Listed buildings in Caunton
Caunton is a civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. The parish contains twelve listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. 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 contains the village of Caunton and the surrounding countryside, and the listed buildings consist of houses, farmhouses and associated structures, a church, a former windmill, and a war memorial.
Key
| Grade | Criteria[1] |
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| 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 |
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| St Andrew's Church 53°07′56″N 0°53′13″W / 53.13225°N 0.88698°W |
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12th century | The church has been altered and extended through the centuries, and was | I |
| Beesthorpe Hall and cottage 53°08′11″N 0°54′37″W / 53.13645°N 0.91039°W |
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17th century | A plinth, with a floor band, an eaves band, and roofs of slate and tile with coped parapets and gables, ball finials and urns. The main range has two storeys and attics, and seven bays, with flanking single-storey three-bay wings. The middle three bays are recessed, and contain a Doric porch with a pediment. The outer two bays on each side are gabled, the windows are sashes, and in the roof are two pedimented dormers. The south front contains four French windows, and at the rear is a stair turret. To the right is a 19th-century cottage with two storeys and two bays.[4][5]
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II |
| Caunton Grange 53°07′54″N 0°53′06″W / 53.13163°N 0.88503°W |
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Early 18th century | The house, which was remodelled and extended in about 1785, is in brick with stone dressings, lintels and keystones, and on the south front are casement windows, and sashes with segmental heads.[4][6]
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II |
| Stables, Beesthorpe Hall 53°08′12″N 0°54′38″W / 53.13675°N 0.91051°W |
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Early 18th century | The stables are in brick on a stone plinth, with cogged eaves and a hipped tile roof. There are two storeys and five bays, and in the centre is a pedimented coped gable with ball finials, and a clock in the pediment. The middle bay projects, and has a two-storey round-headed recess containing a stable door with a fanlight. The doorways and windows, have segmental heads.[4][7]
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II |
| Caunton Manor House, outbuildings and cottage 53°07′54″N 0°53′22″W / 53.13174°N 0.88939°W |
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Early 18th century | The | II |
| Rose garden gate, Caunton Manor 53°07′54″N 0°53′24″W / 53.13175°N 0.88990°W |
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18th century | The garden gates and gate piers are in wrought iron. The piers are square and latticed, and between them is an elaborate overthrow with an inscribed cartouche, and a pair of scrolled gates.[9] | II |
| Caunton Common Farm House 53°08′52″N 0°54′53″W / 53.14775°N 0.91473°W |
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c. 1800 | The farmhouse is in brick with cogged | II |
| Sundial, Caunton Manor 53°07′54″N 0°53′20″W / 53.13164°N 0.88883°W |
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c. 1815 | The | II |
| Windmill 53°08′08″N 0°53′29″W / 53.13555°N 0.89135°W |
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Early 19th century | The former windmill is in red brick with blue brick banding and cogged eaves. It consists of a tapering round tower with four stages, and is 43 feet (13 m) high. The doorways and windows, which are casements, have segmental heads, and there are stone steps with a kennel beneath.[4][12] | II |
| Wall and gates, Caunton Manor 53°07′55″N 0°53′18″W / 53.13204°N 0.88840°W |
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19th century | The boundary wall is in brick, with stepped stone | II |
| War memorial 53°07′55″N 0°53′16″W / 53.13205°N 0.88777°W |
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1920 | The war memorial is set into the wall of the churchyard of St Andrew's Church adjacent to its entrance. It is built in stones taken from the chancel of the church when it was restored in 1869. The memorial has a roughly pedimented cap and an iron Celtic cross. There is an inscription carved along one of the lower courses of the wall, and higher is a bronze plaque with an inscription and the names of the local men lost in the First World War.[14] | II |
| Terrace wall and urns, Caunton Manor 53°07′54″N 0°53′22″W / 53.13165°N 0.88956°W |
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c. 1926 | The terrace wall is in brick on a | II |
References
Citations
- ^ Historic England
- ^ a b Hartwell, Pevsner & Williamson (2020), p. 171
- ^ Historic England & 1045974
- ^ a b c d Hartwell, Pevsner & Williamson (2020), p. 172
- ^ Historic England & 1045977
- ^ Historic England & 1045975
- ^ Historic England & 1045978
- ^ Historic England & 1369980
- ^ Historic England & 1369981
- ^ Historic England & 1178732
- ^ Historic England & 1302284
- ^ Historic England & 1178722
- ^ Historic England & 1045976
- ^ Historic England & 1408462
- ^ Historic England & 1178701
Sources
- Historic England, "Church of St Andrew, Caunton (1045974)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 March 2023
- Historic England, "Beesthorpe Hall and attached cottage, Caunton (1045977)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 March 2023
- Historic England, "Caunton Grange, Caunton (1045975)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 March 2023
- Historic England, "Stables at Beesthorpe Hall, Caunton (1045978)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 March 2023
- Historic England, "Caunton Manor House and adjoining outbuildings and cottage, Caunton (1369980)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 March 2023
- Historic England, "Gate to rose garden at Caunton Manor, Caunton (1369981)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 March 2023
- Historic England, "Caunton Common Farm House, Caunton (1178732)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 March 2023
- Historic England, "Sundial 80 metres east of Caunton Manor, Caunton (1302284)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 March 2023
- Historic England, "Caunton Windmill, Caunton (1178722)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 March 2023
- Historic England, "Boundary wall and gates at Caunton Manor, Caunton (1045976)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 March 2023
- Historic England, "War Memorial in the Churchyard of St Andrew's Church, Caunton (1408462)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 March 2023
- Historic England, "Terrace wall and urns to south of Caunton Manor, Caunton (1178701)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 March 2023
- Hartwell, Clare; ISBN 978-0-300-24783-1.
- Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 29 March 2023