Barrow Wife
BARROW WIFE, HEIGHT ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1225720
- Date first listed:
- 25-Mar-1970
- List Entry Name:
- Barrow Wife
- Statutory Address:
- BARROW WIFE, HEIGHT ROAD
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2007-07-09
- Reference:
- IOE01/16768/31
- Rights:
- © Mr Adrian Allchin. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1225720
- Date first listed:
- 25-Mar-1970
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 23-Jul-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Barrow Wife
- Statutory Address 1:
- BARROW WIFE, HEIGHT ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- BARROW WIFE, HEIGHT ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Westmorland and Furness (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Lindale and Newton-in-Cartmel
- National Park:
- Lake District
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 40682 84824
Details
UPPER ALLITHWAITE HEIGHT ROAD SD 48 SW (West side) 11/117 25.3.70 Barrow Wife (formerly listed as Friends' Meeting House, Height with Barrow Hollin (q.v.)
G.V. II*
Friends' meeting house, now house. Datestone reads: 'LN/ANNO/DOMINI/1677'. Stone rubble with slate roof. 2 storeys, 4 bays, the 3rd bay with large 2-storey gabled porch. 1st 2 bays have large windows with small-paned casements, replacing sashes inserted in 1772; 3rd bay has small round-headed window to 1st floor; 4th bay has windows with small-paned fixed glazing that to 1st floor with opening light. Round arch to porch has datestone above; wide-boarded door with latch and strap hinges. Gable-end stack. Left return has C20 inserted window. Rear has later outbuilding under catslide roof. Interior has C17 bolection-moulded panelling to right of entrance, the upper panels hinged, formerly the gallery to the meeting house. Balcony over entrance. Stair has turned balusters. Later panelling now on gable-end wall. Some 2-panelled doors. Room under gallery has panelling, and bench with inscription: 'HBM 1714'; spice cupboard with door. High front garden wall has entrance in porch with gabled roof. A rare early example of a Friends' Meeting House, very few being built before the Act of Toleration of 1689.
Listing NGR: SD4068284824
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 422221
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 24-Jun-2026 at 06:11:41.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.