Listed buildings in Lowick, Cumbria
Lowick is a civil parish in the South Lakeland District of Cumbria, England. It contains two listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the other is at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish is in the Lake District National Park, it contains the village of Lowick, and is otherwise rural. The listed buildings consist of a hall dating from the 16th century, and a 19th-century church.
Key
| Grade | Criteria[1] |
|---|---|
| II* | Particularly important buildings of more than special interest |
| II | Buildings of national importance and special interest |
Buildings
| Name and location | Photograph | Date | Notes | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowick Hall 54.26428°N 3.09795°W |
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16th century | The house originated as a peel tower, since demolished, the oldest part is the south wing, the rest of the house dates from the 18th century, and the porch was added in 1880. The main block has two storeys and five bays, and the south wing has three storeys. The house has a top frieze, a cornice and a blocking course, and the gable of the south wing has decorative bargeboards. The windows in the main block are sashes with architraves, and in the wing they are mullioned. The stone porch has a dentilled cornice and a parapet.[2][3] | II* |
| St Luke's Church 54.26539°N 3.09164°W |
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1865 | The church is built in slate rubble with sandstone dressings, buttresses, and a slate roof with coped gables. It consists of a nave, a chancel with a south organ loft and a north vestry, and a west tower with a south porch and north stair turret. The tower has an embattled parapet and a pyramidal rood with a weathervane. The windows are lancets, and on the wall of the chancel is a 19th-century sundial from a previous church.[2][4] | II |
References
Citations
Sources
- Historic England, "Lowick Hall, Lowick (1086795)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 April 2017
- Historic England, "Church of St Luke, Lowick (1086794)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 April 2017
- Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 18 April 2017
- Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2010) [1967], Cumbria, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-12663-1
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