Listed buildings in Ault Hucknall

Ault Hucknall is a civil parish in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England. The parish contains 23 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, three are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, one is at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Ault Hucknall and the surrounding area, including the settlements of Astwith, Hardstoft, and Rowthorne. The most important buildings in the parish are Hardwick Hall and its predecessor Hardwick Old Hall, which are listed together with associated structures in the grounds and surrounding parkland. The other listed buildings include a church and a chest tomb in the churchyard, houses and farmhouses, a public house, a watermill, a former Sunday school, and a war memorial.

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Buildings

Name and location	Photograph	Date	Notes	Grade
St John the Baptist's Church 53°10′56″N 1°18′07″W / 53.18215°N 1.30203°W / 53.18215; -1.30203 (St John the Baptist's Church)		11th century	The church has been extended and altered through the centuries, and was lintel incised with a depiction of Saint George and the Dragon, and in the tympanum above is a centaur. The parapets on the body of the church also have embattled parapets and finials.[2][3]	I
Hardwick Old Hall 53°10′05″N 1°18′39″W / 53.16812°N 1.31072°W / 53.16812; -1.31072 (Hardwick Old Hall)		Early 16th century	The hall is now derelict, it is in balustraded parapet.[4][5]	I
Hall Farmhouse 53°10′45″N 1°17′06″W / 53.17913°N 1.28512°W / 53.17913; -1.28512 (Hall Farmhouse)		16th century	The farmhouse, which was remodelled in 1844, is in moulded hood mould, and to its left is a canted bay window. The third bay of the east front is gabled, and contains a doorway with a four-centred arch, pierced spandrels, and a hood mould. On this front is a datestone.[6]	II
Conduit house 53°10′04″N 1°18′39″W / 53.16778°N 1.31090°W / 53.16778; -1.31090 (Conduit house)		1587–90	The conduit house to the south of moulded cornice and a blocking course.[7][8]	II
Hardwick Hall 53°10′08″N 1°18′31″W / 53.16882°N 1.30871°W / 53.16882; -1.30871 (Hardwick Hall)		1590–97	A string courses, a moulded eaves cornice, and an openwork parapet. There are two storeys, a basement storey, three-storey towers with openwork parapets incorporating initials, an H-shaped plan, and a symmetrical front of 14 bays. Across the middle six bays is a colonnade on Tuscan columns, and the windows are mullioned and transomed. To the rear is a two-storey service range.[9][10]	I
Gazebo and garden walls, Hardwick Hall 53°10′08″N 1°18′36″W / 53.16887°N 1.30990°W / 53.16887; -1.30990 (Gazebo and garden walls, Hardwick Hall)		1590–97	The walls enclosing the gardens and the incorporated lodge and bastions are in sandstone. The walls have chamfered copings and elaborate shaped finials. At the corners are triangular bastions, and at the entrance is a lodge, all with polygonal finials and elaborate strapwork cresting. The entrance lodge is tower-like, and contains a chamfered round arch.[11]	II
The Hardwick Inn 53°09′54″N 1°18′53″W / 53.16506°N 1.31472°W / 53.16506; -1.31472 (The Hardwick Inn)		c. 1608	The public house, which has been much altered, is in cross windows, and the others are mullioned.[12][13]	II
Range of cottages, Hardwick Hall 53°10′00″N 1°18′36″W / 53.16665°N 1.30995°W / 53.16665; -1.30995 (Range of cottages, Hardwick Hall)		17th century	The range of cottages, which was extended later, is in cross windows, or are mullioned and transomed.[14]	II
Range of outbuildings, stables and walls, Hardwick Hall 53°09′59″N 1°18′31″W / 53.16636°N 1.30855°W / 53.16636; -1.30855 (Range of outbuildings, stables and walls, Hardwick Hall)		17th century	The range of buildings is in weathervane.[12][15]	II*
Manor Farm Cottage 53°10′23″N 1°20′32″W / 53.17300°N 1.34227°W / 53.17300; -1.34227 (Manor Farm Cottage)		17th century (probable)	The oldest part of the house is the central rear cross-wing, the main part dating from 1730, and with later additions. It is in quoins and a mullioned window.[16]	II
Pear Tree Farmhouse 53°10′49″N 1°17′04″W / 53.18018°N 1.28447°W / 53.18018; -1.28447 (Pear Tree Farmhouse)		17th century	The farmhouse is in moulded kneelers, and a ball finial. There are two storeys and three bays. On the front is a doorway and three-light casement windows.[17]	II
The Grange 53°10′35″N 1°18′41″W / 53.17627°N 1.31137°W / 53.17627; -1.31137 (The Grange)		17th century	A moulded kneelers. There are two storeys and a front of two bays. On the front is a lattice-work porch flanked by windows with two round-headed lights, and in the upper floor are two-light mullioned windows.[18]	II
Chest tomb 53°10′55″N 1°18′08″W / 53.18205°N 1.30227°W / 53.18205; -1.30227 (Chest tomb)		c. 1719	The chest tomb is in the churchyard of moulded edge. On the top is carved a coat of arms and a group of workman's tools.[19]	II
Yew Tree Farmhouse 53°09′52″N 1°20′35″W / 53.16436°N 1.34311°W / 53.16436; -1.34311 (Yew Tree Farmhouse)		Mid 18th century	The farmhouse is in moulded kneelers. There are two storeys and six bays. The doorway has a moulded surround, above it is a single-light window, and the other windows are mullioned.[20]	II
Stainsby Mill 53°10′59″N 1°19′11″W / 53.18304°N 1.31963°W / 53.18304; -1.31963 (Stainsby Mill)		Late 18th century	A watermill in moulded kneelers. There are two storeys and two bays. The doorways have chamfered surrounds, the windows are mullioned, and there is a gabled dormer.[12][21]	II
Joiner's shop, Hardwick Hall 53°09′57″N 1°18′36″W / 53.16588°N 1.30990°W / 53.16588; -1.30990 (Joiner's shop, Hardwick Hall)		Mid 19th century	The building in the grounds of the hall is in sandstone, and has a roof of Welsh slate and tile. There is a single storey, and an L-shaped plan, consisting of the front range of three bays, and a rear range of six bays. In the front range is a central doorway with a chamfered surround and mullioned windows. The rear range contains plank doors, mullioned windows and former cart entrances.[22]	II
Rowthorne Lodge 53°10′41″N 1°17′48″W / 53.17800°N 1.29658°W / 53.17800; -1.29658 (Rowthorne Lodge)		Mid 19th century	The lodge at the north entrance to the grounds of moulded floor band and eaves cornice, and a hipped stone slate roof with moulded finials. It is in one and two storeys and has a rectangular plan. The windows have two-lights and are mullioned with stepped surrounds, and the doorway has a chamfered surround and a rectangular fanlight.[23]	II
Stables, The Hardwick Inn 53°09′55″N 1°18′55″W / 53.16515°N 1.31514°W / 53.16515; -1.31514 (Stables, The Hardwick Inn)		Mid 19th century	The stables are in lintels, mullioned windows, and a cart entrance.[12][24]	II
Former Sunday School 53°09′53″N 1°20′54″W / 53.16463°N 1.34843°W / 53.16463; -1.34843 (Former Sunday School)		1858	The former Sunday school is in red brick and cross windows, and in each gable end is a three-light mullioned window and a blind triangular-headed window above.[25]	II
Engine house, saw mill and chimney, Hardwick Hall 53°09′56″N 1°18′35″W / 53.16553°N 1.30963°W / 53.16553; -1.30963 (Engine house, saw mill and chimney, Hardwick Hall)		1860	The building in the grounds of the hall is in moulded band and a cornice at the top.[26]	II
Shed, Hardwick Hall 53°09′56″N 1°18′35″W / 53.16565°N 1.30976°W / 53.16565; -1.30976 (Shed, Hardwick Hall)		1861	The shed in the grounds of the hall is in sandstone, and has a pantile roof, and a single storey. On the west front is a round-arched opening, on the south is a three-light mullioned window, and in the north front is a doorway and a casement window.[27]	II
Six Statues, Hardwick Hall 53°10′04″N 1°18′32″W / 53.16784°N 1.30897°W / 53.16784; -1.30897 (Six Statues, Hardwick Hall)		1868	The statues in the garden of the hall were moved here from plinths and stepped square bases in sandstone.[28]	II
Ault Hucknall War Memorial 53°11′00″N 1°19′13″W / 53.18331°N 1.32022°W / 53.18331; -1.32022 (Ault Hucknall War Memorial)		1920	The war memorial is sited at a road junction. It consists of an plinth, on a base of three steps. The obelisk has inscriptions, and on the plinth are the names of those lost in the two World Wars.[29]	II

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