Listed buildings in Ruyton-XI-Towns

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timber framed
or have timber-framed cores. The remainder include two churches, items in a churchyard, the remains of a castle, public houses, a cross, and a war memorial.

Key

Grade Criteria[1]
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
St John the Baptist's Church
52°47′37″N 2°53′56″W / 52.79362°N 2.89888°W / 52.79362; -2.89888 (St John the Baptist's Church)
12th century The tower dates from the 15th century, the north
weathercock and a finial. The south doorway in the nave and the priest's door date from the 12th century.[2][3]
II
Remains of Castle
52°47′37″N 2°53′58″W / 52.79359°N 2.89933°W / 52.79359; -2.89933 (Remains of Castle)
Early 14th century The remains of the castle are in
Scheduled Monument.[4][5][6]
II
Ruyton Hall
52°47′40″N 2°54′18″W / 52.79454°N 2.90502°W / 52.79454; -2.90502 (Ruyton Hall)
1574 The house was considerably remodelled and extended in the late 18th or early 19th century. It is in
balustrades, and hipped and gabled slate roofs. There are two storeys, and a square plan with a north wing and a northeast service wing. The porch is gabled, and most of the windows are sashes.[4][7]
II
Pinfold Cottage and Sycamore Cottage
52°49′07″N 2°54′19″W / 52.81869°N 2.90522°W / 52.81869; -2.90522 (Pinfold Cottage and Sycamore Cottage)
Late 16th century (probable) A farmhouse, extended in the 17th century and later, and divided into two cottages. They are
timber framed with brick infill and have a tile roof. There are two storeys, the windows are casements, there are three gabled eaves dormers, and two doorways with lean-to hoods.[8]
II
Coton Farmhouse
52°47′29″N 2°55′21″W / 52.79133°N 2.92251°W / 52.79133; -2.92251 (Coton Farmhouse)
Early 17th century The farmhouse was remodelled in the 18th century and in 1888. The early parts are
timber framed with red brick infill, the extensions are in red brick, partly roughcast and partly clad in yellow brick, and the roof is slated and hipped to the east. In the angle at the rear is an outshut in sandstone and red brick. There are two storeys and an attic, and a basic T-shaped plan. In the centre is a gabled porch with a pointed arch, a datestone, and five grotesque heads in the tie beam. Flanking the porch are bay windows, and the other windows are sashes.[9]
II
Smithy House
52°47′41″N 2°54′13″W / 52.79486°N 2.90374°W / 52.79486; -2.90374 (Smithy House)
Early 17th century A farmhouse, later a private house, it was later extended. The early part is
timber framed with rendered infill, the extensions are in brick painted to resemble timber framing, and the roof is slated. There are two storeys, five bays, and a rear outshut. In the centre is a two-storey gabled porch containing a doorway with a pediment. The windows are casements, and inside are two inglenook fireplaces.[4][10]
II
Leaman House and Powys House
52°47′36″N 2°54′03″W / 52.79334°N 2.90094°W / 52.79334; -2.90094 (Leaman House and Powys House)
17th century A terrace of three houses mainly from the 18th century but with an earlier
lintels.[11]
II
Olde Farmhouse
52°49′09″N 2°56′12″W / 52.81928°N 2.93659°W / 52.81928; -2.93659 (Olde Farmhouse)
17th century (probable) The farmhouse was later altered and extended. The early part is in
hipped roof dormer in the short range.[12]
II
Garden wall, Eardiston House
52°49′08″N 2°56′09″W / 52.81899°N 2.93596°W / 52.81899; -2.93596 (Garden wall, Eardiston House)
17th century The wall, which encloses the garden of the house, is in limestone with ramped ashlar coping. At the northwest corner is a round-headed arch and a door.[13] II
Gamehouse or ash-house, Shelvock Farm
52°48′38″N 2°56′05″W / 52.81042°N 2.93460°W / 52.81042; -2.93460 (Gamehouse or ash-house, Shelvock Farm)
Mid to late 17th century The structure, the purpose of which is uncertain, is in
lintel, and blocked vent holes.[14]
II*
Stable, mixing-house, granary and cartshed, Shelvock Farm
52°48′37″N 2°56′03″W / 52.81038°N 2.93429°W / 52.81038; -2.93429 (Stable, mixing-house, granary and cartshed, Shelvock Farm)
Mid to late 17th century The range of farm buildings was extended in 1860. It is in
quoins and a slate roof. There are two levels, datestones, and various openings, including mullioned windows, fixed windows, eaves hatches, doorway and vehicle entrances with segmental heads.[15]
II*
The Talbot Inn
52°47′38″N 2°54′10″W / 52.79400°N 2.90284°W / 52.79400; -2.90284 (The Talbot Inn)
Late 17th century A house, later a public house, it is
plinth, and has a slate roof. There are two storeys and an L-shaped plan, with a main range and a short rear wing. There are two doorways, the one to the right with a pedimented head, and the windows are casements.[16]
II
The White House
52°47′34″N 2°53′52″W / 52.79274°N 2.89766°W / 52.79274; -2.89766 (The White House)
Late 17th century A
plinth, with sandstone blocks in the left gable end, and a slate roof. There are two storeys and two bays. The windows are casements, and the doorway to the left has a bracketed hood.[17]
II
Lodge Farmhouse
52°48′08″N 2°54′30″W / 52.80236°N 2.90822°W / 52.80236; -2.90822 (Lodge Farmhouse)
Late 17th to early 18th century (probable) The farmhouse has been remodelled and extended. The early part is
moulded surrounds, and the central doorway has a rectangular fanlight.[18]
II
Former coach house, Ruyton Hall
52°47′40″N 2°54′16″W / 52.79444°N 2.90452°W / 52.79444; -2.90452 (Former coach house, Ruyton Hall)
1705 The coach house, later used for other purposes, is in red brick with a slate roof. There is one storey and an attic, and a T-shaped plan, consisting of a main range and lower rear ranges. In the centre is a pediment and a former archway replaced by double doors. In the ground floor are cross-windows, above the archway is a datestone and a semicircular window, and flanking these are gabled eaves dormers.[4][19] II
Sundial
52°47′37″N 2°53′57″W / 52.79350°N 2.89906°W / 52.79350; -2.89906 (Sundial)
1725 The
Scheduled Monument.[20][21]
II
Eardiston House
52°49′08″N 2°56′08″W / 52.81891°N 2.93561°W / 52.81891; -2.93561 (Eardiston House)
Early to mid 18th century A farmhouse that was extended in the mid-19th century. It is in brick, the extension has a
plinth, and the roofs are slated and hipped. The original block has three storeys and fronts of five and three bays, and the extension, which is recessed to the left, has two storeys. In the centre is a Doric porch with an entablature. The extension has a flat-roofed porch with a round-headed arch and a doorway with a semicircular fanlight. The windows are sashes, and there is a canted bay window containing a French window. In front of the extension is a mounting block.[22]
II
Group of ten chest tombs
52°47′37″N 2°53′57″W / 52.79353°N 2.89907°W / 52.79353; -2.89907 (Group of ten chest tombs)
Mid 18th century The chest tombs are in the churchyard of St John the Baptist's Church. They are in sandstone, their dates range from 1780 to 1805, and they have various designs.[23] II
Cart shelter, Shelvock Farm
52°48′39″N 2°56′03″W / 52.81076°N 2.93413°W / 52.81076; -2.93413 (Cart shelter, Shelvock Farm)
Late 18th century (probable) The cart shelter is in sandstone and has a slate roof. At the south end are three open bays with wooden posts between them.[24] II
Linhay, walls and cart shelter, Shelvock Farm
52°48′38″N 2°56′02″W / 52.81065°N 2.93392°W / 52.81065; -2.93392 (Linhay, walls and cart shelter, Shelvock Farm)
Late 18th century (probable) The building is in two levels, and in
weatherboarding on the upper level on the south, partly clad in corrugated iron, and with a slate roof. At the west end is a two-bay cart shelter.[25]
II
Pradoe, service ranges and outbuildings
52°49′02″N 2°57′13″W / 52.81725°N 2.95350°W / 52.81725; -2.95350 (Pradoe)
1785 A small
moulded eaves cornice, and a hipped slate roof. There are three storeys, fronts of five bays, and a single-storey extension to the east. In the centre is an entrance with double doors, most of the windows are sashes, some with moulded architraves, there are also canted bay windows and a French window. At the rear are service ranges and outbuildings in sandstone and red brick.[26][27]
II*
Farm buildings east of Pradoe
52°49′03″N 2°57′07″W / 52.81757°N 2.95205°W / 52.81757; -2.95205 (Farm buildings east of Pradoe)
c. 1800 The farm buildings are in red brick with dentilled eaves and gabled and hipped slate roofs. They have two storeys and three ranges, forming a U-shaped plan around a courtyard. They contain stable doors, a dovecote, vents, windows, pitch holes, and carriage doors, and there are external steps.[28] II
Churchyard wall and lych gate
52°47′37″N 2°53′53″W / 52.79351°N 2.89795°W / 52.79351; -2.89795 (Churchyard wall and lych gate)
Late 18th or early 19th century (probable) The wall, which incorporates earlier material, encloses the roughly oval-shaped churchyard of St John the Baptist's Church. It is in
timber framed structure on a low sandstone wall with chamfered coping, a tile roof with ornamental cesting and a cross finial, and inside it are benches.[29]
II
Kitchen garden wall, Pradoe
52°49′05″N 2°57′07″W / 52.81818°N 2.95183°W / 52.81818; -2.95183 (Kitchen garden wall, Pradoe)
1805–06 The wall is in red brick with sandstone coping, and some capping in tile and slate. It has red brick pilasters, heating flues on the north side, and a square headed entrance with a stone surround on the south side. The wall encloses a rectangular area of about 90 metres (300 ft) by 60 metres (200 ft).[30] II
Carpenter's shop, Pradoe
52°49′03″N 2°57′09″W / 52.81738°N 2.95251°W / 52.81738; -2.95251 (Carpenter's shop, Pradoe)
c. 1806 The carpenter's shop is in
eaves hatch above. In the west gable end is a segmental arch with a keystone, a window to the left and a doorway in the upper level, both with segmental heads.[31][32]
II
Farm buildings, pump and sink, Pradoe
52°49′03″N 2°57′09″W / 52.81751°N 2.95262°W / 52.81751; -2.95262 (Farm buildings, pump and sink, Pradoe)
c. 1806 The farm buildings are in
malthouse, and pigsties. Adjacent to the buildings is a cast iron pump and sink. The pump has a plain ringed shaft, a fluted domed cap with a pointed finial and a slightly curved handle.[31][33]
II
Farm buildings, Eardiston House
52°49′08″N 2°56′05″W / 52.81896°N 2.93486°W / 52.81896; -2.93486 (Farm buildings, Eardiston House)
Early 19th century The farm buildings are
plinth, and have slate roofs. They have two levels, three ranges enclosing a cobbled courtyard, and another range at right angles to the north. The buildings contain various doorways and windows, eaves hatches, a vehicle entrance, and cross-shaped air vents. In the north range is a gabled doorway with a hoist.[34]
II
Manure sump, Pradoe
52°49′02″N 2°57′05″W / 52.81729°N 2.95143°W / 52.81729; -2.95143 (Manure sump, Pradoe)
Early 19th century (probable) The manure sump, no longer in use, consists of a red brick structure covered in earth. Steps on east side lead down to segmental-headed tunnel entrance.[35] II
Cowsheds, mixing-house and granary, Shelvock Farm
52°48′38″N 2°56′05″W / 52.81065°N 2.93466°W / 52.81065; -2.93466 (Cowsheds, mixing-house and granary, Shelvock Farm)
Early 19th century The range of farm buildings is in sandstone with slate roofs, and one storey. It contains windows, doorways and a cart entrance, all with segmental heads.[36] II
The Bridge Inn
52°47′40″N 2°53′17″W / 52.79457°N 2.88812°W / 52.79457; -2.88812 (The Bridge Inn)
Early 19th century (probable) The public house is in
quoins and a slate roof. There are two storeys and an attic, two bays, and a lean-to on the left. The doorway has an architrave, the windows are sashes, and there are two eaves dormers.[37]
II
Pigsties and hen house, Shelvock Farm
52°48′37″N 2°56′06″W / 52.81035°N 2.93495°W / 52.81035; -2.93495 (Pigsties and hen house, Shelvock Farm)
Mid 19th century (probable) The pigsties and hen house are in sandstone with chamfered coping and slate roofs. There are three pigsties on the west side, and on the east side are two pigsties with a hen house above. To the south is a rectangular walled area.[38] II
Pradoe Church
52°49′02″N 2°56′45″W / 52.81720°N 2.94588°W / 52.81720; -2.94588 (Pradoe Church)
1860 An estate church to which the
Decorated style. The church consists of a nave, a south porch, a chancel, a north chancel aisle, and a north tower. The tower has two stages, a cornice with dogtooth decoration, and a pyramidal spire.[31][39]
II
Ruyton Manor
52°47′57″N 2°55′22″W / 52.79923°N 2.92282°W / 52.79923; -2.92282 (Ruyton Manor)
1860 A
embattled tower. The windows are round-headed, those in the ground floor forming an arcade. The central porch has clasping buttresses forming corner turrets, a round-headed arch, and a doorway with a semicircular fanlight. At the left corner is a tourelle, and on the right side is an almost detached octagonal tower.[40][41]
II
Former coach house, Ruyton Manor
52°47′57″N 2°55′16″W / 52.79927°N 2.92105°W / 52.79927; -2.92105 (Former coach house, Ruyton Manor)
c. 1860 The coach house, later used for other purposes, is in red
arrow slit above. At the rear are double doors flanking an open bay.[42]
II
Outbuilding north of Ruyton Manor
52°47′58″N 2°55′22″W / 52.79941°N 2.92268°W / 52.79941; -2.92268 (Outbuilding north of Ruyton Manor)
c. 1860 The outbuilding is in red
embattled parapet and a slate roof. The north range has a segmental-headed doorway and two rectangular windows, and in the D-shaped east range is a rectangular window and a twin round-headed window with imposts and a hood mould.[43]
II
Terraces, balustrades and steps, Ruyton Manor
52°47′57″N 2°55′22″W / 52.79903°N 2.92280°W / 52.79903; -2.92280 (Terraces, balustrades and steps, Ruyton Manor)
c. 1860 The structures to the south of the house are in red sandstone, and consist of a series of terraces linked by flights of steps. In the front are square-shaped balusters, with ball finials in the front and on the corners. The rear terrace has a small tower-like projection.[44][45] II
Cross
52°47′40″N 2°54′14″W / 52.79455°N 2.90391°W / 52.79455; -2.90391 (Cross)
Late 19th century The cross stands in a road junction, it is in
embattled cornice, and above this is a stepped pyramidal finial surmounted by a cross.[46]
II
War memorial
52°47′41″N 2°53′34″W / 52.79476°N 2.89271°W / 52.79476; -2.89271 (War memorial)
1920 The war memorial takes the form of a cave in a sandstone cliff. In the cave is a cross, stone benches, and stone plaques with inscriptions and the names of those lost in the two World Wars.[47] II

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