Listed buildings in Aysgarth
civil parish in the former Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It contains 14 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Aysgarth and the surrounding area. The listed buildings include houses and cottages, a church, a public house, a bridge, a set of stocks
, a former watermill, now a museum, and associated buildings, a boundary stone, a milepost, a rock garden and a war memorial.
Key
Grade | Criteria[1] |
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II* | Particularly important buildings of more than special interest |
II | Buildings of national importance and special interest |
Buildings
Name and location | Photograph | Date | Notes | Grade |
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St Andrew's Church 54°17′33″N 1°58′59″W / 54.29242°N 1.98319°W |
14th century | The oldest part of the church is the lower part of the tower, the rest being rebuilt in 1866. It is built in stone with a slate roof, and consists of a nave and a chancel with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a south porch and a west tower. The tower has five stages, buttresses, a doorway with a pointed arch on the north side, single-light vents, clock faces on the north and south sides, two-light bell openings, gargoyles, and an [[embattled parapet with eight crocketed pinnacles. There are also embattled parapets along the nave and the chancel.[2][3] | II* | |
Yore Bridge 54°17′35″N 1°59′06″W / 54.29318°N 1.98508°W |
16th century | The bridge, which was widened on the downstream side by John Carr in 1788, carries Church Bank over the River Ure. It is in stone, and consists of a single segmental arch. On the upstream side are two orders of voussoirs, a band, and a parapet with segmental coping. The downstream side has a soffit, chamfered rusticated voussoirs, a hood mould, a band, paterae in the spandrel]]s, and a parapet with segmental coping. The parapets curve, and end in circular bollards.[4][5] | II | |
George and Dragon Hotel, former coach house and mounting block 54°17′29″N 1°59′42″W / 54.29126°N 1.99510°W |
Early 18th century | The public house is in | II | |
The Ferns 54°17′29″N 1°59′46″W / 54.29138°N 1.99599°W |
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Early 18th century | Three cottages combined into one house, it is in stone, and has a stone slate roof with stone | II |
Stocks 54°17′30″N 1°59′48″W / 54.29154°N 1.99677°W |
18th century (probable) | The stocks on the village green are in sandstone. The lower part has survived, it is about 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) long, and is flanked by two round-topped end-pieces about 500 millimetres (20 in) high.[8] | II | |
Range northwest of Yore Mill 54°17′35″N 1°59′05″W / 54.29319°N 1.98471°W |
Late 18th to early 19th century | Mill offices, later used for other purposes, in stone, with quoins and a hipped stone slate roof. There are two storeys and a basement. The building contains board doors, with varying surrounds, a fixed-light window in the ground floor, and a casement window in the upper floor. In the sub-basement is a segmental-arched opening from the tail race of the mill.[9]
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Boundary stone 54°17′01″N 1°59′37″W / 54.28358°N 1.99368°W |
Early 19th century (probable) | The stone is about 750 millimetres (30 in) high and has a rounded top. On the front are inscriptions, partly illegible.[10] | II | |
White House 54°17′36″N 1°59′01″W / 54.29325°N 1.98367°W |
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Early 19th century | Originally the mill manager's house, it is in stone with a stone slate roof, three storeys and three bays. In the centre is a segmental arch partly infilled and a door inserted, and the windows are sashes.[4][11] | II |
Cottages southwest of Yore Mill 54°17′34″N 1°59′05″W / 54.29291°N 1.98466°W |
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Early to mid 19th century | A row of four stone former mill workers' cottages with a stone slate roof, hipped on the right. There are two storeys and eight bays. On the front are four doorways, there is one casement window, and the other windows are sashes.[4][12] | II |
Yore Mill Cottages 54°17′36″N 1°59′02″W / 54.29341°N 1.98402°W |
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Early to mid 19th century | A terrace of four former mill workers' cottages to the northeast of the mill, in stone with a stone slate roof. There are two storeys and eight bays. On the front are four doorways, the windows in the ground floor are sashes, and in the upper floor they are casements.[4][13] | II |
Yore Mill 54°17′35″N 1°59′04″W / 54.29311°N 1.98444°W |
1854 | The watermill, at one time a museum, is in stone with | II | |
Milestone 54°17′30″N 1°58′29″W / 54.29153°N 1.97481°W |
Late 19th century | The milepost on the north side of the A684 road is in painted cast iron, with a triangular plan and a sloping top. On each side is a pointed hand in relief, the left side has the distance to Leyburn, and on the right side is the distance to Hawes.[15] | II | |
Rock garden 54°17′28″N 1°59′54″W / 54.29118°N 1.99841°W |
1906–14 | The garden has been created using | II | |
War memorial 54°17′30″N 1°59′46″W / 54.29160°N 1.99608°W |
Early 1920s | The war memorial on the village green consists of a moulded cornice on which are four decorative scrolled wrought iron struts carrying a metal lamp. On the pedestal are two inscribed bronze plaques referring to the two World Was, with the names of those lost in the First World War. On the capstone and frieze are incised letters, and on the plinth are dates.[17]
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References
Citations
- ^ Historic England
- ^ Grenville & Pevsner (2023), pp. 117–118
- ^ Historic England & 1318439
- ^ a b c d e f Grenville & Pevsner (2023), p. 118
- ^ Historic England & 1131198
- ^ Historic England & 1301553
- ^ Historic England & 1131197
- ^ Historic England & 1318440
- ^ Historic England & 1157608
- ^ Historic England & 1301525
- ^ Historic England & 1157611
- ^ Historic England & 1157593
- ^ Historic England & 1318441
- ^ Historic England & 1131199
- ^ Historic England & 1425905
- ^ Historic England & 1131982
- ^ Historic England & 1467482
Sources
- Historic England, "Church of Saint Andrew, Aysgarth (1318439)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 January 2024
- Historic England, "Yore Bridge, Aysgarth (1131198)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 January 2024
- Historic England, "George and Dragon Hotel and Attached Former Coach House and Mounting Block, Aysgarth (1301553)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 January 2024
- Historic England, "The Ferns, Aysgarth (1131197)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 January 2024
- Historic England, "Stocks, Aysgarth (1318440)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 January 2024
- Historic England, "Range Adjoining Yore Mill on North-West, Aysgarth (1157608)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 January 2024
- Historic England, "Boundary Stone Approximately 6 Metres North of Tomgill Bridge, Aysgarth (1301525)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 January 2024
- Historic England, "White House, Aysgarth (1157611)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 January 2024
- Historic England, "Cottages Approximately 10 Metres South-West of Yore Mill, Aysgarth (1157593)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 January 2024
- Historic England, "Yore Mill Cottages Approximately 30 Metres North-East of Yore Mill, Aysgarth (1318441)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 January 2024
- Historic England, "Yore Mill, Aysgarth (1131199)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 January 2024
- Historic England, "Milestone, Heads Bank, Aysgarth (1425905)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 January 2024
- Historic England, "Rockery Adjacent to Reeth Cottage, Aysgarth (1131982)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 January 2024
- Historic England, "Aysgarth War Memorial, Aysgarth (1467482)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 January 2024
- Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 29 January 2024
- Grenville, Jane; ISBN 978-0-300-25903-2.