Lakes is a civil parish in the South Lakeland District of Cumbria, England. It contains 214 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, six are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, 20 are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. Lakes is a large parish in the Lake DistrictNational Park containing the villages of Ambleside, Troutbeck, Rydal, Grasmere, Elterwater, and Chapel Stile, and the valleys of Great Langdale and Little Langdale. Otherwise the parish is rural, including countryside, hills and mountains. Many of the listed buildings are concentrated in the villages, with many dating from the 17th century, and others are scattered in the valleys. Most of the listed buildings are houses and associated structures, shops, farmhouses, farm buildings, bridges, public houses and hotels, and churches with items in the churchyards. Other listed buildings include a former Roman fort, an aqueduct, an AA telephone box, a market cross, and two war memorials.
The excavated remains of two Roman forts, the second built in the 2nd century. These consist of the footings of various buildings, and a defensive ditch.[2][3]
The church was doubled in size between 1490 and 1500 by the addition of a parallel nave to the north. The roof was rebuilt in about 1562, and the church was restored in 1840 by George Webster. It is in roughcast stone with slate roofs, and consists of a double nave, a south porch and a southeast tower. Inside is a monument to William Wordsworth by Thomas Woolner.[4][5]
The house was extended in the 17th century. It has very thick pebbledashed stone walls, buttresses, a slate roof, and two storeys. There is a gabled porch with a Tudor arched head, a gabled wing to the right, and a higher extension to the left.[6]
A stone cottage with very thick walls, a slate roof, two storeys and three bays. On the front is a modern timber porch, and the windows are small-paned casements. On the right side is a large projecting stepped chimney.[7]
A house with thick stone walls, a flagged roof, two low storeys, and a wing. On the front are three windows on the ground floor, and two small windows above in gablets.[8]
The building was extended in the 17th century. It is in roughcast stone with a slate roof, two low storeys, and an L-shaped plan. The centre block has one fixed window, the other windows are casements, and in the upper floor they are in three half-dormers. To the left a former stable and loft have been converted into a garage. To the right is a projecting gabled wing with two casement windows and two sash windows.[9]
The oldest part is the north wing, the main block dates from the 17th century, and during the 19th century the building was an inn. The farmhouse is a long building in stone with a slate roof and two storeys. The porch is under a jettied slate-hung gabled projection, and the windows are modern casements. A former cottage, later incorporated into the house, is to the north and has a loft door. To the south are stables with a barn to the rear.[10][11]
A roughcast stone cottage with a slate roof, two storeys, and a rear wing. The front facing the road has one casement window, and the others are sashes. There is another casement window in the rear wing, and in the right return is a lean-to porch.[12]
This was the original farmhouse, it is in stone with a slate roof, and has two low storeys. There is a two-storey gabled porch, the remains of mullioned windows, a gabled wing, and a lower south wing.[13]
A country house that was extended in the following centuries, with the front dating from the 19th century. It is rendered. with stone quoins, mouldedarchitraves, a cornice, a balustradedparapet, and is mainly in two storeys. The garden front has three storeys and a symmetrical front of nine bays, the central three bays forming a full-height bow. Above the ground floor windows are cornices on scrolled brackets.[14][15]
A house and a barn with very thick walls, and the barn has been converted into a house. The Thrang has 17th-century wings, it is rendered, and has two low storeys and two bays.[16]
Originally a coaching inn, it is in roughcast stone with a slate roof and two storeys. There are two blocks, stepped down a hillside, and all the windows are sashes. The upper block, to the left, has four windows on the ground floor and two above, and in the lower block there are two doors with porches, six windows on the ground floor and five above.[17]
A house that was later extended, at one time it was an inn, and most of it dates from the 19th century. It is in stone with a slate roof, and has a T-shaped plan. There are two storeys and three bays, a former barn to the right incorporated into the house, and a rear single-storey wing with three bays. On the front is a porch, and the windows have diamond panes, stone lintels, sills, and hood moulds.[18][19]
The farmhouse is in roughcast stone with a slate roof, two storeys and three bays. There is a central doorway and casement windows. To the right is a lower wing that probably originated as a farm building.[20]
The oldest part is the barn to the southeast, the farmhouse and the other barns dating from the 17th century. The farmhouse is in roughcast stone with very thick walls, a slate roof, two storeys, and four bays. On the front is a gabled porch containing a stone bench, some of the windows are casements, and others are sashes. The southeast barn has a lean-to canopy on two sides, shippons at the rear, and inside are three crucks. The other barns, to the north, form an L-shaped plan.[21][22]
The tower was added in 1736, and alterations were made in the 19th century. The church is in slatestone with freestone dressings and a slate roof. It consists of a nave and a chancel under a single roof, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, clock faces on the west and south sides, and an embattledparapet with corner merlons. The five-light east window is Perpendicular in style, and inside the church is a west gallery.[23][24]
The farmhouse was extended in 1870. It is in stone with a slate roof, and has two storeys. The original part has three bays, a central doorway, mullioned windows, and two gablets above. The extension to the left has a bay window and a gable. Farm buildings extend to the right, and include shippons and a loft above.[25]
Originally a house, later a hotel, it was extended in the 17th century and in about 1700, and the front dates from 1756. The building is in stone with slatequoins, a slate roof, and slate-hung gable ends. There are two storeys and a basement, the entrance front facing the lake has three bays and there is a rear wing. In the central bay two Doric columns carry a cantedoriel window above which is a small gable. A double flight of steps with railings leads up to the doorway that has a moulded surround and a cornice on scrolled brackets. The outer bay contains sash windows with mullions, and in the gable ends there are lunette windows in the basements.[26][27]
The oldest part of the house is the east block, the west wing was added in the 17th century, a cross-wing in about 1700, and another block in about 1750. It was the home of the poet William Wordsworth from 1813 to 1850, and has since been converted into a museum. The house is in stone with slate roofs, the main block has three storeys, and the other parts have two. The main front has five bays, the windows are sash windows, there is a broad bay window in the garden front, and at the entrance is a gabled porch.[18][28]
A stone farmhouse with a slate roof, two storeys and three bays. In the ground floor is a door with Gothictracery, a fixed window, and a sash window, and in the upper floor are three sash windows in half-dormers. On the left is a small lean-to containing bee boles, and to the right at right angles are a barn and stables.[29]
A stone house, later divided into two dwellings, with a flagged roof, two storeys, three bays, and a lower rear wing. On the front are two doors and sash windows, and in the rear wing the windows are casements.[30]
A wing was added to the rear in the late 17th century, and a cross-wing in the 18th century. It is in stone with a slate roof, two storeys, and an L-shaped plan. The windows in the earlier part are mullioned, and there is a slate dripstone over the ground floor windows. In the cross-wing is an oriel window.[31][32]
A stone house, partly roughcast and partly stuccoed, with a slate roof. It has two storeys, four bays, and a rear wing. The windows are square with a dripstone, and there is a staircase wing in the angle at the rear.[31][33]
Originally a school, later a shop, it is in rendered and roughcast stone with a flagged roof. The main part has a single storey, a door and a small square window with casements. At the rear are two low storeys and similar windows.[34][35]
A stone cottage, mainly roughcast, with a slate roof, and two low storeys. On the front is a gabled porch containing a slate bench, three small square windows in each floor, and a central staircase window.[37]
This originated as a farmhouse and a cottage and was later combined into one dwelling. It is in stone with a slate roof and two low storeys. The house has three bays, an open gabled porch, mullioned windows on the ground floor, and modern casement windows above. The former cottage to the left also has a gabled porch, and its windows are varied. To the left is a lean-to shed, and to the right is a stable.[21][38]
The house has thick stone walls, a slate roof, two low storeys, and four bays. On the front is an open gabled stone porch containing a slate bench, and a timber porch to the left. The windows are a mix of sashes and casements.[39]
A stone house with a flagged roof, two storeys, a recessed former stable at the right, and a rear wing. There are three casement windows in the ground floor with a continuous dripstone above, and two windows in the upper floor.[40]
The public house is in roughcast stone with a slate roof and two storeys. On the front is a small gabled porch, and the windows are sashes. To the left is a recessed bay with a bay window in the angle, and at the rear is a gabled wing.[42]
The oldest part is the lower rear wing, the main block dating probably from the 18th century. Originally a single house, it was later divided to include an information centre. The building is in roughcast stone with thick walls, a slate roof, two storeys and four bays. The windows are sashes.[43]
A stone house with a slate roof and two low storeys. On the ground floor is a doorway and four windows with dripstones, and there are three windows in the upper floor. Attached to the house are stables and a lean-to shed.[44]
A stone house with a flagged roof, two low storeys, three bays, a low single-storey extension to the right, and a low rear wing. On the front is a gabled porch containing slate benches, horizontal-sliding sash windows on the ground floor, and casement windows in the upper floor and the extension.[45]
The cottage was once the home of William and Dorothy Wordsworth, and is now open to the public. It has two storeys, and consists of two blocks at right angles to each other, with a porch in the angle. The front facing the road has two bays, and contains windows with small leaded diamond panes. After the Wordsworths left the cottage, it was occupied by Thomas De Quincey.[46][47]
Originally one dwelling, later two cottages, it is in roughcast stone, with thick walls on a boulder base, a slate roof, two storeys and five bays. The windows are mullioned, most are casements, and there is one oriel window.[48]
The hotel originated as an inn, and was altered and enlarged in the 19th century in Gothick style. It is in stone, partly roughcast, with slatequoins, a slate roof, and two storeys. The outer bays are gabled, in the centre is a gabled porch with a Tudor arch, above which is an oriel window. The windows are casements with small panes and pointed lights. Inside the older part are an inglenook and a bressumer.[18][49]
A roughcast stone house with a slate roof, two low storeys, three bays, and a low rear wing. Above the central modern door is a semicircular shell-hood with a gable. The windows are casements, and above the ground floor windows is a dripstone. The attached barn is said to contain medievalcrucks.[50]
The house, which was extended in the 19th century, is partly in stone rubble and partly in drystone walling. It has a slate roof and two storeys, and in the angle between the wings is a porch containing slate benches.[52]
The farmhouse and outbuildings are in stone with slate roofs. The house has two storeys, three bays, casement windows, and slate dripstones. To the rear at right angles is a long range of farm buildings with a canopy over the barn entrance, and at right angles is a hay loft entered by a ramp.[53]
A stone farmhouse with a slate roof, two storeys, two bays, and a rear extension. On the front is an off-centre open gabled porch containing slate benches. The windows are mullioned and contain casements. Above the ground floor windows are dripstones.[54]
The house and barn are in Lakeland stone with a Westmorlandslate roof. The house has two storeys, five bays, a single-storey outshut to the right, and a two-bay stepped outbuilding to the left. Further to the right is a former outbuilding with external steps leading to a first floor door. The windows are mullioned and transomed, and most have slate hood moulds. The barn to the left has stepped outshuts.[55]
A stone farmhouse with a slate roof, two storeys and three bays. On the front is a low gabled porch containing side benches, and the windows are modern. Adjoining the house at right angles to the north, and built in drystone walling, are a barn, shippons and loft.[57]
A stone house with a slate roof, two storeys, and a gabled hood above the door. In the ground floor are four windows with hood moulds, and in the upper floor are five irregularly-spaced modern casement windows.[59]
A stone farmhouse built on boulders, with a slate roof, two storeys and six bays. Three of the windows are sashed, and the others are casements. To the north, and under the same roof, are shippons and other outbuildings.[62]
A roughcast stone house with a flagged roof, two storeys and six bays. The second and third bays at the rear are gabled, the second bay contains a round arched porch and a window above with a pointed arch, and in the third bay is a stair window. The other windows are sashes. At the northeast and at right angle is a former roughcast cottage with a slate roof, two storeys, sash windows, and a timber arched porch with a cornice.[63]
The house is in stone with a slate roof and two storeys. The south front is roughcast with two bays and a lean-to bee bole on the left. In the rear wing are mullioned windows and an oriel window with five lights, and in the gable end external steps lead up to a loft door.[31][64]
The house was later extended and altered. It is in stone and has a Westmorlandslate roof with a stone ridge, two storeys, and an L-shaped plan. The east front of the main block has three bays, in the centre is a French window, and the other windows are sashes, with a small rectangular window to the right in the upper floor. In addition to sash windows, the rear wing has a four-light mullioned window, a stair window, and a gableddormer.[66]
The farmhouse and attached shippons are in stone with a slate roof. The farmhouse has two storeys, a gabled porch containing a stone bench, three windows on the ground floor, and four square windows above. The shippons continue to the left.[67]
The farmhouse and farm building are in stone with a slate roof. The house has two storeys, three bays, and an extension to the right. There is a small mullioned window on the ground floor, and the other windows are modern casements. To the left is a stable with a loft under a higher roof.[68]
The farmhouse and barns are in stone with slate roofs. The farmhouse has two storeys and three bays. On the front is a lean-to open porch, a long horizontal window in the ground floor, and sash windows above. The house is flanked by higher barns on both sides with ventilation slits.[69]
A stone cottage on natural boulders, with a slate roof, two storeys, three bays, and a lean-to on the left. On the front is an open gabled porch containing a slate bench, and the windows are sashes.[21][70]
Originally a manor house, a wing was added later to the east, there are two gabled wings at the rear, and the house has since been internally divided. It has thick stone walls, a stone flag roof, and five round chimneys. The windows have chamferedmullions and large oak lintels. To the west is a low barn at right angles, with ventilation slits and a hood mould.[72][73]
A stone house with a slate roof, two storeys, three bays, and an extension with a catslide roof at the rear. In the centre of the front is a gabled porch, the windows are modern, and above the ground floor windows is a slate dripstone.[74]
The inn, which has been much restored, is in stone with a slate roof and two storeys. On the south front are three gables and a stone porch. In the right return, facing the road, is a two-storey bay window with mullions. In the rear wing, which was originally the stables, is a timber gallery.[75]
A stone farmhouse with a slate roof, two storeys, and an L-shaped plan. The main block has a symmetrical three-bay front, and a single-storey wing projecting forward at the west end. On the front is a lean-to canopy under which is a door and a five-light window. Elsewhere there are small windows with small panes. In the gable end are bee boles with a slate slab.[26][76]
A pair of roughcast stone cottages with a slate roof, two storeys and four bays. The windows are mullioned, and above the ground floor windows is a slate dripstone.[77]
The house is in roughcast stone with a slate roof, two low storeys and three bays. To the left is a lean-to bay window and the other windows are a mix of sashes and casements. In the left gable end is a bay window and a doorway.[26][78]
A pair of roughcast stone cottages with a slate roof and two low storeys. The windows are sashes with dripstones in the ground floor, and in half-dormers in the upper floor. Rock Cottage has a timber gabled porch, and Wayside has a doorway in the gable end with a gabled hood.[79]
A pair of stone cottages with a flagged roof, and two low storeys. There are three doors, two with gabled hoods, and four small-paned windows in each floor.[80]
A stone farmhouse with a slate roof, two low storeys and four bays. On the front is an open gabled porch, and the windows are replacements. The attached barn, which is probably older than the farmhouse, contains three bays of crucks.[81]
The farmhouse is in stone with a slate roof, two storeys, a rear wing with two low storeys, and a single-storey extension to the left. In the main part is a central doorway, and the windows are casements, two on the ground floor and three above.[83]
A packhorse bridge crossing River Brathay. From the south side a segmental arch crosses to a natural boulder in the middle of the river. This is in slate, and it has a span of 15 feet (4.6 m) and voussoirs 3.5 feet (1.1 m) long. To the north is a causeway of slate slabs on slate supports.[21][84]
A stone farmhouse with flagged roofs, two storeys, and two bays. It has two parallel ranges, the rear range being in cobbles and slate. On the front is a gabled porch containing a slate bench, and the windows are of varying types. To the southeast is a stone barn with ventilation slits, and to the northeast is a barn and a shippon in stone and slate with a slate roof.[85]
The farmhouse is in roughcast stone with a flagged roof, two storeys and five bays. The doorway has a gabledslate hood, and the windows are casements. The barn, attached to the right and higher, is in stone with a corrugated roof and ventilation slits.[86]
A house in roughcast stone with two storeys, a front of three bays, a gabled projection on the right, and a rear wing. In the centre is a timber gabled porch, the windows are sashes, and in the projection is an arched window.[72][87]
A row of three stone cottages with a slate roof, two storeys and three bays, the right bay being gabled. Between the first and second bay is a gabled porch containing two round-headed entrances, and in the third bay is a similar porch with one entrance. The windows are casements with hood moulds.[88]
A roughcast stone cottage with thick walls and a slate roof, built into a hillside. There are two low storeys at the right end, and one at the left end. On the front are windows, some are casements, some are new, with dripstones, and to the left is a door with a slate gabled hood. At the rear, external stone steps lead up to a doorway under the eaves.[89]
The farmhouse is in stone with a slate roof, two storeys and two bays. Above the doorway is a gabled hood, and the windows are square. To the left is a barn with a right-angled extension containing bee boles.[90]
The farmhouse has very thick stone walls. In the gable end facing the road are three storeys with windows, and dripstones along the whole length of the front. On the north side is a porch with a catslide roof and a mullioned window, and on the south front are three square windows in each floor.[31][91]
A roughcast farmhouse with a flagged roof, two storeys, and a south front of three bays. On the front facing the road is a doorway, and all the windows are replacements. At right angles is a shippon with drystone walls.[92]
The cottage is in stone with a slate roof, two low storeys, two bays, and a lean-to extension on the left. In the centre of the front is a gabled porch with a segmental arch, and the windows are casements.[93]
A long low stone building with two storeys, five bays, and an L-shaped plan. On the front is a gabled porch and sash windows. In the wall is a pigeon cote, by the side of the wall is a well head, there is an attached cottage, and a barn with mullioned windows and a spinning gallery.[94]
Originally a farmhouse and an attached cottage, later combined into one dwelling, it is in stone with a slate roof. There are two low storeys, and seven bays, the left bays being lower. On the front is a slate porch containing a bench.[96]
The farmhouse has thick roughcast walls and a slate roof. Attached at the west end are a barn and a shippon, and at the east end is a 19th-century extension with two storeys and a bay window. The main part has three storeys and two lean-to porches.[97]
A stone house with thick walls, a slate roof, two storeys, and a south front of two bays containing two half-dormers. At the rear is a wing at right angles containing a gallery, and beyond that is a barn.[98]
The cottage was altered or extended in 1818, and is in roughcast stone with a flagged roof. It has an L-shaped plan, there are two storeys and three bays. In the centre is a wide porch containing benches and it has a slategable with segmental-arched bargeboards. All the windows are modern casements.[99]
The barn is in stone with a slate roof, and it has an H-shaped plan. The wings are gabled, in the ground floor are shippons, above are lofts, and there are ventilation slits. In the centre a ramp leads up to barn doors, and there is a gallery and mullioned windows. There is a dated panel on a lintel. To the south is a later extension with a lean-to canopy over the entrance.[31][100]
A terrace of roughcast stone cottages with flagged roofs. They have two low storeys and each cottage has one or two bays. There are some casement windows, but most windows are sashes.[101]
Three stone cottages with flagged roofs and two storeys. Ashton House on the right has two square windows in each floor. Raesbeck on the left has a central stone gabled porch, two sash windows on the ground floor and three in the upper floor. Little Beck forms the rear wing of Raesbeck.[102]
The farmhouse is in roughcast stone with a flagged roof, and two storeys. It has an L-shaped plan, with a main block of three bays, and a single-storey rear wing. On the front is a gabled porch, and most of the windows are sashes. Adjoining the farmhouse are outbuildings also with an L-shaped plan; these include a barn, a stable and hay loft. There is a continuous hood mould continuing on both parts.[105]
The farmhouse is in Lakeland stone with a roof of Westmorlandslate. It has an L-shaped plan, two storeys, and a front of four irregular bays. The left bay protrudes, it is gabled and contains a lean-to porch on wooden posts. The windows are of various styles all with 20th-century frames, and at the rear is a four-light dormer. There is an attached single-story stone outbuilding with massive quoins and a doorway with a large stone lintel.[106]
A public house in pebbledashed stone with a slate roof, two storeys and seven bays. On the front is a gabled porch, and the windows are sashes. There is a wing at right angles that were originally stables and coachmen's rooms.[112]
The house, which has been modernised, has roughcast thick stone walls, a slate roof, two storeys and three bays. The door and windows are modern and there is a lozenge-shaped datestone.[113]
The cottage has thick stone walls, a flagged roof, and two storeys. The windows are modern casements in original openings, and in the east wall is a dated panel.[114]
A public house that has since been altered. It has quoins, three storeys, gables, and modern windows. On the south front are five gabled half-dormers.[31][115]
Originally a plain house, it was enlarged in the 19th century. The rectory is roughcast with a slate roof and two storeys. There are four bays and lower wings on each side. On the front is a porch with a round-headed opening, and the windows are sashes.[34][116]
The farmhouse is in stone with a slate roof, two storeys, three bays, and small-paned windows. At the west end is a large round chimney, partly protruding, on brackets. To the left is a lean-to wing with a porch, and to the right is a lower cross-wing.[117]
A row of three stone cottages with slate roofs and two storeys. Old Farm Cottage and Y H A Cottage were originally a farmhouse, and have casement windows and modern doors. St Martin's, to the right, is slightly higher, and has a gabled porch, a casement window in-the ground floor and two sash windows above, and a rear wing.[118][119]
A stone house with very thick rendered walls, a slate roof, two low storeys, four bays, and modern extensions at the rear. The left bays is gabled, on the front is an open timber porch, and most of the windows are modern casements. Over the ground floor windows is a slate dripstone.[26][120]
The barn is in Lakeland stone, partly rendered, with quoins and a roof of stone-slate. There are two storeys and five bays. The barn has a ramped central entrance and two tiers of ventilation slits.[121]
The bridge, which has subsequently been widened, carries a road over Great Langdale Beck. It is in stone, and consists of a single segmental arch with a level parapet.[122]
A stone house with a slate roof, two storeys, and five bays. On the front is a gabled porch with a segmental-headed entrance containing a bench. The windows are three-light casements with arched lights.[123][124]
Originally a smithy and ostler's house, it is in stone with a slate roof, two storeys and four bays. On the front is a gabled porch containing side benches, and the windows are sashes with dripstones over the ground floor windows.[126]
A roughcast stone house with a slate roof, three storeys and three bays. The windows are casements, there is a dripstone below the top floor, and the house contained a spinning gallery.[127]
The house is on a bridge crossing Stock Ghyll linking Ambleside Hall to its orchard. It was originally a summer house, and later used as a store. The bridge consists of a depressed segmental arch with a span of about 15 feet (4.6 m). On the bridge is a small stone house with a slate roof, two low storeys, one bay, and one small room on each floor. From the road steps lead down to the stream, two steps lead up to the lower floor door, and a spiral flight of eight steps leads to the upper floor doorway.[128][129]
A stone house with a slate roof, two storeys and four bays. It has a modern door with a gabled hood, and the windows are mainly small square sashes.[131]
The farmhouse is in slaterubble with a slate roof, two low storeys, and four bays. On the front is an open gabled porch, the windows are small-paned casements, and there is a slate dripstone over the ground floor windows. Farm buildings, including a stone barn, extend to the left.[132]
A stone house that has a slate roof with stepped gables, two storeys and four bays. At the rear is a square window and external steps leading up to a first floor door.[134]
The hotel was later extended, and the original part forms the bar wing. It is in stone with a slate roof, and has three storeys and three bays, the central bay being gabled. To the left are a former stable and coach house, the latter having a segmental-headed carriage entrance.[135]
The lodge is in roughcast stone with a hippedslate roof, two storeys, four bays on the entrance front, and four bays on the left return facing the road. The round-headed doorway has a moulded and panelled surround and a traceriedfanlight. In the left return are a gabled porch and a modern door. The windows are sashes. To the south is a roughcast cottage with a slate roof, two storeys, two bays, and sash windows, and beyond that is a stone barn.[136]
A small stone cottage with a slate roof and two low storeys. There are two sash windows in each floor, and in the upper floor is a bay window. The porch is in the angle with the adjacent house.[139]
A shop in roughcast stone with a slate roof on a corner site, it has four storeys. The corner is canted, and steps with wrought iron railings lead up to a first floor doorway. The windows are sashes.[141]
A pair of roughcast shops with three storeys and attics. There are four bays, the right two bays protruding forward. In the left two bays are bow windows with flutedarchitraves in the lower two floors, and sash windows and an attic window above. The right two bays have a bow window and a door in the ground floor and similar windows above.[142]
A pair of stone shops with three storeys and three bays. In the ground floor of No. 3 is a shop front, and No. 4 has a doorway with a fanlight and a shop window. In the upper floors some windows are sashes, and some are modern.[143]
A row of four cottages in slaterubble built using the drystone wall technique, with a slate roof and two storeys. Three of the cottages have timber gabled porches, and there are four windows on each floor, most of them sashes.[144]
The building is in roughcast stone, with a slate roof, two storeys and three bays. In the ground floor are two doorways, and to the right is a shop window with pilasters, a fascia and a cornice. The upper floor contains sash windows.[145]
A pair of houses in slaterubble with slate quoins, and a slate roof. Corbrig to the left has two storeys, two bays, and a timber porch. Planetree House has a central gable, two storeys with an attic, three bays, and an openwork porch with latticed timber posts and a pyramidal roof. The windows in both houses are sashes.[146]
The farmhouse is in roughcast stone with a slate roof, two storeys, three bays, and an L-shaped plan. On the front is an open gabled porch. The barn to the southwest is in stone, and is built into the hillside. There is a lean-to canopy over the entrance.[147]
The barn and stable are in stone, partly rendered, with a stone-slate roof. There are two storeys, and an L-shaped plan, with a 19th-century protruding gabled wing on the right. The windows in the gable end are sashes with hood moulds, and elsewhere there are doors, windows, a barn entrance, and ventilation loops.[a][148]
The house was altered in the 1870s. It is roughcast with a slate roof, two storeys, and a gabled two-bay front. To the left and at right angles is a gabled wing, and at the rear is a service wing. On the front is a wide gabled porch that has a window with ogeeGothic glazing, and the other windows are sashes. At the rear is a mullionedcasement window.[123][149]
A stone house with an irregular plan, a square archway to the left, and above on the front are two half-dormers. At the rear are sash windows, some in gabled dormers. Over the archway is a casement window, and under the arch is a shop window.[150]
A roughcast stone house with a slate roof, two storeys and three bays. In the centre is a gabled wooden porch, the windows are sashes and in front of the small garden are iron railings.[151]
The house is in roughcast stone with a slate roof, and an L-shaped plan. There are two storeys, a south front of three bays, sash windows, and a central gabled porch containing a slate bench. The rear wing is lower, and has mullioned windows.[152]
The barn and associated outbuildings are in stone with quoins and Lakelandslate roofs. The barn has two storeys, and a two-storey projecting central bay, possibly a stable with a hay loft above. The openings include entrances, ventilation slits, a winnowing door, and windows. To the northeast is a two-storey single-bay building with a hipped roof, and separated from the other buildings is a former wash house.[154]
Originally a coaching inn, it was extended in 1859. The hotel is mainly in three storeys, and the main block has seven bays, each with a gable. The gable above the entrance is larger, and contains a dated roundel. The windows are sashes, and in front of the middle four bays is an iron balcony on coupled piers. To the right is a three-bay projecting wing. Its entrance faces the courtyard, and has a verandah on clustered columns with Gothicimposts. In the central bay of the front facing the sea is an ogee-headed niche in the ground floor, and the middle floor contains a window with a Tudor arched head and a semicircular ornamental balcony.[157]
The building is on a site beside Stock Ghyll, and is built on the rock of the river. It is in slaterubble with slate quoins and a slate roof. There are two storeys facing the road, and five facing the river. The windows are sashes, and on the road front are two gableddormers.[158]
The bank barn is in slatestone with quoins, on traces of a boulder plinth, and with a Lakeland slate roof. It has two storeys, a lean-to on the northeast, and contains a stable and a cow house; all have separate entrances. Inside is a full cruck truss.[159]
A stone cottage with a slate roof, two storeys and a symmetrical three-bay front. On the front is a central doorway with a hood and sash windows, and above the upper floor windows are blind lunettes. In the right return is a similar doorway and a window in each floor.[128][160]
The barn is in stone-slate with quoins and a roof of Lakelandslate. It is built into a hillside, and has two storeys and an L-shaped plan. The barn contains an entrance, windows, ventilation slits, and roof lights.[162]
The youth hostel is in stone with a slate roof, and has an L-shaped plan. The older wing has two low storeys and small windows. The later wing has two storeys, three bays, slate quoins, a round-arched doorway, and sash windows.[163]
The public house is built in slaterubble and has a slate roof. There are two storeys and four bays. The windows are sashes, and along the front is a verandah incorporating a porch.[164]
The building in the garden of Dove Nest is in stone and has an embattled roof. There is a semicircular-arched entrance, and a half-spherical interior.[165]
A house with incorporated outbuildings to the right, it is in stone with a slate roof and two storeys. There is a gabled porch, and the windows have been modernised. To the right is a garage door and another doorway.[166]
The hotel has been subsequently extended. It is in stone, the south front is roughcast, it has a slate roof, two storeys and six bays. In the ground floor is a porch and a door, both with Gothic glazing, and the windows are sashes. A timber top storey has been added, and this contains casement windows and a canted window on the end.[167]
A roughcast house with overhanging eaves and two storeys. The main part is gabled, and there are two gabled wings. On the front is a doorway converted into a window, with a stone architrave and a cornice. The windows are sashes, and all the gables have pierced bargeboards.[168]
Originally a country house, and later used for other purposes, including being at one time a hospital, it is rendered, and has a top cornice on brackets. There are three storeys and a symmetrical entrance front of three bays. In the centre is a semicircular porch with Tuscan columns, a cornice, and a round-headed doorway. The windows are sashes in moulded frames, those in the middle floor with Tuscan pilasteredarchitraves and cornices. At the rear, there are four bays with a Doriccolonnade, and the main block is flanked by two-storey wings.[169][170]
Originally St Anne's Church, later divided in to flats, it is in stone with a slate roof. It has an embattled west tower with a round window in place of a clock face. The east window is blocked, and along the sides are arched windows with Geometrictracery.[72][176]
The boundary stone stands at the meeting point of the historic counties of Lancashire, Cumberland and Westmorland, and was erected as a memorial. It consists of a pillar with a rectangular plan about 6 feet (1.8 m) high, and inscribed on one side with initials and the year, and on the other side with "LANCASHIRE".[177]
The church was designed by George Webster, and the chancel was added in 1884. The church is built in slatestone with freestone dressings and a slate roof. It consists of a nave with a north porch, a lower chancel, a north organ chamber, and a west tower with a vestry to the south. The tower has three stages, diagonal buttresses in the bottom stage, and corner buttresses in the top stage rising to pinnacles. In the middle stage are clock faces, and at the top is an embattledparapet.[14][178]
Originally a private house, the hotel is in roughcast stone with a slate roof and deeply overhanging eaves. There are two storeys, three bays, and lower single-bay wings. Both storeys have French windows, there is a central doorway, a verandah, and a cast iron balcony. The verandah extends to the wings, and to the east is an octagonal glass house.[72][179]
The building is in stone, on a corner site, with three storeys. The corner is canted, it contains a shop door, and there is a shop window on each side. The windows in the upper floors are sashes, those in the top floor with gablets.[181]
Possibly retaining some 16th-century material, the house is pebbledashed with a slate roof, two storeys, two bays, and a rear wing. There is a central doorway, the windows are sashes, and in the rear wing is a window containing Gothictracery.[183]
The boathouse is in Lakeland stone, with quoins, decorative bargeboards, a Westmorlandslate roof, and two storeys. In the west front, facing Grasmere, is a semicircular arch, above which is a three-light window with a stepped hood mould. On the south front is a gableddormer, and in the east front, facing the road, is a doorway with a hood mould, above which is a dated and initialled plaque.[185]
A country house in stone with two storeys and fronts of five bays, and with gabled wings flanking the south front. The middle three bays on the south front have an elaborate sun room with five pointed arches. Inside it are French windows with Gothictraceriedfanlights. Over it are windows in mouldedarchitraves, and above are gables with cusped bargeboards and finials. On the west front are similar gables, and a gabled porch with a Tudor arched entrance and a ribbed vault with a carved boss.[72][186]
The barn is in drystone walling with a slate roof. There are two storeys, with shippons and stables below, and lofts and a barn above. The end wings are joined by a wooden gallery.[188]
A stuccoed shop on a corner site with a slate roof, two storeys, and a cantedbay on the corner. In the corner bay is a doorway flanked by pilasters, and on both sides are shop windows with pilasters and small lights divided by colonnets. There are similar windows, but with round heads, in the upper floor. The front facing Lake Road is plain with a panel, and in the centre of the Church Street front is a small gable containing a shield.[189]
The church, designed by J. A Cory in mainly Decorated style, is built in local green slate with freestone dressings, a roughcast west front, and a slate roof. It consists of a nave, a north aisle with a vestry, a lower chancel, and a south tower incorporating a porch. The tower has three stages and an embattledparapet.[118][192]
The market hall is in Victorian Gothic style, and is built in slaterubble. It has two storeys, corner buttresses, and gables on the front and sides. On the southeast corner is a three-stage clock tower that is approached by external stone steps. The four clock faces are in gables in the roof.[195][196]
Originally a country house, and later a hotel, it is in Jacobean style. The building is in blue slate with sandstone dressings, and it has an irregular plan and three storeys. Features include bay windows, a small corbelled turret, and a flying bridge leading to a corner tower with a dome.[197][198]
The aqueduct carries three large pipes with water from Thirlmere to Manchester over the Trout Beck. The pipes are on a ribbed steel deck, and are concealed by cast iron side panels encased in a balustrade. The aqueduct consists of a single segmental arch with decorated spandrels, and it incorporates a footbridge.[199]
The war memorial is in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Church, Chapel Stile. It is in Lakelandslate, and consists of a wheel-cross on a two-tiered base, standing on a wall. There are two piers projecting from the wall, and between them is a rectangular table with the names of those lost in the First World War. In the forecourt is another tablet with inscriptions and the names of those lost in the Second World War.[200]
The war memorial, designed by W. G. Collingwood, is in Westmorland green slate. It consists of a Celtic-style wheel-head cross on a rectangular tapered shaft, standing on a tapered plinth, and sited in a paved and kerbed enclosure. The head has a central boss and interlace carving. On the shaft are panels with symbols of peace and victory. There are inscriptions on the shaft and on the plinth.[34][201]
The building is on a site beside Stock Ghyll, and was possibly originally a mill. It is in roughcastslate with a front of three storeys, and four storeys facing the river with a gable. On the main front are sash windows, and at the top is a parapet with a central lozenge, and flanking round chimneys giving the appearance of battlements.[203]
Originally a wing of No. 4 Bridge Street, and later converted into two cottages. They are in stone with a slate roof and a single storey. The windows are sashes, one in a gableddormer.[204]
A terrace of six stone cottages with quoins, a slate roof and two storeys. Most of the windows are sashes. No. 1 is recessed, No. 3 has a gabled porch with a finial, external steps lead to a first floor door of No. 5, and No. 6 has a lean-to extension at the front.[205]
A terrace of seven stone cottages with quoins, a slate roof and two storeys. Most of the windows are sashes. Nos. 1–6 have one window on each floor; No. 7 is lower, with two windows on each floor, and a passage between it and No. 6.[206]
A row of three stone cottages under a common roof with a small lean-to at the end. There are two storeys, four square sash windows in each floor, and a slatehood mould above the ground floor windows.[208]
A stone cottage with a slate roof, two storeys, three bays, and a lower rear extension. The windows are mullioned and transomed. There are hood moulds above the doorway, and over the windows in the gable end.[209]
The barn, later used for other purposes, is in slaterubble built in drystone wall method, and a slate roof. It originally had a barn and a shippon on the ground floor, and a hay loft above approached by a ramp.[210]
Formerly the stables of the Croft Hotel, and later divided into private dwellings, they form two ranges around a cobbled courtyard. The ranges are in stone with slate roofs, and have two or three storeys. Most of the windows are sashes, and both ranges have a gabled centre. In the gable of the south range is a clock face with an elaborately carved wooden surround. In the courtyard are a mounting block, an iron pump, and a stone trough.[211]
A row of four cottages in a slate quarry, they are in stone with a slate roof. They have two storeys and are flanked by lower porches. There are two doors in the centre and one in each porch, and the windows are sashes.[212]
The Friends' Meeting House has later been used for other purposes. It is in roughcast stone with a slate roof, three storeys and a symmetrical front of three bays. The central doorway has a rusticated surround, a rectangular fanlight, and a cornice, and the windows are sashes.[213]
The bridge carries a road over River Rothay, and was widened in the 20th century. It is in slaterubble, and consists of a single segmental arch with a slightly arched parapet.[215]
A stone cottage built into a hillside, with two storeys at the lower end and one at the upper end. To the left is a door with a sash window above, and to the right is another doorway and another sash window.[216]
A stone farmhouse with a slate roof, two storeys and three bays. On the front is a gabled porch with a side entrance and containing a slate bench. To the right of the porch is a small-paned window, and to the left is a small sash window.[217]
The barn is in stone and has two storeys. A ramp leads to it from the street, and in the gable end are ventilation slits. In the lower part are shippons with a dripstone, and a hay loft above.[218]
A house in cottage orné style, it is in roughcast stone with a slate roof, two storeys and four bays. On the front is a verandah incorporating a porch, and the windows are sashes. Attached to the left is a former coach house that is partly embattled and partly gabled. It has a round-headed porch on Tuscan columns, and a round arch containing garage doors.[219]
A row of three stone cottages with a slate roof. They have two storeys, and Kirkstone Foot Cottage also has an attic with a gabled dormer; the other two cottages have symmetrical two-bay fronts with a central timber porch. All the windows are 19th-century sashes.[220]
The bridge carries a road over River Rothay. It is in stone, and consists of a single segmental arch with a humped deck, and is about 5 feet (1.5 m) wide.[222]
A stone house, partly roughcast, with two storeys, and the gable end facing the road. There is a central modern door flanked by sash windows, and in the upper floor are three sash windows.[223]
The bridge carries a road, Under Loughrigg, over River Rothay. It is in stone, and consists of a single arch with a small flood arch to the north. The bridge is narrow, humped, and has slateparapets.[224]
A roughcast stone shop with a slate roof, two storeys with an attic, and three bays. The right two bays are gabled, the attic has a round-headed window, and in the upper floor are two sash windows. In the ground floor is another sash window, and to the right is a shop front with pilasters and small window lights divided by colonnets. The left bay contains a sash window in each floor.[225]
The barn and adjoining cottage have been converted for other uses. They are in stone, the barn partly rendered, and have stone roofs, and two storeys. The barn has a former loft door on the gable end, and the cottage has external steps up to a loft, a small bow window, and casement windows.[226]
The bridge carries the A593 road over River Rothay. It is built in slate using the drystone wall method, and has flat slate slabs acting as a parapet. The bridge consists of a single segmental arch, flanked by flood arches.[227]
Probably originally one house, later divided into two dwellings, it is in stone with a slate roof, two storeys, and an L-shaped plan. To the left is a projecting gabled wing with two windows under hood moulds. To the right is a lean-to porch in the angle. The windows vary, some are mullioned, some are mullioned and transomed, and all have diamond leaded panes.[228]
The game larder is a structure on the west bank of Rydal Beck in the grounds of the hall. It is square, with a stone lower part, and steps leading up to the upper part, which is in wood and is gabled.[229]
The bridge carries the A593 road over River Brathay. It is in stone and consists of two segmental arches with triangular cutwaters in the centre. The parapets are solid, and are almost level.[232]
The hotel originated as a coaching inn, and has since been altered and extended. It is in stone with two storeys and sash windows. The oldest part has three bays and a central porch with a gabled hood. Later a bay was added to the north and three bays to the south.[233]
A large barn in stone with slatequoins, there are shippons on the gable end, a hay loft in the middle, two parallel dripstones, and ventilation slits.[235]
The graves are in the southeast corner of the churchyard of St Oswald's Church. They consist of twelve headstones to members of the Wordsworth and Quillinan families, surrounded by iron railings.[236]
Probably originally a cottage, later converted into a museum, it has drystone walls, a slate roof, and two large round chimneys. The windows are mullioned.[237]
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