Listed buildings in Nicholforest

Nicholforest is a civil parish in the Carlisle district of Cumbria, England. It contains seven listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish is almost entirely rural, and the listed buildings consist of a country house that originated as a tower house, an outbuilding associated with it, a farmhouse and a barn, a milestone, a church, and a monument.

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
Stonegarthside Hall 55.12834°N 2.81641°W		Late 13th century	Originally a tower house, with wings added in 1682, it is a country house in Scottish Baronial style. The house is built in large blocks of grey sandstone and calciferous sandstone on projecting plinth stones. It has shaped quoins, stepped gables, and a Welsh slate roof. There are three storeys and numerous bays. The ranges are on three sides, enclosing a courtyard that was previously part of the house, closed by a curtain wall. The former entrance in this wall has a moulded architrave, a pulvinated frieze, a moulded cornice, and a battlemented parapet with ball finials at the ends. The windows in the wings are sashes.[2][3]	II*
Old Hall Farmhouse 55.10285°N 2.86162°W	—	Late 17th century	The farmhouse was extended in the early 19th century. It is in sandstone and has a Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays, with a two-bay extension. On the front is a gabled porch, and 19th-century windows replace the original mullioned windows. There is also a fire window and a similar blocked window above.[4]	II
Barn, Old Hall Farm 55.10269°N 2.86162°W	—	Late 18th century	The barn is in sandstone with a Welsh slate roof, and is in a single storey. It contains a large cart entrance, and ventilation slits in two levels.[5]	II
Milestone 55.06318°N 2.90780°W	—	Early 19th century	The milestone was provided for the Longtown to Penton road. It is in sandstone and consists of a squared stone with a rounded top carrying a circular cast iron plate indicating the distance in miles to Carlisle. On the top is a bench mark.[6]	II
Outbuilding, Stonegarthside Hall 55.12789°N 2.81675°W		Early 19th century	Originally a barn, it is in calciferous sandstone with a Welsh slate roof. The building has a single storey with a loft, and an arcade of eight bays. At the rear is a square-headed cart entrance.[7][8]	II
St Nicholas' Church 55.09295°N 2.85575°W		1866–67	The church, designed by Alexander Graham, is in sandstone, and has a roof with bands of blue and purple slate and crested tiles on the ridge. It consists of a nave with an open timber south porch, a lower chancel with an apsidal east end, and a north transept with a lean-to vestry in the angle with the chancel. Over the west bay is a timber bellcote with a slated spirelet.[9][10]	II
Monument 55.09974°N 2.80175°W	—	1891	The monument is inscribed and commemorates William Forster, a gamekeeper who was shot by a poacher. It has a stepped plinth in calciferous sandstone, a shaft in polished Dalbeattie granite, and a tall tapering column in calciferous sandstone. Around it is a low wall with cast iron speared railings.[11]

References

Citations

1. Historic England
2. Hyde & Pevsner (2010), pp. 556–557
3. Historic England & 1335605
4. Historic England & 1087509
5. Historic England & 1280716
6. Historic England & 1205466
7. Hyde & Pevsner (2010), p. 557
8. Historic England & 1205497
9. Hyde & Pevsner (2010), p. 556
10. Historic England & 1087518
11. Historic England & 1335643

Sources

• Historic England, "Stonegarthside Hall, Nicholforest (1335605)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 June 2016
• Historic England, "Old Hall Farmhouse, Nicholforest (1087509)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 June 2016
• Historic England, "Barn to the southeast of Old Hall Farmhouse, Nicholforest (1280716)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 June 2016
• Historic England, "Milestone, north-east of Tilekiln Wood at NGR421746, Nicholforest (1205466)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 June 2016
• Historic England, "Outbuilding to southwest of Stonegarthside Hall, Nicholforest (1205497)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 June 2016
• Historic England, "Church of St. Nicholas, Nicholforest (1087518)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 June 2016
• Historic England, "Monument south of Green Rigg, Nicholforest (1335643)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 June 2016
• Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 17 June 2016
• Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2010) [1967], Cumbria, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-12663-1