Listed buildings in Upper Rawcliffe-with-Tarnacre

Upper Rawcliffe-with-Tarnacre is a civil parish in the Wyre district of Lancashire, England. It contains eight buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish includes the village of St Michael's on Wyre and is otherwise rural. The River Wyre passes though the parish, and a bridge crossing it is listed. The other listed buildings are a church and associated mounting block, a country house, a pair of gate piers, two milestones, and a combined milestone and boundary stone.

Key

Grade	Criteria[1]
I	Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important
II	Buildings of national importance and special interest

Buildings

Name and location	Photograph	Date	Notes	Grade
St Michael's Church 53°51′46″N 2°49′11″W / 53.86281°N 2.81963°W		c. 1500	The church retains some fabric dating from the 13th century, and was altered during the 17th century. It is built in sandstone, and consists of a west tower, a nave and chancel under a continuous roof, a south aisle, a south porch, a short north aisle, and a north chapel. The west tower has three stages and contains angle buttresses, a west doorway with a Tudor arched head, a six-light west window, also with a Tudor arched head, and an embattled parapet. The south aisle also has an embattled parapet. The east chancel window has three lights, and contains Perpendicular tracery.[2][3]	I
Gate piers 53°51′42″N 2°48′53″W / 53.86157°N 2.81465°W	—	18th century	A pair of gate piers in sandstone with a square plan. Each pier has a moulded base and cornice and a ball finial.[4]	I
Mounting block 53°51′46″N 2°49′11″W / 53.86278°N 2.81980°W	—	18th century (possible)	The mounting block adjoins the southwestern buttress of the tower of St Michael's Church. It is in sandstone, and consists of a single block of stone cut into three steps.[5]	II
St. Michael's Bridge 53°51′48″N 2°49′13″W / 53.86329°N 2.82029°W		1803	The bridge carries Blackpool Lane across the River Wyre. It is in sandstone, and consists of two elliptical arches, with alternate rusticated voussoirs, and triangular cutwaters. The bridge has a solid parapet, a string course and weathered coping.[6]	II
The Old House 53°51′48″N 2°48′53″W / 53.86329°N 2.81461°W	—	Early 19th century	A country house, rendered with sandstone dressings and a slate roof, in two storeys with an attic. The east front is symmetrical with a central two-storey bow window flanked by two bays on each side, and with an additional bay at the right end. The entrance front on the west has a two-storey porch with corner pilasters, a cornice, and stepped parapet. The doorway has an architrave and a porch with two Ionic columns. The windows are sashes.[7][8]	II
Milestone 53°51′43″N 2°49′33″W / 53.86207°N 2.82576°W	—	19th century	The milestone is in sandstone and has a triangular plan with a sloping top. The top is inscribed with "UPPER RAWCLIFFE", one face is inscribed with the distances in miles to Garstang and Lancaster, and on the other face are the distances to Great Eccleston, Poulton-le-Fylde, and Blackpool.[9]	II
Milestone 53°51′30″N 2°50′44″W / 53.85830°N 2.84545°W	—	19th century	The milestone is in sandstone and has a triangular plan with a sloping top. The top is inscribed with "UPPER RAWCLIFFE", one face is inscribed with the distances in miles to Garstang and Lancaster, and on the other face are the distances to Great Eccleston, Poulton-le-Fylde, and Blackpool.[10]	II
Milestone and boundary stone 53°52′17″N 2°48′44″W / 53.87128°N 2.81214°W	—	19th century	The milestone and boundary stone is in sandstone and has a triangular plan with a sloping top. The top is inscribed with "CATTERALL" and "UPPER RAWCLIFFE". One face is inscribed with the distances in miles to Great Eccleston, Poulton-le-Fylde, and Blackpool, and on the other face are the distances to Garstang and Lancaster.[11]	II

References

Citations

1. Historic England
2. Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), pp. 591–592
3. Historic England (1281178)
4. Historic England (1073045)
5. Historic England (1073087)
6. Historic England (1204488)
7. Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), p. 592
8. Historic England (1073046)
9. Historic England (1073086)
10. Historic England (1204480)
11. Historic England (1073088)

Sources

• Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
• Historic England, "Church of St Michael, Upper Rawcliffe-with-Tarnacre (1281178)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 10 December 2015
• Historic England, "Pair of gatepiers on roadside, north of St. Michael's Hall, Upper Rawcliffe-with-Tarnacre (1073045)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 10 December 2015
• Historic England, "Mounting block adjoining south-western tower buttress, Church of St Michael, Upper Rawcliffe-with-Tarnacre (1073087)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 10 December 2015
• Historic England, "St. Michael's Bridge, Upper Rawcliffe-with-Tarnacre (1204488)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 10 December 2015
• Historic England, "The Old House, Upper Rawcliffe-with-Tarnacre (1073046)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 10 December 2015
• Historic England, "Milestone west of St. Michael's on Wyre village, Upper Rawcliffe-with-Tarnacre (1073086)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 10 December 2015
• Historic England, "Milestone, Upper Rawcliffe-with-Tarnacre (1204480)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 10 December 2015
• Historic England, "Milestone, Upper Rawcliffe-with-Tarnacre (1073088)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 10 December 2015
• Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 10 December 2015