Culgaith is a civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It contains 23 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the villages of Culgaith, Skirwith, and Kirkland and is otherwise rural. The listed buildings consist of houses and associated structures, farmhouses, farm buildings, churches and items in the churchyards, a chapel, a war memorial, and three boundary stones.
The cross is in the churchyard of St Lawrence's Church, and has a large plinth block on a stepped base. From this rises the shaft, which is about 8 feet (2.4 m) high, and which has a rectangular plan and chamfered edges. At the top, parts of the three arms remain, and near the centre is a square hole.[2][4]
An L-shaped house that was extended by two bays in the 19th century. It is in sandstone with quoins, and has a slate roof with stone copings. There are two storeys and each range has four bays. On the garden front is a gabled porch and a stair turret; the gable contains a mullioned window and an initialled and dated panel. The doorway has a four-centred arch and a dated lintel. Also on the front are French windows and sashes, one of which is horizontally-sliding. The wing is rendered and has sash windows on the ground floor and casements above. Inside the house is an inglenook and other original features.[5][6]
The oldest part is the stable block, the house was built in the 18th century, and the washhouse was added in 1844. They are in stone with slate roofs. The house is on a chamferedplinth, with quoins, a band, and mouldedeaves. It has two storeys, four bays, a doorway in an architrave and with a semicircular pediment, and sash windows in architraves. The washhouse has one storey, a plank door and two sash windows, and the stable has 1+1⁄2 storeys, quoins, and a small horizontally-sliding sash window.[7]
The walls enclose the churchyard and are in sandstone with segmental coping. The gate piers are square and have mouldedcapitals and pyramidal caps. To the east of the gateway the wall is lower with railings; the railings and gate are in cast iron.[8]
The sundial is in the churchyard of All Saints' Church. It has a square plinth on a stepped base, on which is a cylindrical baluster shaft with a mouldedcapital. On the top is a circular brass plate without a gnomon.[9]
Probably originally two dwellings, it is in stone with quoins and a stone-flag roof. There are two storeys and five bays. Most of the windows are sashes.[a][10]
The building is in stone with quoins and has a hippedslate roof. There are two storeys and six bays. The building contains a stable door, coach doors, and some blocked entrances. On the south return are rusticatedpilasters and a blind Venetian window.[14]
The building is in stone with quoins and a hippedslate roof. There are two storeys and six bays. Garage doors have been inserted, and in the upper floor are sash windows. On the south return are rusticatedpilasters and a blind Venetian window. At the north end a barn range projects to the rear.[15]
The building is in stone on a plinth, with corner pilasters and a slate roof. It has two storeys and a symmetrical front of three bays. The central doorway has a cornice on brackets, and the windows are sashes.[17]
The chapel is in stone on a plinth course, and has stone-flagged eaves and a slate roof with a west apex cross. It has a single storey and a front of three bays. The central doorway has a chamfered surround, and is flanked by one window in each bay. Above the door is an inscribed and dated panel with a moulded frame.[5][19]
The sundial is in the garden of Millrigg. The pillar and capital have acanthus decoration, and the top is moulded. On the top is a larger main disc, and four smaller discs, two of which have lost their gnomons.[20]
The vicarage is in sandstone on a chamferedplinth, and has an eavescornice and a slate roof with copedgables. It is in Gothic style, with two storeys, and has an irregular plan with gabled wings. The doorway has a four-centred arch head, and the windows are casements. A wall links the house to a coach house and stable block, that has one storey and contains a carriage arch, doorways and windows.[12][26]
The war memorial stands at a road junction, and is in red sandstone. It consists of a wheel-head cross on a plinth and a two-stepped base. The cross is carved with Celtic-style scrollwork, there is an inscription on the lower part of the shaft, and the names of those lost in the First World War are on the plinth and the base. The memorial is in a hexagonal paved area surrounded by a low kerb and six iron posts and chains.[28]
