Lorton is a civil parish in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria, England. It contains 26 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 villages of High Lorton and Low Lorton, and is otherwise rural, Most of the listed buildings are houses and associated structures, or farmhouses and farm buildings. The other listed buildings include a bridge and a church.
Originally a tower house with a wing, later converted into two dwellings. The wing dates from the 16th century, and there were further alterations in 1663, 1880 and 1904. The building is in slaterubble, partly rendered, with a green slate roof. The tower has three storeys and two bays, the rear 19th-century extension has two storeys and three bays, and the wing has two storeys and seven bays. The tower contains windows of varying types, some with Tudor arched heads, some mullioned and transomed, and it has a battlementedparapet. The wing has a continuous hood mould and windows with separate pediments.[2][3]
The building, which is stuccoed with a green slate roof, was extended in the 19th century and altered in the 20th century. The house has two bays and three storeys, to the right is a higher two-storey, two-bay extension, and to the left is a lower two-storey, three-bay stable. Most of the windows in the house are sashes, and at the rear of the original house are casement windows. The stable has casement windows, one a dormer, and on the left return is a Venetian window above a garage door.[4]
Originally a farmhouse and barn, later converted into a private house, it has a green slate roof. The house is stuccoed with projecting plinth stones, and has two storeys and four bays. The windows are sashes, some in original chamfered surrounds, and above the door is a gabled hood. The barn at right-angles to the right is in slate rubble, and contains doorway of varying types. Inside the house is an inglenook.[5]
A farmhouse, later converted into a private dwelling, in mixed slaterubble with a green slate roof. It has two storeys, four bays, and a rear extension. The doorway has an architrave and an inscribed lintel, and it is flanked by a mullioned window on the left, and a sash window on the right; the latter has a round head and a dated surround. Above the openings is a continuous hood mould.[6]
A former farmhouse in renderedrubble on boulder foundations, with a roof of Westmorlandslate. It has two storeys and two bays. The windows are mullioned, but some mullions have been slot. Inside the house is a bressumer.[7]
Originally a farmhouse, later a private house, it is roughcast with quoins, an eavescornice, and a green slate roof. There are two storeys, three bays, and sash windows with the remains of mullions. The doorway has an open stone porch with a segmental hood, and above the door is a fanlight.[8]
The building was extended in 1741 and in the 19th century. It is roughcast with a green slate roof. The house has two storeys and three bays with quoins on the left corner, and a gabled porch containing side seats. There is one remaining mullioned window, the other windows being sashes. The barn to the right has a large cart entrance.[9]
The farmhouse and barn are in roughcastslaterubble with green slate roofs. The house has two storeys and two bays, a door with an inscribed lintel, and sash windows. The barn is at right-angles to the right, and has doorways and other openings, including pigeon holes.[10]
A farmhouse and barn that are in rubble. The house has a green slate roof, two storeys and three bays. The door has a fanlight, and the windows are sashes. The L-shaped barn has been partly incorporated into the house. It has a corrugated iron roof, and the further part contains a large cart entrance, a doorway and a loft door.[11]
The cottage incorporates some elements from an earlier building, It is rendered with a slate roof, and has two storeys, two bays, and a rear outshut. In the centre is a gabled porch, and at the rear is a mullioned window, the other windows being sashes.[12]
Originally a malthouse, this has been converted in a village hall. It is in slaterubble, with quoins in calciferous sandstone, the rear wall is partly slate-hung, the building is partly rendered, and it has a green slate roof. There are two storeys and a basement, and six bays. The hall contains various doorways, and casement windows.[2][15]
Originally a brewery, later divided into three cottages. They are in pebbledashedslaterubble with green slate roofs, and have two storeys and a high basement. Corner Cottage has two bays, and the other cottages have three. The doorways have porches that are approached by flights of parallel stone steps. There are also basement doors, and the windows are of varying types.[2][17]
The building is in slaterubble with quoins and a green slate roof. There are two storeys and four bays, with a lower two-bay extension to the right. The main part contains two segmental-arched cart entrances, two loading doors, and a small opening. In the extension are three doorways and sash windows.[18]
The wall is stuccoed and has saddleback coping. It contains a taller gateway in rusticatedashlar with a round-headed doorway above which is a cornice and a lion.[20]
The main gate piers are rectangular and stuccoed and are surmounted by lion finials. From them, serpentine walls lead to smaller square end piers. The walls are stuccoed and have saddleback coping.[21]
The cottage is roughcast on a chamferedplinth, and has a green slate roof with ornamental ridge tiles. There are two storeys and three bays, with a carriage entrance to the right. On the front are two gabled porches with bargeboards and finials. The windows are casements with chamfered surrounds and hood moulds. The carriage entrance has a segmental arch with a quoined surround.[23]
A row of three roughcast cottages with a green slate roof. They have two storeys, the central cottage has one bay, and the others have two. There is a decorative eaves board, and each cottage has a gabled porch with decorative bargeboards and finials. The windows are casements with hood moulds.[25]
The summer house is in yellow brick, with a band of red brick at eaves level, an ogee lead roof, and a copper ball finial. It has an octagonal plan, is in a single storeys, and has a buttress in each corner. The windows have pointed heads, and the doorway has an architrave. Inside are fixed benches and a central table.[26]
The Methodist church is rendered and has a green slate roof. It is in one storey and has two bays. There is a central gabled porch flanked by casement windows in round-headed surrounds, and above the porch is an inscribed plaque.[2][27]
The fountain is in calciferous sandstone. It has a base of four segmental bowls. The fountain head consists of scrolled brackets and carved lion heads.[28]
