Listed buildings in Oughterside and Allerby

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Oughterside and Allerby is a civil parish in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria, England. It contains three listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".[1] The parish is almost entirely rural, and the listed buildings consist of a bridge, a milestone, and a horse trough.

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Name and location Photograph Date Notes
Spring head and horse trough
54°45′19″N 3°26′15″W / 54.75530°N 3.43762°W / 54.75530; -3.43762 (Spring head and horse trough)
Late 18th century or earlier This consists of a rectangular water trough flanked by sandstone walls about 1.25 metres (4 ft 1 in) high and 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) long.[2]
Milestone
54°45′20″N 3°26′16″W / 54.75562°N 3.43785°W / 54.75562; -3.43785 (Milestone)
Late 18th or early 19th century The milestone was provided for the Wigton to Workington turnpike road. It is a round-topped stone inscribed with the distances in miles to Wigton and Workington. On the top of the milestone is a benchmark.[3]
Ellenhall Bridge
54°44′20″N 3°22′26″W / 54.73891°N 3.37381°W / 54.73891; -3.37381 (Ellenhall Bridge)
Ellenhall Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 463762.jpg
Early 19th century The bridge carries a road over the River Ellen. It is in sandstone, and consists of two segmental arches with a central pier and splayed cutwaters. The bridge has a low parapet with saddleback coping.[4]

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  • Historic England, "Spring head and horse trough, Oughterside and Allerby (1225200)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 February 2016
  • Historic England, "Milestone south-west of Heather Bank, Oughterside and Allerby (1217060)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 February 2016
  • Historic England, "Ellenhall Bridge, Oughterside and Allerby (1217212)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 February 2016
  • Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 12 February 2016
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