Kirkandrews-on-Esk is a civil parish in the Carlisle district of Cumbria, England. It contains 13 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, three are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish is almost completely rural. The listed buildings consist of two farmhouses, a former tower house with associated structures, a former toll house, a church, a railway viaduct, and six milestones.
Key
edit| Grade | Criteria[1] |
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| II* | Particularly important buildings of more than special interest |
| II | Buildings of national importance and special interest |
Buildings
edit| Name and location | Photograph | Date | Notes | Grade |
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| Kirkandrews Tower 55°02′17″N 2°57′26″W / 55.03813°N 2.95734°W |
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16th century | Originally a tower house, it is a peel tower built in the sixteenth century[2] and was altered in the 18th and 20th centuries. The house is built with thick sandstone walls on a chamfered plinth, and has quoins, a corbelled parapet-walk, and a steeply pitched gabled slate roof. There are three storeys and two bays. The main entrance is on the first floor, it has a roll moulded architrave, and is approached by external stone steps. The ground floor formed a vaulted undercroft, and has a doorway with a similar surround. Some window openings are blocked, others contain casements. It is on the west bank of the River Esk.[3][4] | II* |
| St Andrew's Church 55°02′19″N 2°57′15″W / 55.03863°N 2.95428°W |
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1776 | The interior of the church was restored in 1892–93 by Temple Moore. The church is built in sandstone on a plinth, and has string courses, dentilled triangular gable pediments, and a slate roof with coped gables. It consists of a nave and a chancel, and has a bell-tower rising from the west end. The tower is square, with a sundial, and is surmounted by an open rotunda of columns on which is a dome and a weathervane. The entrance is flanked by engaged Tuscan columns, and above it is a triangular moulded pediment. At its sides are round-headed windows, with square windows above, and there are round-headed windows along the sides of the church. Inside the church is a rood screen with fluted Corinthian columns.[5][6] | II* |
| Low Moat 55°03′03″N 2°56′42″W / 55.05084°N 2.94500°W |
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Early 19th century | A sandstone farmhouse with quoins and a hipped green slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays, an H-shaped plan, and a single-storey extension to the right. The central bay is recessed with Tuscan columns. The outer bays contain entrances, the left is blocked, the right has a doorway with flanking blocked side lights, all with moulded cornices. The windows are sashes with plain surrounds.[7] | II |
| Milestone 55°00′09″N 3°00′47″W / 55.00239°N 3.01298°W |
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Early 19th century | The milestone was provided for the Longtown to Gretna road. It is in sandstone, and consists of a square stone with a round top carrying a circular cast iron plate indicating the distance in miles to Carlisle. On the top is a bench mark.[8] | II |
| Milestone 55°00′34″N 2°59′22″W / 55.00941°N 2.98954°W |
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Early 19th century | The milestone was provided for the Longtown to Gretna road. It is in sandstone, and consists of a square stone with a round top carrying a circular cast iron plate indicating the distance in miles to Carlisle.[9] | II |
| Milestone 54°59′27″N 3°02′58″W / 54.99091°N 3.04957°W |
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Early 19th century | The milestone was provided for the Carlisle to Glasgow Turnpike. It is in sandstone, and consists of a stone with curved face and a round top carrying a cast iron plate indicating the distance in miles to Carlisle and to Glasgow. On the top is a bench mark.[10] | II |
| Milestone 55°02′28″N 2°57′40″W / 55.04121°N 2.96113°W |
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Early 19th century | The milestone was provided for the Edinburgh to Longtown Turnpike. It is in sandstone, and consists of a square stone with a round top carrying a circular cast iron plate indicating the distance in miles to Carlisle.[11] | II |
| Milestone 55°01′00″N 2°59′02″W / 55.01679°N 2.98375°W |
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Early 19th century | The milestone was provided for the Longtown to Edinburgh Turnpike. It is in sandstone, and consists of a square stone with a round top carrying a circular cast iron plate indicating the distance in miles to Carlisle.[12] | II |
| Milestone 55°03′13″N 2°55′32″W / 55.05357°N 2.92565°W |
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Early 19th century | The milestone was provided for the Longtown to Penton road. It is in sandstone, and consists of a square stone with a round top carrying a circular cast iron plate indicating the distance in miles to Carlisle.[13] | II |
| Toll Bar Cottage 55°00′41″N 2°58′51″W / 55.01150°N 2.98093°W |
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Early 19th century | Originally a toll house, later a private house, it was provided for the Edinburgh to Longtown Turnpike. The house is stuccoed with stone dressings and a hipped slate roof. There is a single storey and two bays. The doorway has a pointed Tudor-style arch. There is a central bay window with a segmental head containing sash windows with chamfered surrounds, and with hood moulds.[14] | II |
| Screen walls, Kirkandrews Tower 55°02′17″N 2°57′27″W / 55.03801°N 2.95761°W |
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1827 | The walls project from the west and north walls of the tower, and are partly in brick and partly in sandstone. They are 3 metres (9.8 ft) high and have higher entrances. The walls contains archways and mullioned windows, some of which are blocked, and have battlemented parapets.[3][15] | II |
| Farmhouse and barn, Kirkandrews Tower 55°02′16″N 2°57′30″W / 55.03784°N 2.95822°W |
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1827 (probable) | The farmhouse and barn are in sandstone and river cobbles, and have green slate roofs. The house has two storeys and four bays, and the barn at right angles has two bays, forming an L-shaped plan. There are two doorways with fanlights, and the doorways and sash windows have plain surrounds. In the barn are plank doors and a casement window.[16] | II |
| Riddings Junction Viaduct 55°04′16″N 2°55′28″W / 55.07122°N 2.92437°W |
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1864 | The viaduct was built for the North British Railway to carry the railway over Liddel Water. It is in sandstone and consists of nine skewed arches carried on tapering piers. The viaduct has channelled voussoirs, and a 20th-century brick parapet with concrete copings.[17] | II* |
References
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Citations
edit- ^ Historic England
- ^ "Kirkandrews Tower". Pastscape. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
- ^ a b Hyde & Pevsner (2010), p. 454
- ^ Historic England & 1205396
- ^ Hyde & Pevsner (2010), pp. 453–454
- ^ Historic England & 1087506
- ^ Historic England & 1280740
- ^ Historic England & 1087505
- ^ Historic England & 1335642
- ^ Historic England & 1335641
- ^ Historic England & 1205353
- ^ Historic England & 1249405
- ^ Historic England & 1205452
- ^ Historic England & 1087508
- ^ Historic England & 1087507
- ^ Historic England & 1205417
- ^ Historic England & 1268307
Sources
edit- Historic England, "Kirkandrews Tower, Kirkandrews (1205396)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 June 2016
- Historic England, "Church of St Andrew, Kirkandrews (1087506)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 June 2016
- Historic England, "Low Moat, Kirkandrews (1280740)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 June 2016
- Historic England, "Milestone, south of Moss Wood at NGR353680, Kirkandrews (1087505)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 June 2016
- Historic England, "Milestone, south of Smalmston at NGR367687, Kirkandrews (1335642)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 June 2016
- Historic England, "Milestone, south of Gretna at NGR329667, Kirkandrews (1335641)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 June 2016
- Historic England, "Milestone at NGR386722, Kirkandrews (1205353)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 June 2016
- Historic England, "Milestone, north of Sandbed at NGR 371695, Kirkandrews (1249405)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 June 2016
- Historic England, "Milestone at NGR409736, Kirkandrews (1205452)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 June 2016
- Historic England, "Toll Bar Cottage, Kirkandrews (1087508)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 June 2016
- Historic England, "Screen walls adjoining Kirkandrews Tower, Kirkandrews (1087507)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 June 2016
- Historic England, "Farmhouse and barn, adjoining wall to west of Kirkandrews Tower, Kirkandrews (1205417)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 June 2016
- Historic England, "Riddings Junction Viaduct, Kirkandrews (1268307)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 June 2016
- Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 16 June 2016
- Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2010) [1967], Cumbria, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-12663-1