Arthuret is a civil parish in the Carlisle district of Cumbria, England. It contains 25 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, five are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish includes the small town of Longtown and is otherwise mainly rural. Two buildings originated as fortified towers, Netherby Hall, which has been expanded converted into a country house, and Brackenhill Tower, which is part of a farm. These, and structures associated with them, are listed. Some of the listed buildings are in Longtown, including houses, hotels, a bridge, and a church. Outside these areas the listed buildings include another church with associated structures, including a holy well, and milestones.
The cross is in the churchyard of St Michael's Church. It is in sandstone, and consists of a square socket base, a tapering shaft carved with crosses, and a wheel head cross.[2][3]
Originally a tower house, it was altered and extended in 1639, in the late 18th century, and again in 1883, creating a country house, much of it in Scottish baronial style. It is built in sandstone with slate roofs, and has a complex plan. Its long east front includes, from the right, a low three-bay servants' hall, another three-bay section, a taller 18th-century three bay section, the original three-storey pele tower, much altered and including the statue of a knight in a niche and corner tourelles, a taller octagonal entrance tower, and lower sections at the left. The west front has a five-bay two-storey block, flanked by cantedbay windows, and three-bay wings with 1+1⁄2 storeys on each side.[4][5]
A fortified house that was extended in 1717 and again in 1860. The original part is in sandstone on a chamferedplinth, and consists of a square tower with two storeys and a basement, a corbelledbattlementedparapet, and with a gabledslate roof within the parapet. The 1717 extension is in brick with a green slate roof, and has two storeys and three bays, and the 1860 extension is in sandstone, it has two storeys, quoins, a corbelled battlemented parapet, and a flat roof.[6][7]
A holy well in sandstone that has a well head with a pointed arch and a recessed bowl. There is a retaining wall, and steps lead down to paving and a stone trough.[9]
Two houses at right angles, the older being No. 56 English Street. It is in brick on a chamfered stone plinth, and has a slate roof, two storeys and three bays. The doorway has a fanlight with a moulded round arch and a false keystone, and the windows are sashes. Nook House dates from the early 19th century, it is stuccoed with angle pilasters, and has two storeys and five bays. Above the doorway is a fanlight with a segmental head, and the windows are sashes.[12]
The farmhouse is in calciferous sandstone on a squared plinth, with quoins and it has a Welsh slate roof with copedgables. There are two storeys with attics, five bays, and a granary wing at right angles. The doorway has a mouldedarchitrave with a pulvinated frieze and a moulded cornice. The windows are sashes in raised stone surrounds. The granary wing has external steps leading to a first-floor loft door and a pulley swing bar.[13]
The barns are in sandstone, they have roofs of varying materials, and form three sides of the farmyard. They contain an arched entrance to the farmyard, and various openings, including a cart entrance, doors and windows, and there are external stone steps leading to a loft door.[14]
The hotel is rendered on a chamfered stone plinth, and has stone dressings and a hippedslate roof. There are three storeys and five bays, the outer bays projecting and canted. On the front is a prostyleDoric porch and a doorway with a fanlight in a mouldedarchitrave. The windows are sashes. To the right is a 19th-century extension with two storeys and three bays, containing an archway.[15]
Originally a house and stable, it was redesigned in 1916, and used as a public house. It is in red sandstone, and has green slate roofs with copedgables. The left section has two storeys and three bays, and the right section is in one storey with six bays. The doorway has a fanlight and a quoined surround, and the windows are sashes with plain surrounds.[10][20]
The buildings are in sandstone, partly stuccoed, and have Welsh slate roofs. The house has two storeys, three bays and sash windows. The stables also have two storeys, they almost enclose the four sides of the courtyard, and they incorporate a clock tower in an angle. The tower is square and has quoins, string courses, louvred vents, and a clock face in the wall facing the house.[21][22]
The lodge to Netherby Hall is in painted stone and has a hipped Welsh slate roof. It has one storey and three bays. The roof projects over the eaves and is carried on square wooden pillars. There are extensions to the main block with decorative bargeboards, a three-light casement window and a narrow round-headed window, both in chamfered surrounds.[23]
The ice house is in sandstone and brick, and is built into a bank. It has a passage with outer and inner doors that have stone surrounds. The ice pit is in brick and is domed, and there are the remains of an inner wooden wall.[24]
The milestone was provided for the Longtown to Penton road. It is in sandstone, it has a rounded top, and carries a cast iron plate inscribed with the distance in miles to Carlisle.[25]
The milestone was provided for the Carlisle to Longtownturnpike. It is in sandstone, it has a rounded top, and carries two cast iron plates inscribed with the distances in miles, one to Carlisle, and the other to Longtown.[26]
The milestone was provided for the Carlisle to Longtownturnpike. It is in sandstone, it has a rounded top, and carries two cast iron plates inscribed with the distances in miles, one to Carlisle, and the other to Longtown. On top of the stone is a benchmark.[27]
Originally the miller's house, it is in sandstone with quoins and has a hipped green slate roof. There is a projecting two-storey bay with a single-storey porch on the left. To the right is a 1+1⁄2 bay that has a doorway with a chamfered arch. There is also a cantedbay window with a sash window below, and a double round-arched casement window above, and a triple casement window with a hood and a coat of arms above.[28]
The lodge to Netherby Hall is in sandstone with a Welsh slate roof, and has two storeys and three bays. There is a two-storey gabled porch containing a square-headed door and a hood mould. The windows are sashes in chamfered surrounds and with hood moulds, and the gables have decorated bargeboards.[30]
The wall on the east side of the churchyard is in sandstone with rounded coping. It contains two entrances with square gate piers. The left entrance has a scrolled wrought ironoverthrow with a lamp, and there is a cast iron lamp standard on the right pier of the other entrance.[31]
A footbridge over the River Esk, There is a square iron pylon on each bank supporting steel wires and a wooden walkway. It carries a painted warning notice dated 1904.[32]
