Listed buildings in Normanton, West Yorkshire

Normanton is a civil parish in the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. The parish contains 13 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, one is at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the town of Normanton and the surrounding area. The Calder Cut of the Aire and Calder Navigation and the River Calder pass through the parish, and the listed buildings associated with them are an aqueduct, three locks, and two railway viaducts. The other listed buildings consist of a church, a chest tomb in the churchyard, the stump of a former market cross surmounted by a lamp post, and three houses and an associated structure.

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Name and location	Photograph	Date	Notes	Grade
All Saints' Church 53°41′52″N 1°24′54″W / 53.69788°N 1.41488°W / 53.69788; -1.41488 (All Saints' Church)		13th century	The church dates mainly from the 14th and 15th centuries, and there was a series of rebuilds and embattled parapet with crocketed corner pinnacles.[2][3]	II*
Cross and signpost 53°41′59″N 1°24′55″W / 53.69982°N 1.41525°W / 53.69982; -1.41525 (Hanson House Farm)	—	Medieval (probable)	The base is the stump of a former market cross in moulded cap surmounted by four dolphins. On three sides at the top of the lamp post are arms with scrolled wrought iron brackets, and it is surmounted by a lamp.[4]	II
Hanson House Farm 53°41′51″N 1°24′48″W / 53.69749°N 1.41320°W / 53.69749; -1.41320 (Hanson House Farm)	—	16th century (or earlier)	A farmhouse, later divided into two private houses, with two main builds. The earlier build is in moulded sills and architraves, and there is a French window. Elsewhere, the windows are casements, or have been altered.[5]	II
Store south of Hanson House Farmhouse 53°41′51″N 1°24′47″W / 53.69743°N 1.41298°W / 53.69743; -1.41298 (Store south of Hanson House Farmhouse)	—	16th century (or earlier)	A barn or granary later used as a store, it is in lintel, an inserted window, and an upper floor doorway converted into a window.[6]	II
The Manor House 53°41′57″N 1°24′52″W / 53.69914°N 1.41454°W / 53.69914; -1.41454 (The Manor House)	—	1629	A farmhouse, later a private house, it has been altered, it is in sandstone, mostly rendered, and has a stone slate roof. There are two storeys and an L-shaped plan, with a two-bay range, a large one-bay wing, and a two-storey porch in the angle. Some windows are small, some are rectangular, some are mullioned, and others have been altered.[7]	II
Hill House Farmhouse 53°41′26″N 1°25′22″W / 53.69059°N 1.42271°W / 53.69059; -1.42271 (Hill House Farmhouse)	—	17th century (or earlier)	The farmhouse, later a private house, has a lintel. To the left is a loop window, to the right a mullioned window, and the other windows are casements. The left gable end has exposed close studded timber framing. Inside, there is more exposed timber framing and an inglenook with a decorated bressummer.[8]	II
Tomb chest 53°41′52″N 1°24′53″W / 53.69775°N 1.41471°W / 53.69775; -1.41471 (Tomb chest)	—	c. 1740	The tomb chest is in the churchyard of moulded edge, and an inscription.[9]	II
Stanley Ferry Aqueduct 53°42′09″N 1°27′44″W / 53.70249°N 1.46221°W / 53.70249; -1.46221 (Stanley Ferry Aqueduct)		1837–39	The mutules. Each abutment has a Classical pedimented portico.[10][11]	I
Birkwood Lock 53°42′42″N 1°27′23″W / 53.71167°N 1.45637°W / 53.71167; -1.45637 (Birkwood Lock)		1839	The lock on the Calder Cut of the Aire and Calder Navigation is in sandstone, with some repairs in concrete. There are quadrantally curved entrances at each end, and upper, intermediate and lower wooden gates. From the northwest corner is an overflow sluice.[12]	II
Kings Lock 53°42′55″N 1°26′06″W / 53.71520°N 1.43511°W / 53.71520; -1.43511 (Kings Lock)		1839	The lock on the Calder Cut of the Aire and Calder Navigation is in sandstone, with some repairs in concrete. There are quadrantally curved entrances at each end, and upper, intermediate and lower wooden gates. From the northwest corner is an overflow sluice.[13]	II
Wood Nook Lock 53°43′17″N 1°24′26″W / 53.72143°N 1.40728°W / 53.72143; -1.40728 (Wood Nook Lock)		1839	The lock on the Calder Cut of the Aire and Calder Navigation is in sandstone, with some repairs in concrete. There is a quadrantally curved upper entrance, and the lower entrance meets the River Calder at an angle, with a bullnose on the outer side. The upper and lower gates are in wood.[14]	II
Railway viaduct over the Aire and Calder Navigation 53°43′08″N 1°24′23″W / 53.71875°N 1.40650°W / 53.71875; -1.40650 (Railway viaduct over the Aire and Calder Navigation)		1840	The viaduct was built by the moulded band, a parapet, and rectangular piers at each end.[15]	II
Railway viaduct over the River Calder 53°43′15″N 1°24′16″W / 53.72090°N 1.40455°W / 53.72090; -1.40455 (Railway viaduct over the River Calder)		1840	The viaduct was built by the moulded band, and a parapet. The two piers in the river have convex cutwaters.[16]	II

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