Listed buildings in Nether Staveley

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Nether Staveley is a civil parish in the South Lakeland District of Cumbria, England. It contains eightlisted 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 is entirely rural, and the listed buildings consist of a farmhouse with associated farm buildings and other structures, and a coppice barn standing in an isolated site.

Buildings[edit]

Name and location Photograph Date Notes
The Ashes Farmhouse
54°21′56″N 2°49′03″W / 54.36550°N 2.81760°W / 54.36550; -2.81760 (The Ashes Farmhouse)
17th century A farmhouse and cottage, later combined into one dwelling, it is in stone with a green slate roof, hipped at the left, with a stone ridge, and has an L-shaped plan. The house has two storeys with attics and three bays, and a gabled timber porch. The cottage has two storeys, a gabled stone porch, and a lean-to on the right.[2]
Barn northeast of The Ashes Farmhouse
54°21′56″N 2°49′02″W / 54.36565°N 2.81723°W / 54.36565; -2.81723 (Barn northeast of The Ashes Farmhouse)
17th century (probable) A barn, a stable and a hayloft in stone with quoins, and a green slate roof with a stone ridge. The barn has four bays, the hayloft has three, and they contain mullioned windows, some of which are blocked.[3]
Barn north of The Ashes Farmhouse
54°21′57″N 2°49′03″W / 54.36584°N 2.81750°W / 54.36584; -2.81750 (Barn north of The Ashes Farmhouse)
Probably before 1737 This possibly originated as a gatehouse and was later used as a barn. It is in stone, with a plinth on the north side, and has a green slate roof with a stone ridge and a finial on the east gable. The barn has an L-shaped plan and five bays. There are two cart entrances with segmental heads, stone voussoirs and slate hood moulds, windows with stone voussoirs, keystones, and slate hood moulds, and a loft door with large voussoirs, and a slate hood mould.[4]
Cragg Bridge
54°21′55″N 2°47′54″W / 54.36529°N 2.79844°W / 54.36529; -2.79844 (Cragg Bridge)
c. 1847 The bridge was built for the Kendal and Windermere Railway, designed by Joseph Locke and built by Thomas Brassey, to carry a Winter Lane over the railway. It is in limestone and consists of a single elliptical arch. The bridge has voussoirs on impost bands, a moulded string course, and splayed parapets with flat copings. There are curving wing walls ending in low pillars with caps.[5]
Goose Green Bridge
54°22′05″N 2°48′12″W / 54.36806°N 2.80335°W / 54.36806; -2.80335 (Goose Green Bridge)
c. 1847 The bridge was built for the Kendal and Windermere Railway, designed by Joseph Locke and built by Thomas Brassey, to carry a farm track over the railway. It is in limestone and consists of a single elliptical arch. The bridge has voussoirs on impost bands, a moulded string course, and splayed parapets with flat copings. There are curving wing walls ending in low pillars with caps.[6]
Near Fairbank Bridge
54°22′32″N 2°50′13″W / 54.37561°N 2.83681°W / 54.37561; -2.83681 (Near Fairbank Bridge)
c. 1847 The bridge was built for the Kendal and Windermere Railway, designed by Joseph Locke and built by Thomas Brassey, to carry a farm track over the railway. It is in limestone and consists of a single elliptical arch. The bridge has voussoirs on impost bands, a moulded string course, and splayed parapets with flat copings. There are abutments ending in low pillars with caps.[7]
Walls, gates and railings,
The Ashes Farmhouse
54°21′56″N 2°49′03″W / 54.36561°N 2.81759°W / 54.36561; -2.81759 (Walls, gates and railings, The Ashes Farmhouse)
19th century (probable) The walls are in stone with slate copings, the gates are in wrought iron, and the railings have spear heads and urn finials.[8]
Coppice Barn
54°22′43″N 2°50′58″W / 54.37872°N 2.84958°W / 54.37872; -2.84958 (Coppice Barn)
c. 1850 The barn is a small stone building with two bays. It has a green slate roof, and blue glazed ridge tiles supported on circular rubble columns.[9]

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  • Historic England, "The Ashes Farmhouse, Nether Staveley (1204286)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 April 2017
  • Historic England, "Barn to North-East of the Ashes Farmhouse at NGR 469969, Nether Staveley (1253127)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 April 2017
  • Historic England, "Barn to the North of the Ashes Farmhouse at NGR 469970, Nether Staveley (1281284)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 April 2017
  • Historic England, "Cragg Bridge, Nether Staveley (1444264)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 May 2017
  • Historic England, "Goose Green Bridge, Nether Staveley (1444242)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 May 2017
  • Historic England, "Near Fairbank Bridge, Nether Staveley (1444265)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 May 2017
  • Historic England, "Garden walls, railings, gate and gate piers to North of the Ashes Farmhouse, Nether Staveley (1336081)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 April 2017
  • Historic England, "Coppice Barn approximately 600 yards North-East of Gowan Bank Farm, Nether Staveley (1086549)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 April 2017
  • Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 23 April 2017