Listed buildings in Wortley, South Yorkshire

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metropolitan borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. The parish contains 25 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is 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 Wortley and the surrounding countryside. In the parish is the country house, Wortley Hall
, which is listed, together with associated structures and items in the gardens and grounds. The other listed buildings include houses and cottages, two cross bases, a church, a public house, a milestone, and three mileposts.


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
Base of Cundy Cross
53°28′28″N 1°32′00″W / 53.47438°N 1.53331°W / 53.47438; -1.53331 (Base of Cundy Cross)
16th or 17th century The base of the cross is in gritstone. It consults of a rough block about 0.75 metres (2 ft 6 in) square, with a socket for a shaft which is drained by a groove. The groove is flanked by two other holes.[2] II
Well Houses
53°29′54″N 1°32′24″W / 53.49837°N 1.54000°W / 53.49837; -1.54000 (Well Houses)
Mid 17th century The later house dates from the mid-18th century. The houses are in
quoins, a doorway with a quoined surround, and mullioned windows. The later house on the right has two storeys and attics, three bays, and an outshut. It has quoins, a floor band, a central doorway with a projecting keystone and a hood mould band, another doorway to the left with a plain surround, and casement windows.[3]
II
Cross base with sundial pedestal
53°29′25″N 1°32′18″W / 53.49024°N 1.53840°W / 53.49024; -1.53840 (Cross base with sundial pedestal)
1679 The
plinth, with an inset square shaft and the date on one side.[4]
II
Wortley Hall, terrace, steps and wall
53°29′29″N 1°31′50″W / 53.49133°N 1.53061°W / 53.49133; -1.53061 (Wortley Hall, terrace steps and wall)
1742–46 A
pulvinated friezes, and dentilled pediments. On the east front is an octagonal lantern with archivolted openings under a lead-roofed dome with a finial. The front terrace has a retaining wall and steps flanked by urns.[5][6]
II*
Ivy Cottage
53°29′24″N 1°32′19″W / 53.48994°N 1.53850°W / 53.48994; -1.53850 (Ivy Cottage)
Mid 18th century The house, which was extended in the 19th century, is in sandstone with a stone slate roof. There are two storeys, two bays, and a single-storey extension on the right. The doorway is in the centre of the main range, and the windows are 20th-century casements, one with a mullion.[7] II
Wortley Arms
53°29′24″N 1°32′17″W / 53.49008°N 1.53808°W / 53.49008; -1.53808 (Wortley Arms)
Mid 18th century The public house is in
moulded quoins and a cornice on brackets. The windows are sashes, all with cornices.[8]
II
St Leonard's Church
53°29′25″N 1°32′18″W / 53.49041°N 1.53837°W / 53.49041; -1.53837 (St Leonard's Church)
1753–54 The oldest part of the church is the tower, with the body of the church rebuilt in about 1811–15. It is in
embattled parapet.[9][10]
II
Hermit Hill Farmhouse
53°30′14″N 1°30′56″W / 53.50382°N 1.51546°W / 53.50382; -1.51546 (Hermit Hill Farmhouse)
1760 The farmhouse, which was extended in the 19th century, is in
lintel, and the windows are sashes.[11]
II
Carlton House
53°28′37″N 1°31′55″W / 53.47694°N 1.53190°W / 53.47694; -1.53190 (Carlton House)
Late 18th century The oldest part of the house is the rear wing, with the main range dating from the early 19th century. The house is in
quoins, a bay window in an arched recess, a tripartite window, and a French window.[12][13]
II
Milestone at junction with Bank Lane
53°28′28″N 1°32′00″W / 53.47452°N 1.53327°W / 53.47452; -1.53327 (Milestone at junction with Bank Lane)
Late 18th century The milestone at the junction of Woodhead Road with Bank Lane is in gritstone. It consists of a square pillar about 0.75 metres (2 ft 6 in) high, and is inscribed on each side with the distances to Rotherham, Huddersfield, Manchester, and Sheffield.[14] II
Stable block, Wortley Hall
53°29′29″N 1°31′57″W / 53.49135°N 1.53239°W / 53.49135; -1.53239 (Stable block, Wortley Hall)
c.1800 The stable block is in
balustrade with ball finials, and a lead dome with an apex finial. The flanking bays contain blind round-arched recesses with rusticated voussoirs, and on the roof are louvred ventilators. At the rear are doorways, sash windows, and dormers, and in the returns are blind Venetian windows.[12][15]
II
Gatepiers and railings,
northeast end of The Avenue
53°29′31″N 1°31′59″W / 53.49191°N 1.53294°W / 53.49191; -1.53294 (Gatepiers and railings, northeast end of The Avenue)
Early 19th century The gate
plinth walls with decorative ironwork to an outer pair of piers. Each pier is rusticated with a frieze block and a cornice, the inner piers with ball finials.[16]
II
Gatepiers and railings,
southwest end of The Avenue
53°29′26″N 1°32′12″W / 53.49049°N 1.53653°W / 53.49049; -1.53653 (Gatepiers and railings, southwest end of The Avenue)
Early 19th century The gate piers and railings are at the southwest entrance to the grounds of the Wortley Hall estate. The piers are in sandstone, with an inner pair of piers, a side gate on the left, and smaller outer piers. Each pier is square and rusticated with a cornice, and the larger inner piers also have a frieze block with festoons, and a ball finial. Outside the inner piers are iron railings.[17] II
Balustraded wall, Wortley Hall
53°29′30″N 1°31′48″W / 53.49169°N 1.52990°W / 53.49169; -1.52990 (Balustraded wall, Wortley Hall)
Early 19th century (probable) The retaining wall across the east front of the hall is in
plinths, panels, and cornices, some are surmounted by decorated vases and others by ball finials.[12][18]
II
Circular pool and statue, Wortley Hall
53°29′27″N 1°31′49″W / 53.49079°N 1.53019°W / 53.49079; -1.53019 (Circular pool and statue, Wortley Hall)
Early 19th century (probable) The circular pool is in the centre of the garden to the south of the hall. The lining is in
moulded segmental copings at the level of the footpath. In the middle of the pool is a circular pedestal with a moulded base, surmounted by the statue of a male figure on three entwined dolphins, the arms broken.[12][19]
II
Outbuilding and Garden Cottage, Wortley Hall
53°29′28″N 1°31′57″W / 53.49118°N 1.53252°W / 53.49118; -1.53252 (Outbuilding and Garden Cottage, Wortley Hall)
Early 19th century The stable block with hayloft and the cottage are in
lintels grooved as voussoirs. The outbuilding has a doorway with a fanlight, a sash window, and a garage door on the right, and in the upper floor are circular pitching holes.[20]
II
Terrace steps and walls, Wortley Hall
53°29′27″N 1°31′47″W / 53.49090°N 1.52983°W / 53.49090; -1.52983 (Terrace steps and walls, Wortley Hall)
Early 19th century The steps and walls in the garden to the south of the hall are in
moulded coping and surmounted by gadrooned vases.[21]
II
Arbour, Wortley Hall
53°29′25″N 1°31′49″W / 53.49021°N 1.53023°W / 53.49021; -1.53023 (Arbour, Wortley Hall)
Early to mid 19th century The arbour in the garden of the hall is in
plinth, with square balusters, and moulded copings. On the front, the corners are supported by dies with scrolled brackets decorated with rose and oak leaf motifs.[12][22]
II
Ice house, Wortley Hall
53°29′24″N 1°31′54″W / 53.48987°N 1.53158°W / 53.48987; -1.53158 (Ice house, Wortley Hall)
Early to mid 19th century The ice house is by a fish pond in the garden of the hall. It is in red brick and sandstone, and consists of a mound of earth on which is a coped brick upstand with pins for hatches. In the top is a rebated round hole, and on the south side is a stone feeder channel.[12][23] II
6 Halifax Road
53°29′27″N 1°32′17″W / 53.49083°N 1.53800°W / 53.49083; -1.53800 (6 Halifax Road)
1840 A
lintel. Above is a hood mould, which continues over the window to the left. The windows are recessed, chamfered and mullioned, and in the right return is a gabled porch.[24]
II
Milepost near Town End Farm
53°28′30″N 1°31′12″W / 53.47487°N 1.52010°W / 53.47487; -1.52010 (Milepost near Town End Farm)
Mid 19th century The milepost is on the northeast side of the A629 road. It is in cast iron, and has angled sides and top. In raised lettering are indicated the distances to Sheffield and Penistone.[25] II
Milepost at junction with Woodhead Road
53°29′10″N 1°32′08″W / 53.48616°N 1.53553°W / 53.48616; -1.53553 (Milepost at junction with Woodhead Road)
Mid 19th century The milepost is on the southwest side of the A629 road. It is in cast iron, and has angled sides and top. In raised lettering are indicated the distances to Sheffield and Penistone.[26] II
Milepost at Mill Moor Plantation
53°29′51″N 1°32′53″W / 53.49757°N 1.54811°W / 53.49757; -1.54811 (Milepost at Mill Moor Plantation)
Mid 19th century The milepost is on the northeast side of the A629 road. It is in cast iron, and has angled sides and top. In raised lettering are indicated the distances to Sheffield and Penistone.[27] II
Top Lodge
53°29′25″N 1°32′11″W / 53.49025°N 1.53649°W / 53.49025; -1.53649 (Top Lodge)
Mid 19th century The lodge at the entrance to the
moulded cornice, a blocking course, and a hipped Westmorland slate roof. There is a single storey and three bays, the middle bay projecting and containing a doorway with a slab hood on shaped brackets. In the returns are casement windows with hoods.[28]
II
The Old Vicarage, wall and gateway
53°29′20″N 1°32′09″W / 53.48877°N 1.53584°W / 53.48877; -1.53584 (The Old Vicarage, wall and gateway)
1878–80 The vicarage was designed by
moulded copings, and ball finials. There are two storeys and fronts of three and two bays, each bay gabled and with a panel in the gable. The porch contains a round-arched doorway with a moulded surround, a keystone, and a pediment with a parapet and a final. The windows are mullioned and transomed, and on the garden front are two canted bay windows. On the left return, a curtain wall encloses a single-storey outbuilding.[12][29]
II

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