Lowther Lowther may refer to: Places
*River Lowther, Cumbria, England
*Lowther, Cumbria, civil parish in Cumbria, England
*Lowther, New Zealand, township in Southland, New Zealand
* Lowther, New South Wales, locality in Australia
*CFS Lowther, military i ...
is a
civil parish in the
Eden District,
Cumbria, England. It contains 42
listed buildings that are recorded in the
National Heritage List for England. Of these, 13 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 Lowther, Newtown,
Hackthorpe
Hackthorpe is a hamlet in the Eden district, in the county of Cumbria, England. Circa 1870, it had a population of 110 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.
Location
It is located on the A6 road just south of Lowther ...
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Melkinthorpe
Melkinthorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lowther, in the Eden district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is near the villages of Hackthorpe and Cliburn. Circa 1870, it had a population of 99 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of ...
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Whale. The largest building in the parish is
Lowther Castle, a
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 ...
in the form of a sham castle. which is now in ruins; this and associated structures are listed. In the 1760s a
model village
A model village is a type of mostly self-contained community, built from the late 18th century onwards by landowners and business magnates to house their workers. Although the villages are located close to the workplace, they are generally phys ...
was created, the buildings designed by
Robert Adam, but was never completed; the existing buildings are all listed. Most of the other listed buildings are houses and associated structures, farmhouses and farm buildings. The other listed buildings include a church an item in the churchyard, a public house, two bridges, and a milestone.
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