Westnewton is a civil parish in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria, England. It contains seven listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All 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] The parish contains the village of Westnewton, and is otherwise rural. The listed buildings consist of houses and associated structures, farmhouses and farm buildings, and two milestones.
Buildings
edit| Name and location | Photograph | Date | Notes |
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| Yew Tree Farmhouse 54°47′02″N 3°20′53″W / 54.78387°N 3.34813°W |
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1672 | A roughcast farmhouse that has a Welsh slate roof with coped gables. There are two storeys and five bays. The doorway has a Tudor-style surround and a hood mould, and the windows are sashes in chamfered stone surrounds.[2] |
| Milestone 54°46′38″N 3°23′18″W / 54.77716°N 3.38838°W |
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Late 18th or early 19th century | The milestone was provided for the Wigton to Workington turnpike. It consists of a round-topped stone inscribed with the distances in miles to Wigton and to Workington.[3] |
| Milestone 54°47′25″N 3°19′59″W / 54.79015°N 3.33293°W |
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Late 18th or early 19th century | The milestone was provided for the Wigton to Workington turnpike. It consists of a round-topped stone inscribed with the distances in miles to Wigton and to Workington.[4] |
| Westnewton Hall 54°46′58″N 3°21′01″W / 54.78288°N 3.35014°W |
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Early 19th century | The house is in red and yellow sandstone on a chamfered plinth, with quoins, an eaves cornice, and a hipped green slate roof. There are two storeys and five bays. The house has a round-headed doorway with a fanlight, a pilastered surround and a false keystone. The windows are sashes in stone surrounds.[5] |
| Wall and gate piers, Westnewton Hall 54°46′57″N 3°20′59″W / 54.78262°N 3.34975°W |
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Early 19th century | The wall and gate piers are at the front of the garden They are in sandstone and consist of a quadrant wall, and a pair of square rusticated piers with shaped caps.[6] |
| Mealrigg Hall 54°47′50″N 3°21′24″W / 54.79722°N 3.35678°W |
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1832 | A sandstone farmhouse with quoins and a green slate roof. It has two storeys and four bays. The doorway has a fanlight and a pediment. The windows are sashes in stone surrounds, and at the rear is a Venetian stair window.[7] |
| Westnewton Grange and stables/barn 54°46′56″N 3°21′05″W / 54.78215°N 3.35131°W |
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Mid 19th century | The farmhouse was extended in the late 19th century. The buildings are stuccoed and have green slate roofs. The original part of the farmhouse and the extension have two storeys and each has three bays. The windows are sashes. In the original part is an Ionic porch and a doorway with a fanlight. The ground floor windows have console-bracketed hood moulds. The extension has a doorway to the right, and to its left is a two-light bay window, with a gabled dormer above. The barn and stables to the left have an L-shaped plan and contain a doorway, casement windows, ovals vents, and an archway to the left.[8] |
References
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Citations
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edit- Historic England, "Yew Tree Farmhouse, Westnewton (1275354)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 7 March 2016
- Historic England, "Milestone south-east of Newton Field, Westnewton (1217572)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 7 March 2016
- Historic England, "Milestone east of Crossriggs, Westnewton (1217573)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 7 March 2016
- Historic England, "Westnewton Hall, Westnewton (1217574)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 7 March 2016
- Historic England, "Wall and gate piers in front of Westnewton Hall, Westnewton (1275351)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 7 March 2016
- Historic England, "Mealrigg Hall, Westnewton (1216771)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 7 March 2016
- Historic England, "Westnewton Grange and adjoining stables/ barn, Westnewton (1275339)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 7 March 2016
- Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 7 March 2016