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Listed buildings in Brigham, Cumbria

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Brigham 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. 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. The parish contains the village of Brigham and surrounding countryside. The listed buildings include a church and a sundial in the churchyard, houses and associated structures, farmhouses and farm buildings, milestones, a bridge, a war memorial, and a cattle pound.


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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

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Name and location Photograph Date Notes Grade
St Bridget's Church
54°39′54″N 3°25′08″W / 54.66506°N 3.41896°W / 54.66506; -3.41896 (St Bridget's Church)
Late 11th century The church was altered in each of the following three centuries, and restored in 1863–76 by William Butterfield. It is in calciferous sandstone and has green slate roofs with coped gables, cross finials and shaped ridge tiles. The church consists of a west tower, a nave with a south aisle, a south porch, and a chancel with a north vestry. The tower is in three stages and it has a saddleback roof.[2][3] I
Parsonage Farmhouse
54°39′56″N 3°25′08″W / 54.66563°N 3.41889°W / 54.66563; -3.41889 (Parsonage Farmhouse)
13th or 14th century Originally a vicarage, and later used as a farmhouse, it was altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. The house has thick roughcast walls and a Welsh slate roof, and has two storeys and three bays. Its remaining medieval features include a pointed window arch and two corbels flanking the porch. Later features include sash windows, some of which are horizontally sliding, and a stone porch.[4][5] II*
Sundial
54°39′53″N 3°25′08″W / 54.66479°N 3.41886°W / 54.66479; -3.41886 (Sundial)
1684 The sundial is in the churchyard of St Bridget's Church. It is in red sandstone, and has a shaft with chamfered and moulded angles. On one face is the date, and the sundial is on the other face. The gnomon is missing.[6] II
Midtown Farmhouse and barns
54°39′36″N 3°24′51″W / 54.65991°N 3.41427°W / 54.65991; -3.41427 (Midtown Farmhouse)
Early 18th century The farmhouse and barns, one on each side, are roughcast with green slate roofs. The house has two storeys and three bays. The barn on the left shares a common roof with the house, and the right barn is lower. The doorway has an architrave. Most of the windows are sashes, and there is also a casement window and two fire windows.[a][7] II
Brigham Hall
54°39′33″N 3°25′06″W / 54.65911°N 3.41827°W / 54.65911; -3.41827 (Brigham Hall)
Mid 18th century A pebbledashed farmhouse with quoins and a green slate roof. It has two storeys and five bays. The doorway has a shaped head, and the windows are sashes.[8] II
Gate posts, 81 High Brigham
54°39′33″N 3°25′06″W / 54.65918°N 3.41834°W / 54.65918; -3.41834 (Gate posts, 81 High Brigham)
Mid 18th century A pair of gate piers in pebbledashed stone with a square plan. They have shaped caps and ball finials.[9] II
114 High Brigham and former barn
54°39′35″N 3°25′09″W / 54.65980°N 3.41913°W / 54.65980; -3.41913 (114 High Brigham)
Late 18th or early 19th century The house and former barn are stuccoed with green slate roofs. The house has an eaves cornice, quoins, two storeys, and three bays. The doorway has an architrave and a pediment, and the windows are sashes, also with architraves. The barn to the right is lower and recessed; it contains a doorway, a garage door, a sash window, a casement window, and an oval vent.[10] II
126 High Brigham
54°39′35″N 3°25′11″W / 54.65961°N 3.41961°W / 54.65961; -3.41961 (126 High Brigham)
Late 18th or early 19th century A rendered house with quoins and a green slate roof. It has two storeys and three bays, with a single-bay extension to the left. The doorway has a quoined surround, and the windows are sashes.[11] II
Cattle pound
54°39′25″N 3°24′36″W / 54.65696°N 3.41012°W / 54.65696; -3.41012 (Cattle pound)
Early 19th century The cattle pound is in calciferous sandstone. It consists of a low dry stone wall enclosing a roughly rectangular area.[12] II
Milestone, Broughton Cross
54°39′35″N 3°25′55″W / 54.65975°N 3.43204°W / 54.65975; -3.43204 (Milestone, Broughton Cross)
Early 19th century The milestone was provided for the Cockermouth to Workington Turnpike road. It has a rounded top and is inscribed on the front with the distances in miles to Cockermouth and to Workington.[13] II
Milestone, Eller Ridge Cottage
54°39′55″N 3°24′38″W / 54.66526°N 3.41063°W / 54.66526; -3.41063 (Milestone, Eller Ridge Cottage)
Early 19th century The milestone was provided for the Cockermouth to Workington Turnpike road. It has a rounded top and is inscribed on the front with the distances in miles to Cockermouth and to Workington.[14] II
Old Vicarage
54°39′55″N 3°24′54″W / 54.66525°N 3.41511°W / 54.66525; -3.41511 (Old Vicarage)
Early 19th century A rendered house with gable cross finials and a green slate roof. It has two storeys and three bays. The central porch leads to double doors above which is a fanlight. The windows are sashes with chamfered surrounds and hood moulds.[4][15] II
Wall and gate piers, Old Vicarage
54°39′52″N 3°24′53″W / 54.66453°N 3.41466°W / 54.66453; -3.41466 (Wall and gate piers, Old Vicarage)
Early 19th century The wall and gate piers are in calciferous sandstone. The wall is low and serpentine shaped, with saddleback coping. The gate piers are square and rusticated and have pyramidal caps.[16] II
Broughton High Bridge
54°40′06″N 3°25′32″W / 54.66821°N 3.42545°W / 54.66821; -3.42545 (Broughton High Bridge)
1835 A road bridge carrying Great Boughton over the River Derwent, it is in rusticated calciferous sandstone, and consists of three segmental arches. The arches have voussoirs, and are carried on round piers. The bridge has solid parapets with chamfered coping.[17] II
Ellerlea
54°39′34″N 3°24′47″W / 54.65953°N 3.41296°W / 54.65953; -3.41296 (Ellerlea)
Mid 19th century A stuccoed house with an eaves cornice, angle pilasters, and a green slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays. The central doorway has a fanlight and an Ionic doorcase, flanked by single-storey canted bay windows. Above the doorway is a round-headed sash window, and the other upper floor windows are casements.[18] II
War memorial
54°39′54″N 3°25′08″W / 54.66492°N 3.41883°W / 54.66492; -3.41883 (War memorial)
1921 The war memorial is in the churchyard of St Bridget's Church. It is in red Aberdeen granite, and consists of a cross on a short shaft, on a tapering plinth and a base, both rough-hewn and with a polished front face. The front faces carry inscriptions and the names of those lost in the two World Wars. The memorial stands in a five-sided area surrounded by a granite kerb.[19] II

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  1. ^ Street View in May 2009 shows that the barns have been converted for domestic use.

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