Listed buildings in Distington
Distington is a civil parish in the Borough of Copeland, Cumbria, England. It contains six 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 Distington and the surrounding countryside. The listed buildings comprise the ruins of a former church, the ruins of a former tower house, a closed Methodist church, an active church, a farmhouse and associated buildings, and a milestone.
Buildings
[edit]| Name and location | Photograph | Date | Notes |
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| Chancel arch 54°35′53″N 3°32′35″W / 54.59802°N 3.54301°W |
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Late 13th to 14th century | The chancel arch of the former medieval St Cuthbert's Church is in the churchyard of Holy Spirit Church. It consists of a pointed arch with two chamfered orders, flanked by rendered walls.[2][3] |
| Hayes Castle 54°35′19″N 3°32′50″W / 54.58864°N 3.54712°W |
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1322 or before | Originally a tower house on a motte, with a curtain wall and a moat, now a ruin. Only the north wall remains; it is in sandstone with a rubble core, and is about 4 feet (1.2 m) thick and 20 feet (6.1 m) high. The structure is also a scheduled monument.[2][4][5] |
| Stubsgill Farmhouse and associated structures 54°35′31″N 3°31′14″W / 54.59204°N 3.52050°W |
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1681 | The house has since been altered and extended. It is pebbledashed with a slate roof, two storeys, seven bays, and a rear outshut. All the windows are 20th-century double-glazed. The area wall is about 4 feet (1.2 m) high, it has flat coping, and contains square rusticated gate piers with corniced caps. The byre to the southwest has quoins, chamfered eaves, and a slate roof. It has two storeys and four bays, and contains a door in each floor, and blocked doors and windows.[6] |
| Methodist Church, wall and gate 54°35′21″N 3°32′30″W / 54.58924°N 3.54174°W |
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1838 | The former Methodist church is in stone with a slate roof, a single tall storey, and three bays. It has a symmetrical front, with double doors and a semicircular fanlight, flanked by windows with semicircular heads, and surrounds with imposts and keystones. The area wall is about 6 feet (1.8 m) high, and has semicircular coping and a cast iron central gate.[7] |
| Milestone 54°35′29″N 3°32′27″W / 54.59149°N 3.54094°W |
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Mid 19th century | The milestone is in sandstone, and consists of a squared block with a chamfered top, about 2 feet (0.61 m) high, set diagonally to the road. On the south face is a rectangular cast iron plate showing the distances in miles to Workington and to Cockermouth. The plate from the north side is missing.[8] |
| Holy Spirit Church 54°35′52″N 3°32′34″W / 54.59773°N 3.54277°W |
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1884–86 | The church, designed by Hay and Henderson, is in sandstone on a chamfered plinth, with quoins, stepped buttresses, and a slate roof with copings, decorative ridge tiles, and apex crosses. The church consists of a nave with a clerestory, aisles, a south porch, a chancel, and an uncompleted three-stage tower, incorporating a vestry, offset to the south. The east window consists of five stepped lancets.[2][9] |
References
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Citations
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[edit]- Historic England, "Chancel arch from medieval church to north-west of present church, Distington (1086702)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 July 2016
- Historic England, "Hayes Castle, Distington (1335998)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 July 2016
- Historic England, "Hayes Castle, Distington (1007150)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 July 2016
- Historic England, "Stubsgill Farmhouse, area wall and gate piers, and byre adjoining to southwest, Distington (1086701)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 July 2016
- Historic England, "Methodist Chapel, area wall and central gate, Distington (1312491)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 July 2016
- Historic England, "Milestone to north of Boot Bridge, Distington (1336037)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 July 2016
- Historic England, "Church of the Holy Spirit, Distington (1137112)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 July 2016
- Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 18 July 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