.69199; -3.30883 (Isel Grange)
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 Early 19th century Originally one house, later divided into three flats. The front is in sandstone with quoins, and the rest of the house is stuccoed with angle pilasters. It has two storeys and an H-shaped plan, consisting of a main range and three-bay wings. The doorways have fanlights and the windows are sashes, all with painted surrounds.[32] II
Isel Mill
54°41′38″N 3°18′25″W / 54.69396°N 3.30703°W / 54.69396; -3.30703 (Isel Mill)
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 Mid 19th century A sandstone watermill with a pilaster to the right, and quoins on the left, and with a green slate roof. It has two storeys and two bays, an extension to the left, and a lower wheelhouse at the right. There are external steps leading up to a first floor doorway. Inside the wheelhouse is an overshot wheel.[8][33] II
Byre, Isel Mill
54°41′38″N 3°18′25″W / 54.69378°N 3.30691°W / 54.69378; -3.30691 (Byre, Isel Mill)
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 Mid 19th century The byre is in sandstone with quoins and a green slate roof. It is in a single storey, and has two bays with lower extensions on each side. All parts contain plank doors, and in the central section are oval vents.[34] II
Isel Mill House and granary
54°41′38″N 3°18′26″W / 54.69379°N 3.30728°W / 54.69379; -3.30728 (Isel Mill House and granary)
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 Mid 19th century The house and attached granary are in sandstone with a green slate roof. The house has two storeys and three bays. In the house are sash windows, and both parts contain plank doors.[35] II
Covered well
54°42′04″N 3°19′21″W / 54.70119°N 3.32263°W / 54.70119; -3.32263 (Covered well)
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 Late 19th century The well is in sandstone. It consists of a circular well head with a domed cover and it has an iron grille at the side.[36] II

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Notes

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  1. ^ Street View in May 2009 shows that the barn has been converted for domestic use.
  2. ^ Street View in May 2009 shows that the barn has been converted for domestic use.

Citations

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  1. ^ Historic England
  2. ^ Hyde & Pevsner (2010), pp. 423–424
  3. ^ Historic England & 1145219
  4. ^ Hyde & Pevsner (2010), p. 424
  5. ^ Historic England & 1137970
  6. ^ Historic England & 1312018
  7. ^ Historic England & 1138041
  8. ^ a b Hyde & Pevsner (2010), p. 425
  9. ^ Historic England & 1145216
  10. ^ Historic England & 1138033
  11. ^ Historic England & 1326826
  12. ^ Historic England & 1326865
  13. ^ Historic England & 1137962
  14. ^ Historic England & 1145215
  15. ^ Historic England & 1145225
  16. ^ Historic England & 1326828
  17. ^ Historic England & 1326827
  18. ^ Historic England & 1138054
  19. ^ Historic England & 1145222
  20. ^ Historic England & 1138047
  21. ^ Historic England & 1145224
  22. ^ Historic England & 1137956
  23. ^ Historic England & 1145214
  24. ^ Historic England & 1138064
  25. ^ Historic England & 1145220
  26. ^ Hyde & Pevsner (2010), pp. 424–425
  27. ^ Historic England & 1137985
  28. ^ Historic England & 1312023
  29. ^ Historic England & 1145221
  30. ^ Historic England & 1145223
  31. ^ Historic England & 1138024
  32. ^ Historic England & 1145217
  33. ^ Historic England & 1145218
  34. ^ Historic England & 1312046
  35. ^ Historic England & 1312044
  36. ^ Historic England & 1137944

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