Listed buildings in Levens, Cumbria

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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

Name and location Photograph Date Notes Grade
Nether Levens Farmhouse and store
54°15′33″N 2°47′14″W / 54.25906°N 2.78712°W / 54.25906; -2.78712 (Nether Levens Farmhouse)
Early 16th century (probable) Additions were made later in the 16th century and subsequently. The farmhouse is in stone with sandstone dressings and it has a slate roof with a stone ridge. There are four massive round chimneys, and one smaller one. The house has two storeys, an irregular plan, and various windows, most of which are mullioned and transomed with hood moulds. Inside are many original features.[2][3] II*
Levens Hall
54°15′33″N 2°46′35″W / 54.25905°N 2.77633°W / 54.25905; -2.77633 (Levens Hall)
16th century A
embattled tower, and the other bays are gabled. The windows are mullioned and transomed, most have hood moulds, and the door is approached by stone steps. There is a service wing that has a square clock tower with a dome and a gilded ball finial.[4][5]
I
Old stables, cottages and gate piers, Levens Hall
54°15′34″N 2°46′31″W / 54.25956°N 2.77540°W / 54.25956; -2.77540 (Old stables, cottages and gate piers, Levens Hall)
Mid-16th century (probable) The stables have been converted into houses. They are in stone with sandstone dressings, and have green slate roofs with stone ridges. There are two storeys and eight irregular bays. Most of the windows are casements with mullions, and the doorway has a moulded surround and a cornice. The gate piers at the northeast corner are part-octagonal and have moulded shafts and ball finials, and are flanked by blank niches with semicircular heads.[6] II*
Ha-ha, Levens Hall
54°15′29″N 2°46′38″W / 54.25802°N 2.77726°W / 54.25802; -2.77726 (Ha-ha, Levens Hall)
c. 1692 The ha-ha is in limestone. It is semicircular with a radius of about 10 metres (33 ft), and is about 3 metres (9.8 ft) high.[7] II
Garden feature, Levens Hall
54°15′26″N 2°46′30″W / 54.25710°N 2.77507°W / 54.25710; -2.77507 (Garden feature, Levens Hall)
Before 1720 The feature, known as the "Smoke House", has a front dating from the 19th century. It is
timber framed with rendered lath and plaster infill, and it has a slate roof with a stone ridge.[8]
II
Heaves Farmhouse and barn
54°16′22″N 2°46′54″W / 54.27281°N 2.78173°W / 54.27281; -2.78173 (Heaves Farmhouse)
17th century The farmhouse and barn are under one roof, and the barn is slightly later. They are in limestone, partly roughcast, and have a green slate roof with a stone ridge. There are two storeys, the main front of the house faces east and has three irregular bays, and modern doors and windows. The barn contains four doors in the ground floor and a barn door in the upper floor approached by a ramp.[9] II
Levens Bridge
54°15′37″N 2°46′30″W / 54.26015°N 2.77503°W / 54.26015; -2.77503 (Levens Bridge)
17th century (probable) The bridge was later widened, and carries the A6 road over the River Kent. It is in limestone and consists of two arches with voussoirs and cutwaters. The parapets have flat sandstone coping. The bridge is also a scheduled monument.[10][11] II
Dovecote northwest of Nether Levens Farmhouse
54°15′34″N 2°47′15″W / 54.25955°N 2.78738°W / 54.25955; -2.78738 (Dovecote northwest of Nether Levens Farmhouse)
17th century (possible) The
lintels, and at a higher level on all sides is a small square opening. Inside there are nesting boxes.[12][13]
II
Frosthwaite Farmhouse and store
54°16′30″N 2°46′15″W / 54.27497°N 2.77087°W / 54.27497; -2.77087 (Frosthwaite Farmhouse)
Late 17th century (probable) The farmhouse, with a store attached to the right, is in
canopy on three cast iron posts. The windows are casements, those in the ground floor having segmental arched heads. On the left of the house is a massive stepped chimney.[14]
II
Walls, gate piers and gates north of Levens Hall
54°15′35″N 2°46′34″W / 54.25972°N 2.77608°W / 54.25972; -2.77608 (Walls, gate piers and gates, Levens Hall)
c. 1700 The wall runs along the north side of the garden. It is a low stone wall with
plinths and cornices, and containing decorative wrought iron gates. On top of the piers are vases, and there are more vases at intervals along the wall.[15]
II
Underhill House, barn and pigsties
54°16′03″N 2°47′30″W / 54.26743°N 2.79175°W / 54.26743; -2.79175 (Underhill House)
Late 17th to early 18th century The buildings are in stone, the house and barn (which is now incorporated into the house) are
quoins and a lean-to roof. On the north front is a stair turret, two small windows, and a lean-to porch. On the south front are sash windows and a doorway.[16]
II
Lawrence House and Levens Brow
54°15′44″N 2°46′29″W / 54.26227°N 2.77466°W / 54.26227; -2.77466 (Lawrence House and Levens Brow)
1708 Formerly one house, later divided into two, the oldest part was rebuilt following a fire, an extension was added to the south probably in the early 19th century, and the north wing was added in about 1910. The house is in stone, partly rendered, with a green slate roof. It has a double-depth plan, and two storeys. All the windows date from the 19th century; some are mullioned and transomed with hood moulds, and others are casements. On the front is a gabled stone porch.[17] II
Barn, Frosthwaite Farm
54°16′29″N 2°46′15″W / 54.27467°N 2.77085°W / 54.27467; -2.77085 (Barn, Frosthwaite Farm)
18th century This consists of a bank barn with a shippon below. It is in stone with through-stones, it has a green
canopy, a mullioned window, and a shippon door.[18]
II
Dovecote north-north-east of Nether Levens Farmhouse
54°15′36″N 2°47′13″W / 54.25987°N 2.78693°W / 54.25987; -2.78693 (Dovecote north-north-east of Nether Levens Farmhouse)
18th century (possible) The
lintel, and there is a smaller opening above. Inside are nesting boxes.[12][19]
II
Heaves Hotel
54°16′24″N 2°46′24″W / 54.27347°N 2.77338°W / 54.27347; -2.77338 (Heaves Hotel)
c. 1818 Originally a
quoins, a sill band, and a green slate roof with a corniced parapet. There are two storeys with attics, and a front of three bays. On the front is a central porch with four fluted Ionic columns and a dentilled cornice. There is a French window in the centre of the upper floor, and the other windows are sashes in moulded surrounds.[12][20]
II
Barn and granary, Lawrence House
54°15′45″N 2°46′28″W / 54.26240°N 2.77431°W / 54.26240; -2.77431 (Barn and granary, Lawrence House)
Early 19th century (probable)(architecture)| This consists of a barn with stables, and a granary at right angles. They are in stone, partly on a
plinth, with some through-stones, and a green slate roof with a stone ridge. The barn has eight bays and contains a wagon door. In the granary are a window, three doors, one in the upper with a small gable and approached by external steps. Between the barn and the granary is a wagon arch with a sandstone surround.[21]
II
Gatepiers, Levens Hall
54°15′36″N 2°46′31″W / 54.25989°N 2.77526°W / 54.25989; -2.77526 (Gatepiers, Levens Hall)
Early 19th century (probable) The gate
plinth, and an overhanging top cornice on which is a limestone pine cone in an acanthus cup. Outside the piers are curving walls.[22]
II
Potting shed, stores and gates, Levens Hall
54°15′32″N 2°46′38″W / 54.25877°N 2.77717°W / 54.25877; -2.77717 (Potting shed, stores and gates, Levens Hall)
Early 19th century (probable) The potting shed and stores are at right angles, forming an L-shaped plan. They are in stone, the stores have limestone piers, and the roof is slated with a stone ridge. The buildings have a single storey, two windows and a door.[23] II
St John's Church
54°15′54″N 2°47′31″W / 54.26501°N 2.79198°W / 54.26501; -2.79198 (St John's Church)
1826–28 A
plinth, with a band and a slate roof. It consists of a nave with a south porch, a narrower chancel with a north vestry, and a west steeple with a north organ chamber. The steeple has a rectangular tower, an octagonal belfry, and an octagonal spire. The windows are lancets.[24][25]
II
Stable and hayloft, Frosthwaite Farm
54°16′29″N 2°46′16″W / 54.27481°N 2.77112°W / 54.27481; -2.77112 (Stable and hayloft, Frosthwaite Farm)
1849 The building is in
quoins and through-stones. There are two storeys, and a single-storey extension to the right. There is a door in each floor, and two windows on the ground floor.[26]
II
Limekiln
54°15′43″N 2°47′28″W / 54.26196°N 2.79106°W / 54.26196; -2.79106 (Limekiln)
Mid-19th century (probable) The
plinth. It has an opening with a semicircular head and radiating voussoirs. The top is incomplete.[27]
II
War memorial
54°15′54″N 2°47′30″W / 54.26496°N 2.79169°W / 54.26496; -2.79169 (War memorial)
1921 The war memorial is in the churchyard of St John's Church. It is in stone, and consists of a wheel-head cross on a tapering shaft with a
plinth, on a three-stepped square base. On the front of the plinth are two brass plaques with inscriptions and the names of those lost in the two World Wars.[28]
II

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