Listed buildings in Whitwell and Selside

Whitwell and Selside is a former civil parish, now in the parish of in the South Lakeland District of Cumbria, England. It contains eleven 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 contains the village of Selside and smaller settlements, and is otherwise rural. The listed buildings consist of houses, farm buildings, bridges, mileposts, and a church.

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Name and location	Photograph	Date	Notes	Grade
Selside Hall and outbuilding 54°23′05″N 2°43′05″W / 54.38476°N 2.71813°W / 54.38476; -2.71813 (Selside Hall)	—	Late 14th century	The house was later altered and extended. It is in roughcast stone with ashlar dressings and slate roofs. The house has an L-shaped plan and is mainly in two storeys. The east front has five bays, the outer bays projecting and gabled, and it contains a gabled porch with pointed openings. The south wing has thick walls and four bays. To the north is a single-storey extension with a projecting wing. The windows vary; some are mullioned, some are casements, and others are sashes. Inside the house is an inglenook and a bressumer.[2][3]	II*
Brackenrigg Side and barn 54°22′59″N 2°42′33″W / 54.38311°N 2.70925°W / 54.38311; -2.70925 (Brackenrigg Side)	—	1674	The house and barn are in stone with a slate roof. The house has two storeys and three bays, and the barn is attached to the left. On the front of the house is a gabled porch, and the windows are casements. The barn has various entrances and windows.[4]	II
Watchgate 54°23′06″N 2°43′40″W / 54.38493°N 2.72787°W / 54.38493; -2.72787 (Watchgate)	—	Early 18th century (probable)	The rear wing was added in the 19th century. The house is in roughcast stone with a slate roof, and quoins in the rear wing. There are two storeys and a south front of three bays. On the front is a gabled porch and sash windows, those in the ground floor having hood moulds. The windows in the rear wing are casements.[5]	II
Browfoot Barn 54°22′31″N 2°42′10″W / 54.37521°N 2.70276°W / 54.37521; -2.70276 (Browfoot Barn)	—	Early to mid 18th century (probable)	A bank barn in stone with quoins and a Cumberland slate roof. There are two storeys, a main range of three bays, and a two-bay wing, giving an L-shaped plan. In the south front is a porch and wagon entrance with a segmental head and voussoirs, and elsewhere are other doorways.[6]	II
Bannisdale High Bridge 54°24′14″N 2°42′30″W / 54.40387°N 2.70847°W / 54.40387; -2.70847 (Bannisdale High Bridge)		18th century (probable)	The bridge carries a road, originally the Heron Syke to Eamont Bridge turnpike road, over Bannisdale Beck. It is in stone and consists of a single segmental arch with a roadway 8 metres (26 ft) wide. The bridge has irregular voussoirs, and parapets with dressed coping.[7]	II
Garnett Bridge 54°23′12″N 2°44′06″W / 54.38660°N 2.73501°W / 54.38660; -2.73501 (Garnett Bridge)		18th century	The bridge carries a narrow road over the River Sprint. It is in limestone and consists of a single arch over a natural gorge.[8]	II
Bannisdale Low Bridge 54°24′12″N 2°42′22″W / 54.40341°N 2.70602°W / 54.40341; -2.70602 (Bannisdale Low Bridge)	—	1820s	The bridge carries the A6 road over Bannisdale Beck. It is in stone and consists of a single round arch with flanking piers. The bridge has a band, coped parapets, and abutments on the west side that curve forward. The roadway is about 9 metres (30 ft) wide.[9]	II
Milepost opposite Memorial Hall 54°23′54″N 2°42′34″W / 54.39840°N 2.70955°W / 54.39840; -2.70955 (Milepost opposite Memorial Hall)		1825	The milepost was provided for the Heron Syke to Eamont Bridge turnpike road. It is in cast iron, and is half-hexagonal with concave faces and a domed top. The panels are inscribed with the distances in miles to Shap and to Kendal.[10] The milepost was damaged in a collision and was removed by the Highways Authority in 2019. It has not been repaired or returned yet.	II
Milepost near North Gateside 54°23′20″N 2°43′39″W / 54.38897°N 2.72738°W / 54.38897; -2.72738 (Milepost near North Gateside)	—	1825	The milepost was provided for the Heron Syke to Eamont Bridge turnpike road. It is in cast iron, and is half-hexagonal with concave faces and a domed top. The panels are inscribed with the distances in miles to Shap and to Kendal.[11]	II
St Thomas' Church 54°23′10″N 2°43′00″W / 54.38623°N 2.71675°W / 54.38623; -2.71675 (St Thomas' Church)		1838	The church was rebuilt on the site of an earlier church. In 1894 it was restored by C. J. Ferguson, and the tower was added. The church is in stone, the body roughcast, and the roof slated. It consists of a nave, a porch, a north organ loft, and a west tower. The tower has bands, an embattled parapet, a squat pyramidal roof with a weathervane, and a stair turret at the south. The porch is gabled and has a Tudor arched doorway, and the windows are lancets.[2][12]	II
Outbuilding, Selside Hall 54°23′05″N 2°43′04″W / 54.38468°N 2.71786°W / 54.38468; -2.71786 (Outbuilding, Selside Hall)	—	19th century (probable)	The outbuilding is in stone with a slate roof and three bays. The first two bays have pigstys in the ground floor and hen houses above. The third bay projects and contains an entrance. On the north side are steps leading to an upper floor doorway.[2][13]	II

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