Listed buildings in Bewaldeth and Snittlegarth

Bewaldeth and Snittlegarth is a civil parish in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria, England. It contains eight 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] It contains the settlement of Bewaldeth, and is almost entirely rural. All the listed buildings are houses and associated structures, farmhouses and farm buildings.

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Name and location Photograph Date Notes
High House and farm buildings
54°43′26″N 3°13′01″W / 54.72398°N 3.21685°W / 54.72398; -3.21685 (High House)
1669 The farmhouse, stables, byres and barn are in rubble with green slate roofs, and they form a U-shaped plan. The house has two storeys and two bays, and contains sash windows. The doorway has a chamfered surround, a shaped inscribed lintel, and a hood mould. The farm buildings have various openings, and include a lean-to dairy with a bellcote. Inside the house is an inglenook.[2]
High Bewaldeth Cottage and stable
54°41′48″N 3°12′22″W / 54.69666°N 3.20600°W / 54.69666; -3.20600 (High Bewaldeth Cottage)
Late 17th century Originally a farmhouse and a stable, later converted into a house and a garage, the building is in roughcast with a green slate roof. The house has two storeys and three bays, with a single-bay stable to the right. The windows are sashes.[3]
Snittlegarth and adjoining stables
54°43′48″N 3°12′50″W / 54.72998°N 3.21396°W / 54.72998; -3.21396 (Snittlegarth)
 
Early 18th century The farmhouse, that was extended in 1801, and the adjoining stables are in limestone with green slate roofs. The house has two storeys and five bays with a two-bay extension, all on a chamfered plinth. It has flush quoins, eaves modillions, and sash windows. On the front is a prostyle porch with Ionic columns, triglyphs and a dentilled cornice. At the rear is a Venetian stair window. The stable is at right angles and its openings include doorways, sash windows, loft openings, and a partly blocked carriage entrance with an alternate-block surround. Against the wall is a mounting block.[4]
Binsey View
54°42′04″N 3°13′31″W / 54.70124°N 3.22537°W / 54.70124; -3.22537 (Binsey View)
1760 A roughcast farmhouse with a green slate roof, in two storeys and with two bays. The doorway has an architrave and a dated lintel. In the ground floor the windows are mullioned, and in the upper floor there are horizontal sliding sash windows.[5]
Low Garth and Crag View
54°42′06″N 3°13′38″W / 54.70165°N 3.22710°W / 54.70165; -3.22710 (Low Garth and Crag View)
Late 18th century Originally a farmhouse incorporating earlier material, it was extended in the 19th century, and later divided into two dwellings. The house is in rubble on a chamfered plinth, with angle pilasters and a modillioned cornice, and it has a green slate roof. There are two storeys, a central block of three bays, and flanking lower single-bay wings. The doorway has a Tuscan doorcase and a fanlight, and the windows on the front are sashes. On the rear are mullioned sindows, a round-headed staircase window, and a doorway with an architrave.[6]
Barns and byres,
Low Garth and Crag View
54°42′07″N 3°13′37″W / 54.70186°N 3.22696°W / 54.70186; -3.22696 (Barns and byres, Low Garth and Crag View)
Late 18th century The barns incorporate some earlier material, and are in rubble with sandstone dressings and a green slate roof. They have two storeys, and are in a cruciform plan, with a long axis and two side wings. They contain doorways, a cart entrance with a segmental head, and windows, some of which are mullioned and others are casements.[7]
Garden wall and gate piers,
Low Garth and Crag View
54°42′06″N 3°13′39″W / 54.70180°N 3.22751°W / 54.70180; -3.22751 (Garden wall and gate piers, Low Garth and Crag View)
Late 18th century The garden wall and gate piers are in stone. The piers have a square plan with pyramidal roofs.[8]
The Lodge
54°43′58″N 3°13′00″W / 54.73268°N 3.21671°W / 54.73268; -3.21671 (The Lodge)
1801 The lodge to Snittlegarth is in limestone with sandstone dressings, including quoins, and has a green hipped slate roof. It has one storey, a hexagonal plan, and a two-bay front. The windows are sashes.[9]

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  • Historic England, "High House and adjoining stable, byres and barn, Bewaldeth and Snittlegarth (1144546)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 December 2015
  • Historic England, "High Bewaldeth Cottage and adjoining former stable, Bewaldeth and Snittlegarth (1327163)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 December 2015
  • Historic England, "Snittlegarth and adjoining stables, Bewaldeth and Snittlegarth (1106292)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 December 2015
  • Historic England, "Binsey View, Bewaldeth and Snittlegarth (1106341)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 December 2015
  • Historic England, "Low Garth and Crag View, Bewaldeth and Snittlegarth (1144545)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 December 2015
  • Historic England, "Barns and byres to north-east of Low Garth and Crag View, Bewaldeth and Snittlegarth (1106317)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 December 2015
  • Historic England, "Garden wall and gate piers in front of Low Garth and Crag View, Bewaldeth and Snittlegarth (1327164)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 December 2015
  • Historic England, "The Lodge, Bewaldeth and Snittlegarth (1144547)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 December 2015
  • Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 16 December 2015