Listed buildings in Milburn, Cumbria

Milburn is a civil parish in the Eden District, Cumbria, England. It contains 15 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Milburn and the surrounding countryside. The largest building in the parish is Howgill House, originally a fortified house, and later a country house; this and structures associated with it are listed. Apart from a church, all the other listed buildings are located in the village and are centred round The Green.

Key
Grade Criteria[1]
I Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important
II Buildings of national importance and special interest

Buildings
Name and location Photograph Date Notes Grade
St Cuthbert's Church
54.65537°N 2.54084°W / 54.65537; -2.54084 (St Cuthbert's Church)
13th century The church is in stone on a chamfered plinth, with quoins, and has a slate roof with stone-flagged eaves. It consists of a nave, a chancel and a south aisle in a single cell. At the west end is a gabled double bellcote with finials, and at the east end is an apex cross. On the south side is a re-set Late Norman round-headed doorway.[2][3] II
Howgill Castle
54.65775°N 2.52059°W / 54.65775; -2.52059 (Howgill Castle)
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 14th century Originally a fortified house, it was later transformed into a country house. In the late 17th century the battlements and corner towers were removed, an extension was added and the windows were changed; further alterations were made in 1733, resulting in an H-shaped plan with hall and cross-wings. The house is in sandstone, partly pebbledashed, and has slate roofs, partly hipped. There are two storeys with attics, and a front of five bays. Most of the windows are sashes, a few are mullioned, and one is mullioned and transomed. The central doorway has an architrave and a pediment.[4][5] I
Milburn House
54.65768°N 2.53519°W / 54.65768; -2.53519 (Milburn House)
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 Early 18th century (probable) The house is pebbledashed on the front and sides. It has quoins, an eaves cornice with a plain parapet, and a roof of 20th-century concrete tiles. There are two storeys and a symmetrical front of three bays. In the centre is a porch with Greek Doric columns and a cornice, and a doorway with an architrave and a rectangular traceried fanlight. The windows are sashes in stone surrounds.[6] II
Milburn House Farmhouse
54.65782°N 2.53473°W / 54.65782; -2.53473 (Milburn House Farmhouse)
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 Early 18th century A farmhouse that was later extended, it is in stone on a boulder plinth, with quoins and it has a slate roof with coping to the south. There are two storeys, five bays, and a doorway with a segmental-arched head. The windows in the ground floor of the original part are mullioned casements, and in the upper floor and in the extension they are sashes.[7] II
Cross Fell Cottage
54.65848°N 2.53541°W / 54.65848; -2.53541 (Cross Fell Cottage)
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 1753 A sandstone house with quoins and a slate roof with stone coping. There are two storeys and a symmetrical front of three bays. Above the door is a lintel with a dated panel, and the windows are mullioned three-light casements with stone surrounds.[8] II
Sunny Mount
54.65893°N 2.53384°W / 54.65893; -2.53384 (Sunny Mount)
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 Mid to late 18th century A stone house with rusticated quoins and a Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys and a symmetrical front of three bays. In the centre is a gabled porch and a door in an architrave, and the windows are sashes, also in architraves.[9] II
Eastgate
54.65825°N 2.53351°W / 54.65825; -2.53351 (Eastgate)
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 Late 18th to early 19th century Originally a house and a cottage, later combined into one dwelling, it is stuccoed with rusticated quoins and a slate roof. There are two storeys, the original house has three bays, and the former cottage to the right has one bay. Above the door is a cornice, and the windows are sashes in stone surrounds.[10] II
Garth Cottage
54.65834°N 2.53305°W / 54.65834; -2.53305 (Garth Cottage)
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 Late 18th to early 19th century A stone house with rusticated quoins and a slate roof with stone copings. It has two storeys, three bays, and an outshut at the rear. There is a central doorway with a pedimented plaque above it, and the windows are casements.[11] II
Barn and byre range with gin gang,
Milburn House Farm
54.65764°N 2.53475°W / 54.65764; -2.53475 (Barn and byre range, Milburn House Farm)
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 Late 18th to early 19th century The range is at right angles to the farmhouse, and linked to it by an arch. The range is in stone with slate roofs. At the left is a coach house and stables in an L-shaped plan that has openings with segmental heads and a hayloft. To the right is a barn with a central wagon door and other doors, all with segmental heads, and projecting at the rear is a semicircular gin gang.[12] II
Gate piers, Howgill Castle
54.65741°N 2.52029°W / 54.65741; -2.52029 (Gate piers, Howgill Castle)
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 Mid 19th century (probable) The gate piers are square and rusticated, and are about 15 feet (4.6 m) high. Each pier has a moulded cornice and a ball finial. Between them are wrought iron gates dated 1980.[13] II
Walls, gates and gate piers,
Milburn House
54.65772°N 2.53539°W / 54.65772; -2.53539 (Walls, gates and gate piers, Milburn House)
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 19th century (probable) The low walls enclosing the garden of the house are in stone with segmental coping. The gate and end piers have moulded bases and square pyramidal tops. On the walls are cast iron railings, and the double gates are also in cast iron.[14] II
Barn near Garth Cottage
54.65812°N 2.53298°W / 54.65812; -2.53298 (Barn near Garth Cottage)
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 Mid to late 19th century The barn is in stone with quoins, and has a roof partly stone-flagged and partly slated. There is a symmetrical front of three bays, with outshuts at the sides. The barn contains a central segmental-headed wagon entrance flanked by unglazed windows.[15] II
Netherley
54.65790°N 2.53451°W / 54.65790; -2.53451 (Netherley)
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 Mid to late 19th century The house has a stuccoed front, rusticated quoins, and a Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys and a symmetrical front of three bays. In the centre is a doorway with a Tuscan doorcase, a broken pediment, and a semicircular fanlight. The windows are sashes in stone surrounds.[16] II
Outbuildings and sawmill,
Howgill Castle
54.65767°N 2.51950°W / 54.65767; -2.51950 (Outbuildings and sawmill, Howgill Castle)
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 Late 19th century {probable) The buildings surround the four sides of a courtyard and include barns, byres, wagon sheds and a sawmill. They are in stone with hipped Welsh slate roofs. The openings include three segmental-headed wagon entrances. In the north range was a steam threshing mill, and a sawmill with an undershot waterwheel.[17] II
Walls, Milburn House Farmhouse
54.65792°N 2.53488°W / 54.65792; -2.53488 (Garden walls, Milburn House Farmhouse)
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 Undated The walls on the front and sides of the garden are in stone with segmental coping and are 3 feet (0.91 m) high. The gate piers are rusticated and have domical pyramidal capitals.[18] II

References
  1. Historic England
  2. Hyde & Pevsner (2010), p. 522
  3. Historic England & 1144917
  4. Hyde & Pevsner (2010), pp. 522–523
  5. Historic England & 1051098
  6. Historic England & 1326990
  7. Historic England & 1052373
  8. Historic England & 1144957
  9. Historic England & 1144958
  10. Historic England & 1372869
  11. Historic England & 1051082
  12. Historic England & 1052343
  13. Historic England & 1326969
  14. Historic England & 1052347
  15. Historic England & 1326970
  16. Historic England & 1144959
  17. Historic England & 1051073
  18. Historic England & 1326971

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