Listed buildings in Solport

Solport is a civil parish in the Carlisle district of Cumbria, England. It contains two listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Both 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 house with a barn, and a redundant Quaker meeting house.

Buildings edit

Name and location Photograph Date Notes
Friar Hill Gate and barn
55°03′00″N 2°48′36″W / 55.05003°N 2.80995°W / 55.05003; -2.80995 (Friar Hill Gate)
Late 17th or early 18th century The house and barn are built in a mix of red sandstone and calciferous sandstone, and have a Welsh slate roof. The house has a single storey with an attic, it has four bays, and the barn is to the right, with a lower roof line. The doorway has a plain surround, and the casement windows have chamfered stone surrounds. In the barn are garage doors, and ventilation slits on two levels.[2]
Thornyland Quaker Meeting House
and stable
55°03′24″N 2°51′01″W / 55.05655°N 2.85025°W / 55.05655; -2.85025 (Thornyland Quaker Meeting House)
1773 The former Quaker meeting house is rendered with sandstone quoins and a hipped slate roof. It is in a single storey with three bays and a stable extension to the right. The doorway has a plain surround and a segmental head, and the casement windows have quoined surrounds and segmental heads. In an end wall is a re-used datestone.[3]

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  • Historic England, "Friar Hill Gate and adjoining barn, Solport (1087510)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 June 2016
  • Historic England, "Thornyland Quaker Meeting House and attached stable, Solport (1087511)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 June 2016
  • Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 20 June 2016