Boltons is a civil parish in the Cumberland district in Cumbria, England. It contains 14 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 Boltongate and smaller settlements, and is otherwise completely rural. Most of the listed buildings are houses with associated structures, farmhouses and farm buildings. The other listed buildings are a church, its former rectory, a war memorial, and four milestones provided for the Carlisle-CockermouthTurnpike.
The church is built on the plinth of an earlier church. It is in limestone, the nave has a roof of sandstone slate, and the chancel a roof of green slate. The church consists of a nave with north and south porches, transept chapels, a chancel with a north vestry, and a twin bellcote at the west end. There is also a stair tower with a stone-slate spire, leading to a walkway with an embattledparapet, and a north rood turret.[2][3]
Originally a rectory, later a private house, it was extended in the early 17th century and again in 1889. The house is rendered with a sandstonestring course and quoins and a green slate roof. The oldest part has thick walls, two storeys, one bay, and a tower at the east end. It contains a slit window in the ground floor and a sash window above. The central section, dating from 1889, is two storeys and two bays. To the right and lower is the 17th-century range, with two storeys and three bays. The windows in the newer parts are sashes. Inside the oldest part, the ground floor is barrel vaulted, and in the 17th-century range is an inglenook.[4][5]
The hall, later used as a farmhouse, has been extended, and is in two ranges at right angles giving it an L-shaped plan. The building is in limestone, partly roughcast, with green slate roofs. The older part has thick walls, and is in three storeys, but only the ground floor is occupied. The newer range has three storeys and an attic, with two bays and a staircase bay to the right. Many of the openings, including mullioned windows, are blocked. In the newer range is a doorway with pilasters, a pediment, and a fanlight, and the windows are sashes.[4][6]
A farmhouse attached to a former older house, later used as a byre. The whole building is in rubble, partly roughcast, with a roof of green slate and some Welsh slate, and both parts have two storeys. The former older house has three bays, mullioned windows (some of which are blocked), and a doorway with a chamfered surround and an inscribed lintel. The later building dates from the 18th century, it has three bays, an eavescornice, a parapet, a 20th-century porch, and sash windows.[7]
The building is rendered with a green slate roof. The house has two storeys and three bays, with a byre to the left and a barn to the right. The house has mullioned windows, fire windows and a casement window, and the doorway has a chamfered surround. The barn has doorways, loft doors, and ventilation slits.[8]
Originally a farmhouse, later a private house, it is in roughcastsandstone with a green slate roof, and in two storeys. There are four bays with a rear extension, giving the building an L-shaped plan. The windows are mullioned, and there are two half-plank doors.[9]
The milestone was provided for the Carlisle-CockermouthTurnpike. It is in sandstone, and has a round top, a curved face, and a cast iron plate. The plate is inscribed with the distances in miles to Carlisle, Wigton and Cockermouth.[10]
The milestone was provided for the Carlisle-CockermouthTurnpike. It is in sandstone, and has a round top, a curved face, and a cast iron plate. The plate is inscribed with the distances in miles to Carlisle, Wigton and Cockermouth.[11]
The milestone was provided for the Carlisle-CockermouthTurnpike. It is in sandstone, and has a round top, a curved face, and a cast iron plate. The plate is inscribed with the distances in miles to Carlisle, Wigton and Cockermouth.[12]
The milestone was provided for the Carlisle-CockermouthTurnpike. It is in sandstone, and has a round top, a curved face, and a cast iron plate. The plate is inscribed with the distances in miles to Carlisle, Wigton and Cockermouth.[13]
A limestone farmhouse with sandstonequoins, a green slate roof, and a copedgable on the left. It has two storeys and three bays, with a single-bay extension to the right. The sash windows and the doorway have painted stone surrounds.[14]
The war memorial is in the churchyard of All Saints Church. It is in grey granite, and consists of a wheel-head Celtic cross on a wide shaft and a tapering four-sided plinth. On the cross-head is knotwork carving, and on the shaft and plinth are an inscription and the names of those lost in the First World War. In front is a stone block with a slate plaque carrying an inscription and the names of those lost in the Second World War.[17]
