Listed buildings in Woodside, Cumbria

Woodside is a civil parish in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria, England. It contains 16 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All 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 lies to the north and east of the town of Wigton, it contains the hamlet of Oulton, and is otherwise rural. All the listed buildings are houses and associated structures, farmhouses, and farm buildings.

Buildings

Name and location	Photograph	Date	Notes
Clay house, Aikhead Hall 54.83275°N 3.19029°W	—	Mid to late 17th century	A farmhouse built with clay walls on a plinth of sandstone and cobble, and with a roof of sandstone slate. It has two storeys and two bays. The house contains casement windows, a fire window, and two doorways with chamfered surrounds. Inside the house is a bressumer.[2]
Moorthwaite and barn 54.82845°N 3.10164°W	—	1691	The farmhouse was extended in 1731, and the barn dates from the late 18th century. The original house is in sandstone with quoins, and the extension and barn are in brick; they all have a green slate roof with coped gables. There are two storeys, the original house has two bays, the higher three-bay extension is to the left, and the barn is at right angles to the left and partly incorporated into the house. The door in the original house has a chamfered surround, that in the extension has an architrave, and both have dated lintels. The windows are sashes with architraves. The barn has decorative brick vents, at the end is a bay window, and there is also a cart entrance. Inside the extension is an inglenook and a bressumer.[3]
Moorthwaite Cottage with former barn 54.82934°N 3.10067°W	—	1691	A farmhouse incorporating earlier material, later divided into two residences, and after that into one house. It is in sandstone with a roof partly of slate and partly of stone slate. The house has a T-shaped plan and is in two storeys. The front range has three bays, with a single-bay extension to the left. The doorway has a chamfered surround and an inscribed and dated lintel, and there is a datestone above it. The flanking windows are mullioned and contain casements, the other windows in the front being sashes. The rear range contains two doorways and windows, some of which are mullioned and the others are sashes. Inside the rear range is a bressumer.[4]
Kirkland Hall 54.82534°N 3.12853°W	—	Early 18th century	A sandstone farmhouse on a chamfered plinth, with quoins, a string course, an eaves cornice, and a Welsh slate roof with coped gables. There are two storeys and five bays. The doorway has panelled reveals, a pilastered surround, a triglyph frieze, and a dentilled pediment. On the front the windows are sashes in architraves, and at the rear they are casements.[5]
Wall and gate, Kirkland Hall 54.82519°N 3.12852°W	—	Early 18th century	The low wall in front of the garden is in ashlar, and has rusticated end piers, and pilastered gateposts surmounted by pineapple finials. The gate is in wrought iron and has a scrolled overthrow.[6]
Chapel House 54.84635°N 3.17645°W	—	Mid 18th century	A farmhouse that incorporates the rear of an earlier house, including a re-used lintel dated 1688. The farmhouse is in brick on a chamfered plinth, with quoins, and a green slate roof with some sandstone slate. It has two storeys and four bays, a round-headed doorway with a false keystone, and sash windows in stone architraves. At the rear is a three-light chamfered mullioned and a fire window.[7]
Aikhead Hall and barns 54.83266°N 3.19048°W	—	Late 18th century	The farmhouse is in sandstone on a chamfered plinth, with quoins, an eaves cornice, and a green slate roof. It has two storeys, three bays, a Tuscan doorcase with a pediment, and sash windows in stone surrounds. To the left are two low barns, the first barn containing doors, a cart entrance, and casement windows, and the further one being in clay with a rendered front wall and a rear wall repaired in brick.[8]
Mains Farmhouse 54.83356°N 3.15631°W	—	Late 18th century	A stone farmhouse with quoins and a green slate roof, it has two storeys and three bays. The house has an ornamental classical doorcase that has an architrave with egg-and-dart decoration. The windows are casements in architraves, and at the rear is a staircase window.[9]
Wall and gateposts, Mains Farmhouse 54.83348°N 3.15632°W	—	Late 18th century	The wall is in front of the garden and is in ashlar with quoins. There are pairs of gateposts and end piers that are square and pilastered, and have pineapple finials.[10]
Greenwood House 54.82829°N 3.11898°W	—	Late 18th or early 19th century	A stuccoed farmhouse on a chamfered plinth, with a string course, angle pilasters, and a green slate roof. There are two storeys and six bays. The doorway has a prostyle Tuscan porch, and most of the windows are sashes in stone architraves. The three ground floor window to the right of the porch have been enlarged into French windows.[11]
Milestone 54.83505°N 3.13493°W	—	Late 18th or early 19th century	The milestone was provided for the Carlisle to Cockermouth turnpike road. It is in red sandstone and has a round top and a curved face. On it is a cast iron plate inscribed with the distances in miles to Carlisle, Wigton and Cockermouth.[12]
Low Dockrayrigg 54.84308°N 3.15946°W	—	1810	A sandstone farmhouse with a green slate roof, it has two storeys and two bays. The doorway has a stone architrave and a pediment, and the sash windows have stone surrounds. At the rear is a three-light stair window.[13]
Coach house, Greenwood House 54.82813°N 3.11918°W	—	Early 19th century	The coach house is built in sandstone and split cobbles, and has quoins and a green slate roof. There is one storey, and the coach house contains a carriage entrance with an alternate block surround, above which is a quatrefoil window.[14]
Wall, Greenwood House 54.82837°N 3.11919°W	—	Early 19th century	The low wall in front of the garden is in stone and has chamfered coping. At the ends are square stone piers with cornices, and surmounted by metal stags.[15]
Kirkland Villa and barn 54.82490°N 3.12836°W	—	Early 19th century	The farmhouse and attached barn are in sandstone; the main part of the house has a green slate roof, its extension and the barn have a roof of sandstone slate. The house has two storeys, a main part of two bays, a lower single-bay extension to the left and a barn beyond that. The house has angle pilasters, a chamfered plinth, and sash windows in stone surrounds. There is a doorway with a fanlight in the extension, which is divided from the barn by a pilaster. In front of the barn is a lean-to extension with a cart entrance.[16]
Tarnside 54.85512°N 3.15966°W	—	Early 19th century	A farmhouse that was extended in 1840, it is built in sandstone and cobbles on a chamfered plinth, with quoins, a dentilled eaves cornice, and a hipped green slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays, with flanking single-bay wings. The doorway has a radial fanlight in a round-headed surround with a false keystone, and the windows are sashes.[17]

References

Citations

1. Historic England
2. Historic England & 1327173
3. Historic England & 1327175
4. Historic England & 1289175
5. Historic England & 1213180
6. Historic England & 1144565
7. Historic England & 1144568
8. Historic England & 1289199
9. Historic England & 1327176
10. Historic England & 1213220
11. Historic England & 1289167
12. Historic England & 1144564
13. Historic England & 1213200
14. Historic England & 1289172
15. Historic England & 1327174
16. Historic England & 1144566
17. Historic England & 1144567

Sources

• Historic England, "Clay house immediately east of Aikhead Hall, Woodside (1327173)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 March 2016
• Historic England, "Moorthwaite and adjoining barn, Woodside (1327175)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 March 2016
• Historic England, "Moorthwaite Cottage with adjoining former barn, Woodside (1289175)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 March 2016
• Historic England, "Kirkland Hall, Woodside (1213180)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 March 2016
• Historic England, "Wall and gate in front of Kirkland Hall, Woodside (1144565)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 March 2016
• Historic England, "Chapel House, Woodside (1144568)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 March 2016
• Historic England, "Aikhead Hall and adjoining barns, Woodside (1289199)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 March 2016
• Historic England, "Mains Farmhouse, Wigton (1327176)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 March 2016
• Historic England, "Wall and gateposts in front of Mains Farmhouse, Wigton (1213220)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 March 2016
• Historic England, "Greenwood House, Woodside (1289167)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 March 2016
• Historic England, "Milestone at NGR NY 27250 49520, Woodside (1144564)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 March 2016
• Historic England, "Low Dockrayrigg, Woodside (1213200)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 March 2016
• Historic England, "Coach House to south of Greenwood House, Woodside (1289172)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 March 2016
• Historic England, "Wall in front of Greenwood House, Woodside (1327174)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 March 2016
• Historic England, "Kirkland Villa and adjoining barn, Woodside (1144566)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 March 2016
• Historic England, "Tarnside, Woodside (1144567)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 March 2016
• Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 21 March 2016