Crackenthorpe is a civil parish in the Eden District, Cumbria, England. It contains six 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 contains the village of Crackenthorpe and the surrounding countryside. The listed buildings comprise a country house, four associated structures, and a milestone.
A country house that was re-fronted in 1685 and extended in the 1880s. It is in pebbledashed stone with rusticatedquoins and a string course, and has slate roofs with stone copings. The main front has two storeys with attics, and is symmetrical with five bays. The central three bays project forward under a dentilledpediment. The doorway has an architrave and above it is a rusticated frieze and a pediment. The main windows on the front are mullioned and transomed, and those in the attic are mullioned. At the rear is a stair wing, and the windows are sashes. The 19th-century additions are in a similar style.[2][3]
The coach house has stabling below and a billiard room at the north end. It is in stone with quoins, and has a slate roof with stone copings and a central conical vent. There are two storeys and a symmetrical front with nine bays containing five doors and four windows, all with segmental heads. The billiard room has mullioned windows with hood moulds, and the coach door has a segmental head.[5]
The fountain head, in the garden of the hall, is by Feodora Gleichen. The central spout is in the mouth of a bearded man with ram's horns. The bottom of the panel is shell-shaped and it contains two small cherubs. At the rear is an inscribed panel.[7]
The turbine house is built across a stream, it is in stone with quoins, and has a slate roof with projecting eaves. There are two storeys. Above the door, under a pointed hood mould, is a panel with a coat of arms. The windows are mullioned, and there is a datestone.[8]
