Ireby and Uldale is a civil parish in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria, England. It contains 35 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, two are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish is mainly rural, and contains the villages and smaller settlements of Ireby, High Ireby, Uldale, and Ruthwaite. Most of the listed buildings are houses, cottages, farmhouses, farm buildings, and associated structures. The other listed buildings include churches and associated structures, a market cross, a war memorial, and a hotel.
The church was altered in 1730, additions were made in 1837 when the chancel was rebuilt, and the church was restored in 1914 by J. H. Martindale. It is in whitewashed rubble and has a green slate roof with copedgables. The church consists of a nave, a chancel, and a north vestry, and there is a double bellcote on the west gable. The east window is in Decorated style.[5][6]
When the church was reduced in size in 1845, the aisle columns were used as gate posts for a house in Ireby village, and were returned to their original location in 1977. They consist of two octagonal sandstonemonolithic columns with bases and capitals.[2][7]
A house was added to the farmhouse in 1675, and this has since been converted into a barn, The building is in mixed slate and limestonerubble, the barn being rendered, and with a green slate roof. The house has two storeys and six bays and contains a doorway with an architrave and a segmental pediment. The windows are mullioned and contain casements in architraves with a pulvinated frieze and a cornice, The barn is at right-angles to the left, and it contains a doorway with a chamfered alternate-block surround and a lintel with a keystone.[8]
A market cross in red sandstone. It has a stepped plinth, an octagonal head, and a 19th-century restored cross head, its design being based on the font in St James' Church.[2][9]
The farmhouse and barns were altered and extended in the 19th century; they are rendered and have Welsh slate roofs. The house has two storeys and three bays, a three-bay extension to the right, and another extension at the rear. The doorway in the original part has a chamfered surround, and in the extension is a doorway with a Tuscan porch. The windows are sashes. Flanking the house on each side are L-shaped barns, giving the building a U-shaped plan, These contain through archways, doorways, loft doors, and casement windows.[2][10]
The former moot hall was extended by the addition of a wing to the left in the early 19th century, and a wing to the right in the late 19th century, and it has since been divided into three dwellings. The building is rendered with a green slate roof, it has two storeys, and each wing has two bays. The windows on the front are casements, the central doorway has an architrave and a segmental pediment, and above it is a coat of arms. At the rear are mullioned windows, some with the mullions removed.[11][12]
The building is in rubble with green slate roofs. The house has two storeys and four bays, a single-bay former stable to the left incorporated into the house, and the former smithy at right-angles to the right. The doorway has a Tudor archedlintel, and the windows are a mix of sashes and casements. The former smithy has a garage door and a casement window.[13]
Originally a farmhouse, later a house and a barn, it is stuccoed with a green slate roof. The house is in two storeys and three bays, and has mullioned windows with chamfered surrounds. The lower barn is to the right, and has a central cart entrance with a wooden lintel. It was the home of John Peel.[14]
The farmhouse and barn are in renderedlimestone and have a green slate roof. The house has two storeys and four bays, and contains casement windows. The barn to the left has a blocked doorway converted into a window, and ventilation slits.[15]
A rendered house with a green slate roof, in two storeys and two bays. The surrounds of the doorway and windows are chamfered, and the original mullions have been removed and some windows have 20th-century replacements. There is also a small fire window.[17]
A farmhouse and former stable in sandstone with quoins, and a green slate roof with copedgables. There are two storeys; the house has two bays with a single-bay extension to the right and a single-bay former stable to the left. Some windows are sashes, others are casements, and in the former stable is a loft door. Inside the house is a bressumer.[18]
Originally a house and a stable, later converted into two houses. The building is roughcast with a green slate roof, and has two storeys. The original house has been divided into two, the right two bays forming Eardon Cottage, and the former stable has been incorporated into the other cottage. The original doorway has a panelled frieze and a cornice. In the original house the windows are sashes, and in the stable they are casements. Inside the house is a bressumer.[19]
The farmhouse and barn are in cobblerubble, the house being rendered, and they have a tiled roof. The house has two storeys and two bays, with a two-bay extension to the right, and a two-bay barn further to the right. There is a doorway with a chamfered surround and a dated lintel. Some windows are sashes, others are casements. In the barn are a cart entrance, a doorway, a loft door, and a pigeon hole.[20]
A stuccoed farmhouse with a green slate roof, in two storeys and four bays. The doorway has a dated and inscribed lintel, and the windows are sashes. There is also a small fire window. Inside the house are an inglenook and a bressumer.[21]
The farmhouse and barn are rendered with green slate roofs. The house has two storeys and four bays, and the barn is at a right-angle on the right, giving an L-shaped plan. The windows are casements, and the doorway has a porch, an architrave, and a dated lintel. The barn has a projecting cart entrance, a doorway and windows.[22]
The farmhouse is roughcast on large plinth stones, and has a roof of slate, partly green slate and partly Welsh. There are two storeys and two bays, with an outshut to the rear. At the rear is a doorway with a chamfered surround and a dated lintel. In the outshut is a mullioned window and windows with mullions removed; the other windows are modern. The barn to the left is in mixed limestone and cobblerubble masonry. At its rear is a cart entrance, a doorway and a casement window. Inside the house is an inglenook and a bressumer.[23]
A rendered farmhouse with a tile roof. It has two storeys and three bays, and a rear extension, giving it a T-shaped plan. Some of the windows are mullioned and others are sashes.[24]
The farmhouse and barn have green slate roofs. The farmhouse is roughcast, and has two storeys and two bays. The doorway has an architrave, and the windows are sashes. The barn to the right has a large cart entrance.[25]
A roughcast house with a green slate roof, in two storeys and two bays. The windows are sashes, one of which has retained its original chamfered surround.[26]
A row of three houses, later converted into two, they are roughcast with a green slate roof. They have two storeys, Dale View to the right has five bays, and Hemp Garth has three. Most of the doorways and windows have chamfered surrounds, and one doorway has an inscribed lintel. The windows in Dale View are sashes, and those in Hemp Garth are casements; the latter house also having a porch.[27]
The farmhouse and barns are roughcast with green slate roofs. The house has two storeys and two bays, with an L-shaped barn and dairy to the left, and a lower barn to the right. The windows are sashes. In the left barn is a through arch and a casement window.[28]
The farmhouse and barn are rendered with a green slate roof. The house has two storeys and three bays, with an L-shaped barn to the right. The doorway and some windows have chamfered surrounds, the windows being sashes. In the barn is a doorway, a casement window, and a loft door reached by projecting slate steps.[29]
A farmhouse built in rubble, rendered at the rear, on earlier foundations, with large plinth stones and a green slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays, with a single-bay extension to the right, and a lower two-bay extension to the left. Above the doorway is a fanlight, and the windows are sashes.[30]
The farmhouse is in mixed slate and cobblerubble, with quoins and a green slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays. The windows are sashes, and at the rear is a round-headed stair window.[31]
A farmhouse in rubble with a green slate roof. It has two storeys and three bays, and an extension at the rear. The windows are horizontally sliding sashes with flattened segmental arches.[32]
A stuccoed house on a chamferedplinth with quoins and a hipped green slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays with a rear extension giving an L-shaped plan. The doorway has a fanlight, in the ground floor are French windows, and along the front is a verandah on cast iron supports. Elsewhere the windows are sashes. The rear extension is in sandstone, and against the rear wall is a mounting block.[35]
The wall dates from the later part of the 18th century. It is a low wall in mixed limestone and sandstone with occasional sandstone uprights, and runs round three sides of the garden. In the centre is an oval sandstone trough with a shaped back and a cast iron spout with a lion's head.[36]
Originally a country house, later used as a hotel, it is in renderedsandstone on an ashlarplinth. The hotel has two storeys, and three bays flanked by three-bay bow-fronted wings, and with a rear wing, giving an L-shaped plan. On the front are angle pilasters, a string course, a cornice, and a battlementedparapet. The central bay projects forward as a porch with four half-flutedDoric columns, above which is a coat of arms, and a three-light window with pilasters. The windows are sashes. To the left of the hotel is a garden terrace with a balustrade, and at the rear is a round-headed stair window.[39]
The war memorial stands in the churchyard of St James' Church, Ireby immediately to the east of the church. It is in grey granite, and consists of a Celtic cross on a tapering shaft on a tapering four-sided plinth, in all about 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) high. On the front of the head of the cross is knotwork carving, and on the front of the shaft and the plinth are inscriptions and the names of those lost in the two World Wars.[40]
