Temple Sowerby is a civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It contains 42 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 Temple Sowerby and the surrounding countryside. Most of the listed buildings are in the village, and consist of houses and associated structures, farmhouses and farm buildings. Also in the village and listed are a public house, a telephone kiosk and a maypole. Outside the village, and listed, are Acorn Bank House and a water mill, both with associated structures.
A country house that is now in the care of the National Trust. It is built in stone with slate roofs. The house consists of a main range of three storeys and a symmetrical front of nine bays with a band and mouldedeaves. The central doorway has an architrave and a segmental pediment, and the windows are sashes with architraves. Flanking the main range are projecting two-storey wings with hipped roofs and trompe-l'œil windows.[2][3]
Originally an inn, later divided into two cottages, they are in stone with a Welsh slate roof. The cottages have a single storey, Swan House has three bays, and Swan Cottage, to the left, has five bays. Swan Cottage has one mullioned window, the other windows in both cottages being sashes, and both have dormers in the roof. Inside Swan House is a cruck truss.[4]
This originated as a cottage and is in stone on a plinth. It has a single storey with attics, and four bays. The windows are sashes, those in the attic being horizontally-sliding.[5]
The sundial has been moved from another site. The sundial itself is cubic, and sits on a square stone on an oval table that is carried on balusters. The plate and gnomon are missing. On the sides of the sundial are carved coats of arms and inscriptions.[6]
The walls are in brick with flat stone copings. The oldest part is the north wall of the herb garden, and most of the walls date from the mid-18th century. The gates are in wrought iron, they are variously decorated, and some have been moved from other sites. The main gate came from Verona, and has an overthrow.[7]
A sandstone house with quoins, mouldedeaves and a slate roof with stone copings. There are two storeys and a symmetrical three-bay front. The door is in the centre, and the windows are mullioned in stone surrounds.[8]
A house built in two parts, joined by a linking range, later a hotel. The earlier part is at the rear, it is pebbledashed at the front, on a plinth, with quoins, a band and a slate roof. There are two storeys, two bays, mullioned windows in the ground floor, and sash windows above. In the linking range is a dated lintel. The front part dates from the late 18th to early 19th century, it is in brick with rusticated quoins, a plinth and eaves, both moulded, and a Welsh slate roof with stone copings. It has two storeys, a symmetrical front of five bays, a central doorway with an architrave and a pediment, and sash windows in architraves. At the south end is a cantedbay window, and at the north end is a two-storey coach house.[9][10]
The cottage is in stone with a stuccoed front, and has a slate roof with stone coping to the south. There are two storeys and four bays, two central doorways, and casement windows.[11]
The farmhouse and attached buildings are in stone with quoins and a slate roof. The original house has two storeys and a symmetrical front of three bays, a central door, and sash windows. It has been extended into a former byre to the north. To the south is a barn with a wagon doorway and a smaller doorway.[12]
Originally an inn and a house, later combined in to a public house. The former inn to the east is in stone on a chamferedplinth with rusticatedquoins, a belt course, and a slate roof with stone copings. It has two storeys and five bays and a door with a pedimentedarchitrave. The former house is stuccoed with two storeys and three bays, a doorway with a shallow porch, and two added dormers in the roof. All the windows are sashes.[13]
A water mill that was later extended, it is in stone with slate roofs and two storeys. The original part has four bays and contains casement windows. To the left is a single-bay extension with a small wagon door and a casement window, and to the right is a three-bay extension containing two doors and a loft door. Inside the mill is machinery, including two water wheels.[14][15]
The pigsty is in stone with quoins and has a slate roof with stone-flagged eaves. It has a single storey and four doors, and there is a small window in each gable.[14][16]
The low stone walls run along the front of the gardens. The wall of Beech House has chamferedcoping, and the gate piers are rusticated with cornicedcapitals and domical caps. The railings are in wrought iron and have spearhead standards. Beech Cottage has monolithic gate piers with curved tops. The wall of Sheriff House has a mouldedplinth and chamfered copings, and the wrought iron railings have spearhead standards and urn finials. There are piers flanking the gates, and at the ends; they are rusticated with moulded bases, and have corniced capitals with fluting and dentils. Above the gate is a scrolled overthrow.[18]
A stone house with a stuccoed front, rusticatedquoins, and a slate roof with stone coping. It has two storeys and a symmetrical front of three bays. The windows are sashes in stone surrounds. In front of the house are railings and a gate in wrought iron.[19]
A stone house on a mouldedplinth, with rusticatedquoins, a band, and a slate roof with stone copings. There are two storeys and a symmetrical front of three bays. In the centre is a doorway with an architrave and a pediment, and the windows are sashes. At the rear is a combined doorway and staircase window with a round head and a projecting keystone. To the right of the house is a lower former cottage, in front of which is a 20th-century glazed porch.[9][20]
The house has been extended to incorporate a former cottage to the right. It is stuccoed and has a slate roof. The house has two storeys, and the original part has a symmetrical three-bay front. In the centre is a Doric porch that has a segmental canopy with a moulded edge. In the ground floor of the former cottage are garage doors, and all the windows are sashes.[22]
A stone house with quoins and a slate roof with stone copings. It has two storeys and a symmetrical front of three bays. The central doorway has an architrave and a cornice, and the windows are sashes in stone surrounds.[9][23]
The miller's house was extended later. It is in stone with rusticatedquoins, and has a slate roof with stone copings. The house has two storeys, a symmetrical three-bay front, a doorway with a rusticated surround and a fanlight, and sash windows in stone surrounds. To the left is a recessed single-storey wash house, and to the right is a recessed single-storey extension with a hipped roof.[14][25]
The building is in stone, with knapped river boulders giving checkerboard patterning. It has quoins and a slate roof, two storeys and ten bays. The doorways have segmental heads, and the windows are in stone surrounds.[a][29]
The barn is in stone with quoins, and has a slate roof with stone copings. It contains a large wagon door, and all the openings have segmental heads with imposts and projecting keystones.[b][30]
A stone house with rusticatedquoins and a hippedslate roof. There is a symmetrical front of two storeys and three bays, and it has a central doorway with a cornice, and sash windows in stone surrounds. To the north is a stair window with a traceried round head. At the rear is a former warehouse, integral with the house, that has been much altered.[9][31]
The buildings are in stone with rusticatedquoins, and slate roofs with stone copings. The farmhouse has a band, an eavescornice, two storeys, and a symmetrical three-bay front. The central doorway has an architrave with a pediment and the windows are sashes. The cottage to the left is slightly recessed, and in front is a lean-to conservatory containing a rusticated doorcase. To the left of the cottage is the byre range at right angles with a blind Venetian window in the gable end.[32]
The house is in stone on a plinth, and has rusticatedquoins, an eavescornice. a low parapet, and a slate roof with stone copings. It has two storeys and a symmetrical three-bay front. In the centre is an open porch with an entablature carried on unflutedIonic columns, and a doorway with a semicircular fanlight. The windows are sashes, and at the rear are two two-storey semicircular bay windows. To the right, a single-storey bay links to a wing at right angles.[9][33]
The building is in stone with quoins and a slate roof. It contains a large central wagon door, steps leading up to a small cottage door, and other doors and windows. All the doors have segmental heads.[34]
A K6 type telephone kiosk, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott. Constructed in cast iron with a square plan and a dome, it has three unperforated crowns in the top panels.[35]
The walls enclosing the garden at the front of the house are in stone with segmental copings. Flanking the central gate, and at the ends, are rusticatedpiers that have capitals with cornices and urn finials. The railings have pointed standards, and the gate has a wooden frame.[37]
The low walls in front of the garden are in stone with later copings. In the centre is a pair of monolithic gate piers that have square capitals and domical tops.[38]
The walls are to the east of the garden, they are on stone with flat copings, and are about 6 feet (1.8 m) high in the centre and about 4 feet (1.2 m) high elsewhere. The gates are in wrought iron and have pointed standards, and the gate piers are square and rusticated, and have capitals with cornices and domical tops.[39]
The walls are on the east side of the grounds of the house, and are in stone with chamferedcopings. The railings have cast iron panels with pierced decoration and foliate terminals.[40]
The oldest part of the maypole is the base, consisting of four gritstone steps, which may on the site of an earlier cross. At the top is a wrought ironweathercock dated 1891, and the timber upright is a 20th-century replacement.[41]
The stone walls enclose the forecourt of the house, the side walls curving inwards towards the house, and they have segmental copings. There is a pair of gate piers at each end. These are rusticated and have capitals with cornices, stepped tops, and ball finials. The gates are in wrought iron, and date from the 20th century.[42]
The stone walls enclose the garden at the front of the house. The walls at the sides are higher with segmental coping. On the lower walls at the front have chamfered coping, and railings with spearhead standards. The central gates are in wrought iron and have scrolled decoration. They are flanked by rusticated square gate piers that have capitals with cornices and domical tops. There are similar but smaller end piers.[43]
The walls enclose the forecourt at the front of the house. They are in stone on a chamferedplinth, and have moulded segmental copings. There are two pairs of gate piers; they are rusticated, and have square capitals with cornices, and stepped domical tops.[44]
The walls enclose the garden at the front of the farmhouse, and are in stone with chamferedcoping. The railings and gates are in cast iron and have spearhead standards.[45]
The stone walls enclose the garden at the front of the house and have triangular copings. The gate, overthrow, and railings are in wrought iron. The gates have scrolled decoration, above them is a semicircular overthrow, and flanking them are cast iron gate posts with urn finials. On the walls are railings with fleur-de-lis standards, in sections divided by cast iron balusters with urn finials.[46]
