Listed buildings in Barnsley (Old Town Ward)
Old Town ward is a
metropolitan borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. The ward contains three listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".[1] The ward is to the northwest of the centre of the town of Barnsley
. The listed buildings all date from the 20th century, and consist of a large house later used for other purposes, a former school, and a church.
Buildings
| Name and location | Photograph | Date | Notes |
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| Moorland Court 53°33′29″N 1°29′31″W / 53.55818°N 1.49198°W |
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1905–06 | A large house later used for other purposes, it is in painted and |
| Former Barnsley Sixth Form College 53°33′47″N 1°29′25″W / 53.56313°N 1.49016°W |
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1909 | The school, which was designed by hipped roof of Westmorland slate. There are two storeys and a central block of seven bays linked by three recessed narrow bays to a three-bay block on each side, beyond are two-storey wings. In the middle of the centre block, steps lead up to a portal that has a doorway with a fanlight, pilaster jambs with voluted capitals, and an open segmental pediment. The windows are sashes with architraves and aprons, and in the top floor also with triangular pediments. In the centre of the roof is a wooden lantern with round-arched openings, triangular pediments, and a domed roof.[4][5]
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| St Paul's Church 53°33′39″N 1°29′45″W / 53.56071°N 1.49597°W |
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1936 | The church is in yellow and orange brick, with concrete dressings, flat concrete roofs, and a copper domed roof. It consists of a square nave, a lower rectangular chancel, and a semicircular sanctuary even lower. On the south is an arcaded porch, and around the east end are a chapel, an ambulatory, and a vestry. The windows are narrow, square-headed in the sanctuary, round-headed elsewhere, and on the north and south front of the nave they are stepped.[6][7] |
See also
References
Citations
Sources
- Historic England, "Moorland Court, Barnsley (1390579)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 October 2021
- Historic England, "Barnsley Sixth Form College, Barnsley (1191653)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 October 2021
- Historic England, "Church of St. Paul, Barnsley (1387141)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 October 2021
- Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 16 October 2021
- Harman, Ruth; ISBN 978-0-300-22468-9