Dacre is a civil parish in the Eden District, Cumbria, England. It contains 68 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, three are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, five are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the villages of Dacre, Stainton, Great Blencow, and Newbiggin and the surrounding countryside. Unusual listed features in the parish include three folly farmhouses built to resemble forts for the 11th Duke of Norfolk, and the Dacre Bears, four statues of bears in the churchyard of St Andrew's Church. Most of the other listed buildings are houses and associated structures, farmhouses and farm buildings. Other listed structures include a church and items in the churchyard, bridges, a public house, a monument, a boundary stone, a block of limekilns, and a telephone kiosk.
The church was extended in the 13th century, the tower was rebuilt in 1810, and the church was restored in the 1874–75. It is in sandstone and has green slate roofs with copedgables and a cross finial. The church consists of a nave with a clerestory, aisles, a chancel with a north vestry and a west tower. The tower has three stages, with a west doorway, and a battlementedparapet. The nave and aisles also have battlemented parapets. Inside the church, the tower arch is Norman.[2][3]
One of a group of four carved bears in the churchyard of St Andrew's Church. It is in sandstone, and depicts the bear asleep with its head on a pillar, but much of the head has been worn away.[2][4]
One of a group of four carved bears in the churchyard of St Andrew's Church. It is in sandstone and about 4 feet (1.2 m) high. A small animal has jumped on to the back of the bear, and the bear's head is turned towards it.[2][5]
One of a group of four carved bears in the churchyard of St Andrew's Church. It is in sandstone and about 4 feet (1.2 m) high. The bear is making an attempt to dislodge an animal clinging to its back, by reaching over his shoulder with his right paw.[2][6]
One of a group of four carved bears in the churchyard of St Andrew's Church. It is in sandstone and about 4 feet (1.2 m) high. The bear looks satisfied, having eaten its attacker.[2][7]
A fortified tower house that was altered in about 1570 by Thomas Lennard, 1st Earl of Sussex. It is built in sandstone on a chamferedplinth, with very think walls, a battlementedparapet, and corner turrets, two set squarely and two set diagonally. Steps lead up to a doorway, above which is a coat of arms. The windows are cross-mullioned, and in the turrets are smaller windows and arrow slits. Inside there are two principal rooms, one turret contains a staircase and there are smaller rooms on the others.[8][9]
A farmhouse that was altered and/or extended in 1667 and 1727, and again in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is in renderedsandstone with green slate roofs. There are two storeys and three bays, with a two-bay extension to the right, and a lower two-storey two-bay extension added further to the right in the 18th century. In the older part is a round-headed doorway with false imposts and keystone. Most of the mullions have been removed and the windows are sashes. Inside the house are back-to-back inglenooks and a bressumer.[12]
A farmhouse with an extension dated 1684, and a barn from the late 17th century. They are in stone with green slate roofs. The house is stuccoed, with two storeys, and both the original part, the extension, and the barn have two bays each. The doorways are Tudor arched, and above the doorway on the front of the extension is an inscribed, decorated and dated panel. The windows in the original part are mullioned, and those in the extension are sashes. The barn has plank doors and oval vents.[13]
The farmhouse and former barn are in stone with a green slate roof. The house has two storeys and two bays, the barn to the right has been incorporated into the house, and there is a two-storey two-bay extension at the rear, giving an L-shaped plan. The windows in the front are sashes, and in the extension is a doorway with a chamfered surround and mullioned windows.[14]
The farmhouse and barn are in sandstone, partly rendered, and with green slate roofs. The house has two storeys and two bays, with a two-storey two-bay extension to the rear. The windows are sashes, those in the upper floor in half-dormers. The barn to the right is lower, and has been partly converted for domestic use. It contains a cart entrance, a plank door, and casement windows. Inside the house is an inglenook, and in the roof are two pairs of upper crucks.[15]
Originally a farmhouse that was extended in the early 19th century and used as a private house. It has a double depth plan, the rear part incorporating the original house. The house is stuccoed, the original part has a hipped roof with local slate, and the front part has a Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys and the symmetrical front has three bays and a central doorway with moulding to the architrave and cornice. The windows throughout are sashes.[16]
The farmhouse is in stone with a green slate roof, and has two storeys and two bays. The doorway has a chamfered surround, a Tudorlintel and a hood mould. The windows are mullioned and contain sashes. The lower barn to the right is in mixed slate and cobble, it has a green slate roof, and has been partly converted for residential use. There are large central doors, an open gable end, and inside are two pairs of upper crucks.[17]
The house was extended in 1773. The older part is in stone, the newer part is stuccoed on a double-chamferedplinth, and has quoins, a string course, an eavescornice, and both parts have a green slate roof. There are two storeys, and each part has two bays, forming an L-shaped plan. In the newer part steps lead up to a central doorway with a quoined surround, a keyedlintel and a pediment. The windows are sashes in stone surrounds. In the older part there is a doorway with a dated lintel, a porch, and some of the windows are mullioned.[18][19]
Originally a house, later used as stables, the building is in limestone with sandstone dressings and a green slate roof. There are two storeys and five bays. Above the former doorway is a shaped and dated lintel. Some windows are mullioned, others are casements with the mullions removed, and above the ground floor windows is a continuous hood mould.[20]
The alms table is in the churchyard of St Andrew's Church. It is in sandstone, and consists of a flat plain slab on six shaped pillars. On the slab is a brass inscribed sundial without a gnomon.[21]
A former farmhouse, later used as a private house, it is in sandstone with quoins and a green slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays. The doorway has a gabled porch and an initialled and dated lintel. In the ground floor are mullioned windows and fire windows, and above the windows are sashes.[22]
A limestone farmhouse with sandstone dressings and a green slate roof. There are two storeys and two bays, with a lean-to extension on the left. The central doorway has a stone surround, and the windows are mullioned.[23]
A whitewashed house with a green slate roof, it has two storeys, five bays and a rear extension. On the front is a gabled, porch, casement windows in chamfered surrounds, fire windows, and a continuous hood mould.[26]
The house and outbuilding are pebbledashed and have greenslate roofs. The house has two storeys and two bays, and the lower barn and stables to the right have two storeys and two bays. The door and the windows, which are sashes, have plain stone surrounds.[a][27]
The farmhouse is in stone on a boulder plinth and has a green slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays. The windows are casements in chamfered surrounds, and there is a fire window. On the right return is a lean-to stone porch.[28]
The farmhouse was extended in 1774. It is stuccoed with a green slate roof, and has two storeys and three bays with rear extensions. Some of the windows are mullioned and other are sashes. In the rear extension is a doorway with a dated lintel. The barn to the right is lower and has two storeys and two bays.[30]
A stone farmhouse with quoins and a green slate roof. There are two storeys, five bays, and a rear extension, giving an L-shaped plan. The door has a stone surround and a lintel with a dated and initialled panel. The windows on the front are mullioned, some with hood moulds, and at the rear they are a mix of sashes and casements.[31]
The buildings are in sandstone with quoins and green slate roofs. There are two parallel two-storey six-bay stable ranges, joined to form three sides of a courtyard by an 18th-century two-storey five-bay barn. The openings include segmental-headed entrances, a doorway with a dated lintel, mullioned windows, casement windows, loft doors, and ventilation slits.[32]
Originally a school, later a private house, it is roughcast with a green slate roof. The house has 1+1⁄2 storeys and two bays. The windows have chamferedmullions, and above them is a hood mould. In the gable end is a doorway and a sash window, both with chamfered surrounds.[33]
A sandstone farmhouse with a green slate roof, two storeys and four bays. The doorway has an alternate block surround and a lintel with a false keystone. The windows are sashes in stone surrounds.[34]
Originally a road bridge, later a footbridge, it crosses Dacre Beck. The bridge is in sandstone and consists of a single segmental arch, with a hump back, and it has a solid parapet.[36]
The public house and adjoining stables are roughcast with a green slate roof, and the rear wall of the stables is in brick. The public house has two storeys and three bays, with a projecting gabled wing to the right. There is a porch with a hipped roof, and the windows are sashes. The stables to the left contain a segmental-headed cart entry and two doorways.[38]
The farmhouse and barn are in stone with green slate roofs. The house has two storeys, three bays, a central gabled porch, casement windows in the ground floor, and sash windows above. The lower barn to the right has three bays, and contains a segmental-headed cart entrance, a casement window, two doors and a loft door.[39]
The farmhouse and barn are in sandstone with green slate roofs. The house has quoins, a string course, and an eavescornice. There are two storeys and two bays, with a single-bay extension to the right, and a rear outshut. The door has a fanlight and a chamfered surround, and the windows are casements. The barn to the right has two bays, and contains a plank door, ventilation slits, and a tall window.[40]
A pebbledashed farmhouse with a green slate roof, it has two storeys and two bays. The doorway has a stone surround, and above it is a pilastered datestone, The windows are 20th-century casements in chamfered surrounds.[41]
The barn is in sandstone with a green slate roof, and has two storeys and two bays. It contains two doorways with chamfered surrounds, ventilation slits on two levels, and a cart entrance with a segmental arch.[42]
Originally a farmhouse, later a private house, it is in sandstone, partly stuccoed, and has a green slate roof. There are two storeys and two bays. The central doorway has a stone surround, and the windows are mullioned, also in stone surrounds.[43]
The farmhouse and barn are pebbledashed with a Welsh slate roof. The house has two storeys and three bays. The doorway and sash windows have chamfered stone surrounds. The barn to the left has one bay, a blank front, and a doorway and loft door at the rear.[44]
The farmhouse, later a private house, is roughcast with quoins and a green slate roof. There are two storeys and two bays, and a rear two-storey two-bay extension, giving an L-shaped plan. The doorway has a chamfered surround, and the windows, which are sashes, have plain stone surrounds.[45]
A folly farmhouse resembling a fort, built for the 11th Duke of Norfolk, and extended and altered in 1890. The buildings are in sandstone with green slate roofs. The house has quoins, string courses, a battlementedparapet, 2+1⁄2 storeys, and three bays. The windows are sashes in pointed arches. The house is flanked by barns, giving a U-shaped plan. The barns contain cart entrances with pointed arches and alternate block surrounds, doorways, and casement windows.[24][46]
A folly farmhouse and outbuildings resembling a fort, built for the 11th Duke of Norfolk, it was extended and altered in the early 19th century and in 1892. The buildings are in sandstone, partly rendered, with green slate roofs. The farmhouse has a chamferedplinth, string courses, quoins, and a battlementedparapet. There are two storeys and three bays, and the outer wall is polygonal. Flanking the farmhouse are lower stables and barns, and a single-storey five-bay cow house. On the other side of the farmyard and joined to the farmhouse by an archway are barns and byres with a central turret. The outer wall of the complex forms a battlemented seven-sided curtain wall.[24][47]
A monument for the 11th Duke of Norfolk, it is in sandstone and consists of a tapering octagonal obelisk. This stands on a square base and a plinth that incorporates an earlier carved coat of arms.[48]
The farmhouse is roughcast with an eavescornice, and has a green slate roof with copedgables. There are two storeys, three bays, and a rear one-bay extension, giving an L-shaped plan. The doorway has an alternate block surround and a keyedlintel, and the windows are mullioned.[49]
A roughcast farmhouse with a green slate roof, it has two storeys and five bays. The central doorway and the windows, some of which are sashes and others are casements, have stone surrounds.[50]
A rendered house with quoins and a green slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays. The doorway and the windows, which are sashes, have plain stone surrounds.[51]
The farmhouse and barn have green slate roofs. The house is stuccoed with quoins, and has two storeys and two bays. The doorway has a stone surround and a fanlight, and the windows are sashes. The barn to the right is in sandstone, and has a right-angled rear extension giving an L-shaped plan.. It contains doorways, casement windows and triangular vents.[52]
The barn has been partly converted for domestic use, and is roughcast with a green slate roof. The domestic part to the left has two storeys and two bays, and contains two doors with stone surrounds and two casement windows. The barn has an opening with a segmental arch and a false keystone and a casement window.[53]
The summer house is a folly on the top of a hill. It is in sandstone with quoins and a pyramidal green slate roof. It has a square plan, a doorway with a stone surround, and it consists of a single cell with a fireplace inside.[54]
The farmhouse and barn have green slate roofs. The house is roughcast, and has two storeys and two bays. Above the door is a fanlight, and the windows are sashes. The barns to the left have an L-shaped plan. They are in sandstone and contain a segmental arch, ventilation slits on two levels, and external steps leading to a loft doorway.[55]
The structure is in sandstone with quoins, an eavescornice, and a pyramidal roof. The pigeon house has one bay, two storeys, a doorway with alternate block surround, two oval openings, and a pigeon opening in the form of a Diocletian window with projecting sills on scrolled brackets. The poultry house has a single storey and contains a doorway and square openings.[57]
The barn and stables are roughcast with a green slate roof. They have a single storey and an L-shaped plan. In the range adjacent to the house are a door with a chamfered surround, a double door with a segmental arch, and a window with a chamfered surround. The gabled wing to the left has double doors in a segmental-arched quoined surround with a dated keystone, above which is a window with a pointed arch. On the right side are steps leading up to a loft door.[58]
The farmhouse and barn have green slate roofs, and the farmhouse was extended in the early 19th century. It is roughcast on a chamferedplinth, and has quoins, an eavescornice, and copedgables, one with a shaped finial. There are two storeys and three bays, with a lower single-bay extension. The doorway has an alternate block surround and a dated and keyedlintel. The windows are sashes, the window above the door having a pediment. The barn is in mixed limestone and sandstone, it has two bays, and contains a segmental archway, a casement window and a large cart entrance.[59]
The barn is in sandstone with quoins, and has a Welsh slate roof with copedgables. On the left gable is the base of a bellcote, now with a weathervane, and on the right gable is a ball finial. The barn has one storeys and three bays. It contains a segmental-arched cart entrance, steps leading to a loft door, and a doorway with a shaped-arch head.[60]
Originally a grammar school, later a private house, it is in mixed limestone and sandstone on a chamferedplinth, and has quoins, an eavescornice, and a green slate roof with copedgables. There are two storeys, six bays, and a single-storey single-bay kitchen extension. There are two doorways with alternate-block surrounds and fanlights, one of which has a re-used, initialled and dated lintel. The windows are sashes in stone surrounds, in the ground floor they have round heads, and in the upper floor the heads are flat. On the gable is a bellcote with a pyramidal roof and a greyhound weathervane.[61]
A country house that was remodelled in the 1840s. It is in sandstone on a chamferedplinth, and has string courses, an eavescornice, a partly open balustradedparapet, angle pilasters rising to chimneys, and a hipped green slate roof. The main block has three storeys and seven bays, and this is flanked by two-storey single-bay wings. Steps lead up to a central door with a fanlight, a cornice on consoles, and a balustraded parapet. This is flanked by bow-fronted bay windows, and above the door is a Venetian window. In the left return is a bay window, and in the right return is a projecting round-arched porch. At the rear the wings are pedimented and between them is a gallery with seven Ionic columns, a frieze, and a modillioned cornice.[62][63]
The bridge carries a road over the River Petteril. It is in sandstone, and consists of a single segmental arch with a hump back. The bridge has a solid chamferedparapet, on which is an inscribed cast iron plate.[65]
Originally a house, later a hotel. The house was in two builds and it has two storeys and a green slate roof. The earlier part is stuccoed and has eight bays; the later part is in calciferous sandstone with five bays. On the front is a pilastered porch, and above the door is a fanlight. The windows in both parts are sashes.[66]
The bridge carries a road over Dacre Beck. It is in stone and consists of a single segmental arch. The bridge has a hood band, a straight parapet with chamferedcoping, and flanking raking abutments.[67]
Later used as a private house, the brewhouse is in sandstone with a hipped green slate roof. It has one storey and two bays, with a single-bay extension to the left. The doorway and sash windows have stone surrounds, and in the extension is a segmental arch and a casement window.[70]
The bridge carries a road over Dacre Beck. It is in sandstone and consists of a single segmental arch. The bridge is narrow, and has a solid parapet with flat coping.[71]
The lodge to Waterfoot House is rendered on a chamferedplinth, and has a hipped green slate roof. It has one storey and three bays, the central bay canted forward. The windows have pointed arches, and on the right side is a 20th-century porch.[72]
A K6 type telephone kiosk, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott. Constructed in cast iron with a square plan and a dome, it has three unperforated crowns in the top panels.[75]
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