Listed buildings in Risley, Derbyshire

Risley is a civil parish in the Borough of Erewash in Derbyshire, England. The parish contains 17 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, five are 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 Risley and the surrounding area. The listed buildings include a country house and structures in its grounds, a church and items in the churchyard, smaller houses, buildings associated with a school, a farmhouse and barn, and two mileposts.

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Name and location	Photograph	Date	Notes	Grade
All Saints' Church 52°55′00″N 1°18′57″W / 52.91679°N 1.31573°W / 52.91679; -1.31573 (All Saints' Church)		1593	The north string course, parapets with chamfered copings, and corner pinnacles. The south doorway has a four-centred arch, a moulded surround and a hood mould, and above it is a plaque with a coat of arms and the date.[2][3]	II*
Balustrades, gateway and bridge, Risley Hall 52°54′55″N 1°18′58″W / 52.91522°N 1.31609°W / 52.91522; -1.31609 (Balustrades, gateway and bridge, Risley Hall)		Early 17th century	Crossing a stream in the garden is a stepped bridge and a gateway. The gateway has a doorway with a balustrades have shaped splat balusters and piers with moulded edges, each pier with a pedestal and a finial.[4][5]	II*
Garden walls and gateway, Risley Hall 52°54′59″N 1°18′59″W / 52.91625°N 1.31649°W / 52.91625; -1.31649 (Garden walls and gateway, Risley Hall)		Early 17th century	The gateway at the northern entrance to the grounds of the hall is in stone, and is set at an angle to the walls. It contains a lintel and a moulded hood mould. Over this is a crowstepped gable with moulded ridgeback copings, and the gateway contains a pair of wooden gates. Flanking it are low stone garden walls with moulded ridgeback copings, stepping up near the gateway.[6]	II
Brook House 52°55′03″N 1°18′56″W / 52.91753°N 1.31562°W / 52.91753; -1.31562 (Brook House)	—	17th century	A plinth, largely rebuilt in red brick and whitewashed, and with a pantile roof. There is a single storey and attics, and three bays. On the front is a doorway with a divided fanlight, the windows are casements, above are two raking dormers, and in the east gable wall is a horizontally-sliding sash window. Inside the house is an inglenook fireplace.[7]	II
Church Cottage 52°55′01″N 1°18′57″W / 52.91694°N 1.31574°W / 52.91694; -1.31574 (Church Cottage)		17th century	The cottage, which was partly rebuilt in 1888, is built partly in stone, partly in timber framing, and partly in red brick, and has a tile roof with overhanging eaves. There is a single storey and an attic, and two bays. The doorway and the windows have segmental heads, and above the doorway is a stone plaque with an inscription and date. Inside the cottage is an inglenook fireplace.[8]	II
Risley Hall and wall 52°54′57″N 1°19′02″W / 52.91578°N 1.31712°W / 52.91578; -1.31712 (Risley Hall and wall)		17th century	A moulded copings.[9][10]	II
Latin House 52°55′00″N 1°18′55″W / 52.91655°N 1.31536°W / 52.91655; -1.31536 (Latin House)		1706	A schoolhouse, later a private house, it is in red brick with consoles, containing an achievement. The windows are sashes with moulded surrounds and carved keystones, and there is a frieze and hood mould over the ground floor windows. On the east and west fronts are pedimented dormers.[11][12]	II*
Churchyard walls, gates and war memorial, All Saints' Church 52°54′59″N 1°18′57″W / 52.91646°N 1.31581°W / 52.91646; -1.31581 (Churchyard walls, gates and war memorial, All Saints' Church)		1707	Flanking the entrance to the churchyard are square brick gate plinth with rounded stone copings, and vitrified headers in a lozenge pattern. The walls continue to encircle the churchyard, and contain small abutments. To the left of the entrance is a stone war memorial that has a moulded square plinth with inscriptions relating to the two World Wars. Above is a tapering square pier with an inset dated square panel, and at the top is a moulded cornice.[11][13]	II
Latin College and the Latin Cottage 52°55′00″N 1°18′54″W / 52.91669°N 1.31492°W / 52.91669; -1.31492 (Latin College and the Latin Cottage)		c. 1720	A school, later divided into a schoolroom and a cottage, it is in red brick with lintels, over which are dentilled bands.[11][14]	II*
The Grammar School 52°55′00″N 1°18′52″W / 52.91680°N 1.31442°W / 52.91680; -1.31442 (The Grammar School)		c. 1720	The former school is in red brick with lintels.[11][15]	II
The Old School House 52°55′01″N 1°18′53″W / 52.91686°N 1.31476°W / 52.91686; -1.31476 (The Old School House)		c. 1720	The school house, later a private house, is in red brick with yellow brick headers, gauged brick dressings, cross windows.[11][16]	II*
Walls to front of Latin College and the Latin Cottage 52°55′00″N 1°18′53″W / 52.91654°N 1.31483°W / 52.91654; -1.31483 (Walls to front of Latin College and the Latin Cottage)		Early 18th century	The walls enclosing the front garden are in red brick with rounded stone copings. There are brick piers in the centre and at the west end with rounded pyramidal copings, and at the east end is a pier with a stone pedestal and a cornice.[17]	II
Pair of chest tombs 52°55′00″N 1°18′57″W / 52.91659°N 1.31574°W / 52.91659; -1.31574 (Pair of chest tombs)		Early 18th century	The chest tombs are in the churchyard of All Saints' Church, the later one dating from the middle of the 18th century. The tombs have sides in red brick, and each has a stone slab with moulded edges, and an inscription on the west end. The southern tomb has a pair of inscriptions, each set in a moulded panel, with an angel between the panels.[18]	II
Pair of urns, Risley Hall 52°54′58″N 1°19′01″W / 52.91598°N 1.31689°W / 52.91598; -1.31689 (Pair of urns, Risley Hall)		Late 18th century	In the garden of the hall is a pair of matching stone urns about 12 feet (3.7 m) high. Each urn has a plinth with steps on each side, and a vase-shaped base. On this is a tall urn, gadrooned at the base, with floral swags to the neck, and a fluted gadrooned top, on which is a fruit bowl finial.[19]	II
Risleyhall Farmhouse and barn 52°54′48″N 1°18′55″W / 52.91340°N 1.31531°W / 52.91340; -1.31531 (Risleyhall Farmhouse and barn)	—	1806	The farmhouse is in quoins, a dentilled eaves band and a slate roof. It contains a central opening flanked by slit vents, and on the south side is a 19th-century pump.[20]	II
Milepost (east) 52°55′01″N 1°18′46″W / 52.91699°N 1.31283°W / 52.91699; -1.31283 (Milepost (east))		Early 19th century	The milepost on the north side of Derby Road (B5010 road) is in moulded top. The milepost is inscribed with the distances to Nottingham and Derby, and on the stem are details of the manufacturer.[21]	II
Milepost (west) 52°54′59″N 1°19′59″W / 52.91634°N 1.33310°W / 52.91634; -1.33310 (Milepost (west))		Early 19th century	The milepost on the north side of Derby Road (B5010 road) is in moulded top. The milepost is inscribed with the distances to Nottingham and Derby, and on the stem are details of the manufacturer.[22]	II

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