Millom Without is a civil parish in the Borough of Copeland, Cumbria, England. It contains ten listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish is to the north of the town of Millom in the valley of the River Duddon. It is now almost completely rural, but in the past has been the site of industry, including iron smelting fired by charcoal. There are remains of this industry in form of the ruins of a blast furnace and barns for storing charcoal, both of which are listed. The parish also contains a disused cornmill and sawmill. The other listed buildings are houses and associated structures, two bridges, a former limekiln, and a church.
The remains of charcoal fired blast furnace for smelting iron. It is in stone and has a square tower-like furnace stack 40 feet (12 m) high, with wide round-headed openings. To the west is a roofless two-storey building, and to the south of this is a narrower two-storey building, also roofless. To the east of the furnace stack are the lower courses of the former blowing house, and to the south are the lower courses of the casting house. The remains are part of a scheduled monument.[2][3][4]
There are two charcoal barns, now ruined, one dating from later in the century. They are in stone, without roofs, forming an L-shaped plan, and there is a two-storey lean-to at the northeast. The earlier barn has a segmental opening, and the later barn has a first floor opening. The southeast wall is supported by buttresses. The barns are part of a scheduled monument.[4][5][6]
The bridge carries the A595 road over the River Duddon. It is in stone, and consists of three segmental arches with triangular cutwaters on both sides. The bridge has thin voussoirs and a low plain parapet.[7]
The bridge carries a road over the River Duddon. It is in stone, and consists of two segmental arches, that to the east being longer. The central pier stands on an outcrop of rock. The bridge has voussoirs and straight parapets.[8]
A country house in stuccoed stone with a hippedslate roof, in two storeys with an attic. The south front has three bays and an entrance with a Tuscan porch. The east front has five bays, the central bay projecting forward under a gable. Most of the windows are sashes, in the south gable is an oculus, and there is a central French window in the east front.[9]
A country house later divided into apartments. It is stuccoed, with a band, it is in two storeys, and its windows are sashes. The west front has six bays, and contains a porch with Doric half-columns and an entablature. The east front has three doorways with fanlights.[5][10]
The limekiln is in stone and consists of a square structure built into the slope of the ground. On the top is a round-headed fire hole. There are also remains of the kiln at the sides.[11]
In 2007 the building was extended for residential use. The original part is in stone, and on the east front is a Corinthianportico that has a pediment with a wreath, a parapet with urns on the angles, and a datestone surmounted by a stag. The doorway has an architrave and a pediment, and the windows have segmental pediments. On the sides are Corinthian flutedpilasters and a balustraded parapet.[12][13]
A former cornmill and sawmill in stone with a slate roof. The cornmill has gabled wings to the south and north, and to the east is a gabled wheelhouse containing a wheel and a concrete channel. The sawmill is to the east of this, and has a large south wing, and ball finials on the gables.[14]
