Warton is a civil parish in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. It contains 29 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Warton and surrounding countryside. Most of the listed buildings are houses or farmhouses, the majority being on Main Street in the village. The Lancaster Canal runs through the parish, and a flight of locks is listed. The other listed buildings include a ruined rectory, a church, a public house, a milestone, and a disused limekiln.
The old rectory is a ruin standing behind the present vicarage. It is in rubble with sandstone dressings, and consists of parts of the wall of a hall with service rooms, and the foundations of an east wing. The structure is also a Scheduled Monument.[2][3][4]
The house is in pebbledashed stone with sandstone dressings and a slate roof. It is in two storeys with an attic. The windows are sashes, and there is a fire window with a triangular head. The doorway has a chamfered surround and a four-centred head.[7][8]
A pair of pebbledashed stone houses with sandstone dressings and a slate roof in two storeys with an attic. No. 96 has two bays, and No. 94 has one. The windows in No. 94 are modern, and those in No. 96 are sashes, apart from the central window in the top floor, which has a semicircular head. There is a later wing at the rear.[10]
The house is in pebbledashed stone with sandstone dressings and a modern tile roof. It has two storeys and three bays. Most of the windows are sashes, and one is mullioned. The doorway has a chamfered surround. Flanking the central window in the upper floor are re-set datestones.[11]
A house with a cottage that has been incorporated into one house. The building was altered in 1849. It is in pebbledashed stone with a slate roof, and has two storeys. The main house has two bays, with the former cottage to the right. The windows are sashes, and the doorway has an inscribed battlementedlintel.[7][12]
A pair of pebbledashed stone houses with a slate roof in two storeys with an attic. The windows in No. 67 are sashes, and above the doorway is a moulded, inscribed and battlementedlintel. The doorway to No. 65 has a plain surround.[13]
The house is in pebbledashed stone with a slate roof. It has two storeys, and consists of a main part and a projecting extension to the left. On the front is a gabled stone porch. The windows are casements, and some mullions have been retained. There is an outshut to the rear.[15]
The farmhouse was extended to the right later in the 18th century. It is in rendered stone, with a roof of slate to the front and stone-slate to the rear. There are two storeys and three bays, and the windows are sashes.[16]
A pebbledashed stone house with a slate roof in two storeys and two bays. The openings have plain surrounds, and the windows are sashes, one of which is mullioned.[17]
A pair of limestone cottages with sandstone dressings and a slate roof in two storeys with attics. The doorways are in the centre and have plain surrounds, and the windows are mullioned. Above the right doorway is an oval inscribed plaque.[18]
Three houses in rendered stone with slate roofs and two storeys. The doorways have semicircular heads with raised keystones. Nos. 70 and 72 have a doorway to the left and a sash window to the right in each floor. No. 68 has a shop window in the ground floor and a double sash window above with a mullion.[19]
Originally a house, later used as an office, it is in limestone with a slate roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and the central doorway is blocked. On the front is a Venetian window, and all the windows are sashed. To the right is an extension, and to the south is a barn with a wide entrance.[21]
A public house in rendered stone with a slate roof. It has two storeys with attics and a four-bay front. All the windows are sashes, and the doorway has a plain surround. At the rear are two gabled wings.[22]
A pebbledashed stone house with a slate roof in two storeys. In the ground floor is a doorway with a plain surround and a sash window. The upper floor contains a double sash window with a mullion.[23]
The milestone is in sandstone with cast iron plates. It has a triangular section and a circular base inscribed with the name of the parish. On the plates are the distances in miles to Burton-in-Kendal and to Lancaster.[24]
Originally a country house, it has since been used as a monastery. The original block has two storeys with an attic and three bays. A two-storey wing was added to the right in the mid-19th century, and a similar wing to the left in the mid-20th century. The building is in sandstone, the wings are stuccoed, and the roof is slated. Most of the windows are sashes, some with baseless Tuscan columns as mullions. To the left is the front of a pavilion that includes a Diocletian window and a pediment.[25][26]
The house is in pebbledashed stone with a slate roof, in two storeys with an attic, and with a symmetrical three-bay front. The central doorway has a cornice hood, and the first floor windows are sashes. The barn to the left is in limestone with a lower slate roof, and contains two segmental arched entrances, one of which is blocked.[29]
A pair of limestone houses with a slate roof in two storeys. No. 152 has two bays, and No. 150 has one. The windows are sashes, and the doorways have fanlights and flat stone hoods on shaped brackets.[31]
The farmhouse is in limestone with a slate roof. It has two storeys and a symmetrical three-bay front. The central doorway has a plain surround and a flat cornice hood, and the windows are sashes.[32]
A pebbledashed house with sandstone dressings and a slate roof, in two storeys and three bays. In the centre is a projecting porch with panelled pilasters, a dentil course, and a cornice. The windows are sashes, and there is a lean-to extension with an inscribed plaque.[33]
The house is in limestone with a slate roof. There are two storeys and two bays. In the centre is a gabled porch. The windows on the front are mullioned, and on the rear they are sashes.[34]
The limekiln is constructed in limestone and is built into the side of a hill. It has a square plan. On the front is a segmental vaulted opening, and on the top is a central flue hole.[35]
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