Listed buildings in Quernmore

Quernmore is a civil parish in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. It contains 28 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, one is at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. Apart from the small village of Quernmore, the parish is rural. Most of the listed buildings are houses, farmhouses, and associated structures. The most important house in the parish is Quernmore Park; this and associated buildings are listed. The other listed buildings include a church, a former school, an aqueduct, a former corn mill, and a former railway bridge.

Key
Grade Criteria[1]
I Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important
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
Lower Browtop Farmhouse
54.01529°N 2.73045°W / 54.01529; -2.73045 (Lower Browtop Farmhouse)
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 1673 A stone house with a slate roof, it has two storeys. The original part has two bays, there is a rear wing, and a 19th-century bay to the right. The windows vary; some are mullioned, some have lost their mullions, and others are sashes. The doorway has a moulded surround and an inscribed shaped lintel.[2] II
Blackwood End Farmhouse (southern Farm)
54.00859°N 2.74893°W / 54.00859; -2.74893 (Blackwood End Farmhouse)
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 Late 17th century The farmhouse was altered in 1727 and in the 19th century. It is in rendered stone with a slate roof, and has two storeys and an attic. The original part has two bays. Some of the windows are sashes, others are mullioned. The doorway has a moulded surround and an inscribed shaped lintel.[3] II
Workshop,
Croskell's Farm
54.07124°N 2.77217°W / 54.07124; -2.77217 (Workshop, Croskell's Farm)
—
 Late 17th century The building originated as a farmhouse, and has been later used for other purposes. It is in sandstone with a corrugated sheet roof, in two storeys and three bays. On the south side is an outshut. The building contains openings, some of which are blocked.[4] II
Far Lodge Farmhouse
54.03165°N 2.73855°W / 54.03165; -2.73855 (Far Lodge Farmhouse)
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 Late 17th century The house is in pebbledashed stone with a slate roof. It has an L-shaped plan, with two storeys and an attic. The windows vary, some being modern, and one is mullioned. In the rear wing is a doorway with a moulded surround and an inscribed shaped lintel.[5] II
Hare Appletree Farmhouse
54.01638°N 2.71849°W / 54.01638; -2.71849 (Hare Appletree Farmhouse)
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 1682 A sandstone house with a stone-slate roof, in two storeys. It is in a T-shaped plan, and has a later extension with a slate roof to the left. Some of the mullioned windows have been retained. In the extension is a modern porch with a re-set inscribed shaped lintel.[6][7] II
Old Hall Farmhouse
54.06680°N 2.73800°W / 54.06680; -2.73800 (Old Hall Farmhouse)
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 1702 A stone house with a roof of stone-slate at the front and slate at the rear, in a T-shaped plan. The main range has ​2 1⁄2 storeys, five bays, and contains sash windows. In the centre is a porch with a parapet, and the internal doorway has a moulded surround and an inscribed shaped lintel. The rear wing contains some mullioned windows.[8] II
Lower Hollinhead Farmhouse and barn
54.05040°N 2.71352°W / 54.05040; -2.71352 (Lower Hollinhead Farmhouse)
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 1714 The house and barn are in sandstone with a stone-slate roof. The house has two storeys and a symmetrical three-bay front. The mullioned windows and the central doorway have architraves, and above the doorway is a decorated inscribed plaque. The barn to the right has a wide entrance with a segmental head.[9] II
Heights Farmhouse
54.05438°N 2.71789°W / 54.05438; -2.71789 (Heights Farmhouse)
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 1720 The farmhouse is in sandstone with a stone-slate roof, and is in two storeys. The original part has three bays, and contains mullioned windows. The doorway in the central bay is in a single-storey gabled wing, and has a moulded surround and an inscribed shaped lintel. On the left side is an additional projecting bay.[10] II
Fell End Farmhouse
54.03235°N 2.71458°W / 54.03235; -2.71458 (Fell End Farmhouse)
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 Early 18th century The farmhouse contains 17th-century remains. It is in sandstone with a stone-slate roof, and consists of two blocks in an L-plan. There are two storeys with an attic. Many of the windows are mullioned, and there are two doorways with inscribed lintels.[11] II
Southeast barn,
Fell End Farm
54.03225°N 2.71432°W / 54.03225; -2.71432 (Southeast barn, Fell End Farm)
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 Early 18th century (possible) The barn is in sandstone with a stone-slate roof. It contains a wide entrance with long-and-short jambs, and a doorway with a chamfered surround and triangular head.[12] II
Dam Head
54.01225°N 2.76428°W / 54.01225; -2.76428 (Dam Head)
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 1734 A stone house with a slate roof, in has two storeys. The original part has two bays, mullioned windows, and a modern porch between the bays. Above the porch is an oval plaque with a painted inscription. To the left is an additional bay with modern windows.[13] II
Hollinhead Farmhouse
54.06003°N 2.70995°W / 54.06003; -2.70995 (Hollinhead Farmhouse)
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 Early to mid 18th century A sandstone house with a roof partly of slate and partly of stone-slate. It has two storeys with an attic, and a symmetrical three-bay front. The windows are mullioned, and the doorway has an architrave with pilaster strips, a pulvinated frieze, and a moulded segmental pediment.[14] II
Barnes End
54.01480°N 2.74930°W / 54.01480; -2.74930 (Barnes End)
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 Mid 18th century This is a stone house with a stone-slate roof in two storeys and two bays. The windows are mullioned and the doorway has a plain surround.[15] II
Milestone
54.07518°N 2.74273°W / 54.07518; -2.74273 (Milestone)
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 Mid 18th century (probable) The milestone is in sandstone. It has a rectangular plan in the lower part and is semi-elliptical above. The stone is inscribed with '3'.[16] II
Northern barn,
Fell End Farm
54.03235°N 2.71434°W / 54.03235; -2.71434 (Northern barn, Fell End Farm)
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 Late 18th century (possible) A sandstone barn with a stone-slate roof. It has a wide entrance with long-and-short jambs, and inside are reused crucks and a cheese press.[17] II
Southern barn,
Fell End Farm
54.03211°N 2.71429°W / 54.03211; -2.71429 (Southern barn, Fell End Farm)
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 Late 18th century (probable) The barn is in sandstone with a stone-slate roof, and is built on a slope. It contains a wide entrance, a window, three shippon doors, two rows of ventilation slits, and an owl hole.[18] II
Lune Aqueduct
54.06845°N 2.78934°W / 54.06845; -2.78934 (Lune Aqueduct)
1794–97 The aqueduct carries the Lancaster Canal over the River Lune. It was designed by John Rennie and is built in sandstone. It consists of five semicircular stone arches with a stone trough carried on piers with cutwaters. The piers rest on piles of Russian timber. The parapets are balustraded above each arch.[19] I
Quernmore Park
54.05848°N 2.74008°W / 54.05848; -2.74008 (Quernmore Park)
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 1795–98 A country house by Thomas Harrison in Palladian style. It is in sandstone with a hipped slate roof. The building is symmetrical, with a central block of three storeys and five bays. It contains sash windows, and has an Ionic portico added in 1842. It is flanked by single-storey links of five bays to two-storey, single-bay pavilions with pedimented gables.[20][21] II*
Chain Lodge
(or North Lodge)
54.07432°N 2.74570°W / 54.07432; -2.74570 (Chain Lodge)
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 c. 1800 The lodge is at the north entrance to Quernmore Park, and is in sandstone with a slate roof. There is a central part in two storeys, flanked by single-storey bays. The front facing the drive has two two-storey piers flanking a segmental arch below a pediment. Between the piers are two unfluted Greek Doric columns with an entablature.[6][22] II
Postern Gate Lodge
54.05288°N 2.74342°W / 54.05288; -2.74342 (Postern Gate Lodge)
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 c. 1800 The lodge is at the south entrance to Quernmore Park, and is in sandstone with a slate roof. It is symmetrical, with a two-storey one-bay central part, flanked by single-storey bays with hipped roofs.[6][23] II
Castle Mill
54.04181°N 2.73443°W / 54.04181; -2.73443 (Castle Mill)
1818 The former corn mill has been used later as a farm building. It is in sandstone and has a slate roof, in two and three storeys. It contains sash and mullioned windows. Projecting from it are wall housing a pitchback water wheel with wooden buckets. At the rear is a wide entrance, and a wing with a hipped roof and a ball finial containing a drying kiln.[6][24] II
Gate piers and railings,
Chain Lodge
54.07447°N 2.74552°W / 54.07447; -2.74552 (Gate piers and railings, Chain Lodge)
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 Early 19th century The six gate piers are at the entrance of the drive to Quernmore Park. They are square, in sandstone, and each has a frieze with a roundel, and a moulded cornice. Between the outer piers is a low curved wall surmounted by cast iron railings with finials.[25] II
Barn, Narr Lodge Farm
54.02817°N 2.74164°W / 54.02817; -2.74164 (Barn, Narr Lodge Farm)
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 Early 19th century The barn includes a shippon and a horse engine house. It is in sandstone with a stone-slate roof. It contains various doorways and windows, some of which are blocked. Inside the building is the horse engine.[26] II
Clougha Cottage and barn
54.02474°N 2.73306°W / 54.02474; -2.73306 (Clougha Cottage)
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 1827 A house and barn in sandstone with a slate roof. The house has two storeys, and the main part has two bays, The windows are sashes, and the central doorway has a cornice hood with an inscribed plaque above. There is another bay to the right and has a door with a plain surround. The barn has a wide entrance with a segmental head.[27] II
1, 2 and 3 Pilgrim's Rest
54.06192°N 2.71982°W / 54.06192; -2.71982 (1, 2 and 3 Pilgrim's Rest)
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 1849 A group of estate cottage in sandstone with slate roofs in two storeys, consisting of a central block with two cross-wings. The windows are mullioned, the porch has a triangular head, and above it is an inscribed plaque.[28] II
Quernmore Old School
54.03628°N 2.73722°W / 54.03628; -2.73722 (Quernmore Old School)
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 1850 The former school incorporates some late 17th-century material. It is in sandstone with a slate roof, in one storey and two bays. On the north front is a gabled porch, flanked by windows with pointed heads, and an inscribed plaque. On the west gable is a ball finial. The rear wall contains mullioned windows.[20][29] II
St Peter's Church
54.03659°N 2.73765°W / 54.03659; -2.73765 (St Peter's Church)
1860 The church was designed by E. G. Paley and is in sandstone with a slate roof. It consists of a nave, a north aisle, a north porch, a chancel, a west tower, and a higher octagonal stair turret. The tower is in three stages, and has diagonal buttresses and a solid parapet.[30][31] II
Western railway bridge,
Crook of Lune
54.07655°N 2.73498°W / 54.07655; -2.73498 (Western railway bridge)
c. 1880 The bridge was built for the Midland Railway, but is no longer in use. It consists of six segmental iron arches carried on rectangular sandstone piers and with sandstone abutments. The deck is supported by timber beams. In the spandrels of the arches are roundels, and the parapet is an iron lattice.[32] II

References

Citations

  1. Historic England
  2. Historic England & 1071747
  3. Historic England & 1164424
  4. Historic England & 1164513
  5. Historic England & 1317788
  6. Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), p. 553
  7. Historic England & 1071745
  8. Historic England & 1071749
  9. Historic England & 1164467
  10. Historic England & 1071746
  11. Historic England & 1362498
  12. Historic England & 1071744
  13. Historic England & 1071743
  14. Historic England & 1164461
  15. Historic England & 1317746
  16. Historic England & 1362499
  17. Historic England & 1164454
  18. Historic England & 1164457
  19. Historic England & 1362451
  20. Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), p. 552
  21. Historic England & 1317735
  22. Historic England & 1164502
  23. Historic England & 1164528
  24. Historic England & 1071753
  25. Historic England & 1071752
  26. Historic England & 1164480
  27. Historic England & 1362500
  28. Historic England & 1317770
  29. Historic England & 1071750
  30. Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), pp. 551–552
  31. Historic England & 1362497
  32. Historic England & 1071898

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