Listed buildings in Preston Richard explained

Preston Richard is a civil parish in the South Lakeland District of Cumbria, England. It contains 14 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". The parish contains the villages of Endmoor and Crooklands and is otherwise almost entirely rural. The Lancaster Canal runs through the parish, and the listed buildings associated with this are four bridges, an aqueduct, and a milestone. The other listed buildings consist of houses and associated structures, farmhouses, a former mill, two road milestones, and a boundary stone.

Buildings

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Name and locationPhotographDateNotes
Storth End Farmhouse
54.2761°N -2.717°W
A roughcast farmhouse that has a green slate roof with a stone ridge. There are two storeys with attics, four bays, and an extension. On the front is a gabled porch, and the windows are casements. In the roof are four upper crucks.
Milton Mill House and Mill
54.2394°N -2.7218°W
The mill owner's house was extended in 1863. It is roughcast with through-stones, quoins in the extension, string courses, and a green slate roof. There are three storeys and three irregular bays. On the front is a central gabled porch with decorative bargeboards and a doorway with a segmental head. The windows in the ground floor are sashes, in the middle floor are casements, and the top floor has a mix of both types. The mill has a working mill wheel and machinery.
High Banks Farmhouse,
barn, walls and railings
54.2404°N -2.7238°W
The house and barn are in stone and have a green slate roof with a stone ridge. The house has two storeys and two bays. In the centre is a gabled porch containing side benches, and with moulded bargeboards and a ball finial. The windows are casements. The higher barn is to the left, and one bay has been incorporated into the house. On the front of the barn are two doors and a loading door, at the rear is a wagon entrance with a canopy and dove holes in the gable, and on the roof is a cast iron weathervane. In front of the garden are low limestone walls with wrought iron railings and monolithic gateposts.
Birkrigg Park Farmhouse
54.2776°N -2.7039°W
1742The farmhouse is in stone on a plinth, and has limestone quoins, a cornice, and a green slate roof with stone copings. There are two storeys with attics, and three bays. In the centre is a porch with pilasters and a flat hood on consoles, and the windows are sashes. To the left is a single-storey extension with decorative bargeboards, and in the right return is a gabled porch with decorative bargeboards and a finial.
Aqueduct over Peasey Beck
54.2439°N -2.7154°W
The aqueduct carries the Lancaster Canal over Peasey Beck. It is in limestone, and consists of two shallow elliptical arches with a central cutwater. The aqueduct has a string course, copings, rusticated voussoirs, and curved retaining walls. It is about wide.
Crooklands Bridge
54.2458°N -2.7168°W
The bridge carries the B6385 road over the Lancaster Canal. It is in limestone, and consists of a single elliptical arch. The bridge has string courses, rusticated voussoirs and keystones, and shallow arched parapets with a slightly curved plan, coping, and end pilasters.
Field End Bridge
54.2583°N -2.7292°W
The bridge carries Commonmire Lane over the Lancaster Canal. It is in limestone, and consists of a single elliptical arch. The bridge has string courses, rusticated voussoirs and keystones, and shallow arched parapets with a slightly curved plan, coping, and end pilasters. It is about wide between the parapets.
Mattinson's Bridge
54.249°N -2.7308°W
An accommodation bridge over the Lancaster Canal, it is in limestone, and consists of a single elliptical arch. The bridge has string courses, rusticated voussoirs and keystones, and shallow arched parapets with a slightly curved plan, coping, and end pilasters. It is about wide between the parapets.
Old Hall Bridge
54.2478°N -2.7244°W
An accommodation bridge over the Lancaster Canal, it is in limestone, and consists of a single elliptical arch. The bridge has string courses, rusticated voussoirs and keystones, and shallow arched parapets with a slightly curved plan, coping, and end pilasters. It is about wide between the parapets.
Canal milestone near Mattinson's Bridge
54.2526°N -2.7319°W
The milestone is on the Lancaster Canal. It is in limestone and consists of an upright post with a rounded top. It is inscribed with numbers in ovals representing the distances in miles to Lancaster and Kendal.
Milestone near Lane Farm
54.2441°N -2.7297°W
The milestone is in limestone and consists of an upright stone with a round head and chamfers. It is inscribed with the distances in miles to nearby places. On the east side is a benchmark.
Boundary stone near Storth End Farmhouse
54.2763°N -2.7173°W
The boundary stone is in limestone, and consists of an upright stone with chamfers. It is inscribed with the names of the parishes of Preston Richard and of Stainton.
Milestone near South Lodge
54.2514°N -2.7147°W
1826The milestone was provided for the turnpike. It is in cast iron, and is half-hexagonal with fluted faces and a domed top. The milestone is inscribed with the distances in miles to Burton-in-Kendal and to Kendal.
Privy, High Banks Farmhouse
54.2403°N -2.7239°W
The privy is in stone and has a green slate roof with ball finials on both gables.