Irton with Santon
Irton with Santon is a civil parish in Copeland (borough), Copeland, Cumbria, England, which includes the village of Santon Bridge. It has a Parish councils in England, parish council. It had a population of 373 in 2001, decreasing to 316 at the ...
is a
civil parish in the
Borough of Copeland
The Borough of Copeland is a local government district with borough status in western Cumbria, England. Its council is based in Whitehaven. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Borough of Whitehaven, Ennerdale Rural District ...
,
Cumbria, England. It contains 17
listed 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 is in the
Lake District
The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous for its lakes, forests, and mountains (or ''fells''), and its associations with William Wordswor ...
National Park
A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...
. It contains the villages of Irton and
Santon Bridge
Santon Bridge is a small village in Copeland, Cumbria, England, at a bridge over the River Irt. The civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation whi ...
, and is otherwise rural. In the parish is the
country house
An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these peopl ...
of Irton Hall, which incorporates a
medieval tower house, and also has a clock tower; all of these are listed. The other listed buildings include houses, farmhouses, farm buildings, a church with a memorial in its churchyard, two bridges, a
summer house
A summer house or summerhouse has traditionally referred to a building or shelter used for relaxation in warm weather. This would often take the form of a small, roofed building on the grounds of a larger one, but could also be built in a garden ...
, and an inn.
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Lists of listed buildings in Cumbria