Nicholforest is a civil parish in the Carlisle district of Cumbria, England. It contains seven listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish is almost entirely rural, and the listed buildings consist of a country house that originated as a tower house, an outbuilding associated with it, a farmhouse and a barn, a milestone, a church, and a monument.
The farmhouse was extended in the early 19th century. It is in sandstone and has a Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays, with a two-bay extension. On the front is a gabled porch, and 19th-century windows replace the original mullioned windows. There is also a fire window and a similar blocked window above.[4]
The barn is in sandstone with a Welsh slate roof, and is in a single storey. It contains a large cart entrance, and ventilation slits in two levels.[5]
The milestone was provided for the Longtown to Penton road. It is in sandstone and consists of a squared stone with a rounded top carrying a circular cast iron plate indicating the distance in miles to Carlisle. On the top is a bench mark.[6]
Originally a barn, it is in calciferous sandstone with a Welsh slate roof. The building has a single storey with a loft, and an arcade of eight bays. At the rear is a square-headed cart entrance.[7][8]
The church, designed by Alexander Graham, is in sandstone, and has a roof with bands of blue and purple slate and crested tiles on the ridge. It consists of a nave with an open timber south porch, a lower chancel with an apsidal east end, and a north transept with a lean-to vestry in the angle with the chancel. Over the west bay is a timber bellcote with a slated spirelet.[9][10]
The monument is inscribed and commemorates William Forster, a gamekeeper who was shot by a poacher. It has a stepped plinth in calciferous sandstone, a shaft in polished Dalbeattiegranite, and a tall tapering column in calciferous sandstone. Around it is a low wall with cast iron speared railings.[11]
