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Harwich Guildhall

Harwich Guildhall is a municipal building in Church Street, Harwich, Essex, England. The structure, which accommodates the offices of Harwich Town Council, is a Grade I listed building. History The first building on the site was a public house known as "The Bear", which dated back to at least the mid-17th century. It was acquired by Harwich Borough Council, when the council relocated from an earlier guildhall in St Austin's Gate, in 1673. The current building was designed in the Georgian style, built in red brick with stone dressings and was completed in 1769. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of three bays facing onto Church Street. The central bay contained an doorway with an ogee-shaped fanlight, flanked by elaborate pilasters, described by English Heritage as being in the style of Batty Langley, which supported an open pediment. There was an aedicula containing a stained glass window on the first floor and a Royal coat of arms surmounted by a curved pediment on the second floor. The outer bays, which were canted, were fenestrated by sash windows with keystones on all three floors. At roof level, there was a parapet which was embellished with a series of recessed panels. Internally, the principal room was the council chamber, which was panelled, on the first floor. There was also a mayor's parlour, which contained the civic regalia and the official brass yard, on the first floor, and a "carvings room", which contained elaborate carvings which had been created by petty criminals when they were incarcerated in the room, on the ground floor. The building continued to serve as the meeting place of Harwich Borough Council throughout the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, but ceased to be local seat of government when the borough council moved to the former Great Eastern Railway Hotel at Harwich Quay in October 1951. However, following local government re-organisation in 1974, the guildhall became the meeting place of Harwich Town Council. An extensive programme of refurbishment works was carried out at the guildhall between August 1975 and April 1977. In February 2000, the Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, visited the guildhall, and, in November 2004, Queen Elizabeth II visited the building to mark the 400th anniversary of the granting of a royal charter to the town. Works of art in the town hall include a portrait by William Owen of the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley, a portrait by Frederick George Cotman of Alderman William Groom and a portrait by an unnamed artist of King Charles II. Other artefacts in the building include the ship's bell from the passenger ferry, SS Brussels, which was registered at Harwich but was captured by the Imperial German Navy in June 1916 during the First World War. See also Grade I listed buildings in Essex References
Church of St James, Ashley

The Anglican Church of St James at Ashley in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England, was built in the Norman period and rebuilt around 1200. It is a grade II* listed building. History The Norman church was rebuilt around 1200. In 1848 it was restored and the chancel rebuilt. The parish is part of the Braydon Brook benefice within the Diocese of Bristol. Architecture The stone building has slate roofs. It consists on a nave, chancel and south aisle with a two-stage 15th century west tower with gargoyles. The south porch Norman doorway has a lintel and tympanum. References
Bear Park, North Yorkshire

Bear Park is a manor house and estate in Carperby, a village in Wensleydale in England. A house existed on the site in the Mediaeval period, when it was owned by Marrick Priory. It was sold in 1544, and by 1570 was owned by Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick. At the time, the estate had a stone hall and various outbuildings, surrounded on three sides by walls, and the other by the River Ure. The current building dates from the 17th century, although it may contain elements of the earlier house. It has been much altered, particularly in the 19th century. It was Grade II* listed in 1952. The house is built of stone and has a stone slate roof with coped gables. It has two storeys and an E-shaped plan. The south front has five bays, and contains a doorway with a fanlight, a Tudor arched head and a hood mould. The windows are mullioned and double-chamfered with hood moulds. At the ends, the gable of each cross-wing contains an oculus with a moulded surround and keystones. In the centre of the rear is a single-storey gabled porch containing a doorway with a quoined surround, a moulded arris and a Tudor arched head. To the right of the porch is a stone slab carved with the Arma Christi, said to have come from Coverham Abbey. Inside the house, the dining room has 17th-century panelling with a frieze and moulded beams and joists in the ceiling. The sitting room has a small fireplace which dates from the 17th century or perhaps earlier, and the old kitchen has a large 17th-century fireplace. Beside the kitchen fireplace is a stone spiral staircase, with a cavity below which may have been a priesthole. Next to the house is a garden, surrounded by a 19th-century stone wall, which has been extended to accommodate a tennis court. There is also a mid-19th century grotto, constructed of artificial stone. See also Grade II* listed buildings in North Yorkshire (district) Listed buildings in Carperby-cum-Thoresby References
St Edmund's Church, Marske

St Edmund's Church is the parish church of Marske, a village near Richmond, North Yorkshire in England. The church was built in the 12th century, from which period part of the nave survives. It was largely rebuilt in 1683, and Nikolaus Pevsner describes this as the most interesting work, "especially two south windows with the oddest interpretation of Early English tracery and even with some dogtooth. The church was restored in 1830, when most of the fittings were replaced. A porch was added later in the century. The church was grade II* listed in 1969. The church is built of stone, partly rendered and has a stone slate roof. The church consists of a nave, a north aisle, a south porch, and a chancel with a north aisle. On the west gable is a bellcote with two chamfered pointed arches. The porch has a Tudor arch with a chamfered surround, above which is a coat of arms, and a stepped embattled parapet, The inner doorway is Norman, and has a round arch with two orders. The nave also has an embattled parapet. Inside, there is an octagonal font inscribed "T H 1633", an altar table and rail from about 1700. In the porch are some pieces of stone with blackletter text inscriptions. See also Grade II* listed churches in North Yorkshire (district) Listed buildings in Marske, west North Yorkshire References
Paradise, Low Row

Paradise is a historic building in Low Row, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. In the late mediaeval period, land at Paradise was owned by Mount Grace Priory. The current building was constructed in 1653, as a house and knitting factory. It was altered in the 18th century, the work including the replacement of the roof and some of the windows. The building was grade II* listed in 1986. The house is built of stone on a boulder plinth, with a stone slate roof, stone copings and shaped kneelers, and three storeys. The house has three bays, and a central doorway with a quoined surround, and a lintel with inscribed and dated recessed panels. The manufactory to the left has two doorways, one with a chamfered surround. In both parts there is a mix of windows, some are mullioned, and others include casements and sashes, some horizontally-sliding. At the rear is an outshut with two cart sheds containing segmental arches, voussoirs and keystones. Inside, the outshut contains stone stairs. The stable block, built in 1791, is grade II listed. It is built of stone, and has a stone slate roof with shaped kneelers and stone copings, and two storeys. On the ground floor is a doorway with initials and the date. External stone steps lead up to an upper floor doorway with a plinth. See also Grade II* listed buildings in North Yorkshire (district) Listed buildings in Melbecks References
Sandywell Park

Sandywell Park é uma mansão georgiana jacobina, cinco milhas a leste de Cheltenham em Gloucestershire, na Inglaterra. Construída em 1704 por Henry Brett, foi ampliada algumas vezes ao longo do século XVIII. Em meados do século XVIII, a propriedade de Sandywell Park adquiriu o edifício Whittington Court. Sandywell Park é hoje um edifício listado como Grau II. Referências
Garth Cottage

Garth Cottage is a historic building in Coverham, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The building originated as the central section of the medieval west range of Coverham Abbey, a 13th-century Premonstratensian house. In the 16th century, the monastery was dissolved, and the range was redeveloped as a house. Research in 1995 identified the internal east wall of the entrance lobby as probably surviving from the abbey, but the majority of the current building dates from the 17th century, or from a remodelling in about 1900. The building was Grade II* listed in 1967. The two-storey house is built of stone, with a stone slate roof. In the centre is a doorway with a straight-sided pointed arch and a moulded surround. Above it is a stepped hood mould containing the initial "A" and motifs including an eagle, and over that are three corbels. The windows are mullioned. At the rear are various types of window, including a sash window, a mullioned and transomed window, and mullioned windows with moulded hood moulds. Inside, there is a large arched fireplace with a hoodmould. See also Grade II* listed buildings in North Yorkshire (district) Listed buildings in Coverham with Agglethorpe References
Countersett Hall

Countersett Hall is a Grade II* listed historic building in Countersett, a hamlet in North Yorkshire, in England. The house dates back to the twelfth century in parts – artefacts were discovered during renovations in the 1980s. Richard Robinson purchased the freehold and extended the hall in 1650 – his initials are inscribed above the front door. Robinson became the first Quaker in Wensleydale and held meetings illegally in the house. George Fox stayed in the house in 1652 and again in 1677. There is a local legend that Mary Queen of Scots stayed at the hall on her way to Bolton Castle. See also Listed buildings in Bainbridge, North Yorkshire References
St Bartholomew's Church, Whittington

St Bartholomew's Church is an Anglican church in Whittington in Gloucestershire, England. It in the Diocese of Gloucester and in the Coln River Group of Parishes. The earliest parts of the building date from the 11th or 12th century, and it is Grade II* listed. History and description The church was sometimes described as a chapel in the medieval period. In 1750 it was called St Michael's; it was stated to be dedicated to St Bartholomew in 1922. There is a nave, and chancel, dating from the late 11th century or 12th century. The nave and chancel are undivided. There is a wooden bellcot at the east end of the nave. In the chancel, the east window dates from the 14th century, and the south window dates from the 16th century. There is a south chapel, with large south and east windows, built in the late 16th century or 17th century. Whittington Court is adjacent to the church. It was probably built by Richard Cotton (died 1556), probably on or near the site of the 14th-century manor house of the de Croupes (or de Crupes) family. The architect Frederick S. Waller was the occupant of Whittington Court in the late 19th century. He renovated the house in the 1860s, and in 1872 he restored the church, for which local gentry and clergy subscribed. This included creating a two-bay arcade between the chapel and the rest of the church, which replaced a wall built by the Cottons, removing a rood screen and the west gallery, replacing the roofs of the main church, and adding a south vestry. Interior The octagonal stone font dates from about 1200. The pews and pulpit date from the 19th century. Monuments include three 14th-century stone effigies in the transept, moved here in 1872 from elsewhere in the church. Two are of knights bearing the arms of the de Croupes family; they are thought to be Richard de Croupes (died 1278) and his son Richard, both lords of the manor. There is also an effigy of a lady wearing a wimple, thought to be the wife of one of the knghts. On the chancel floor there is a brass memorial to Richard Cotton and his wife Margaret (of Whittington Court in the 16th century). References
Edgeworth Manor

Edgeworth Manor is a Grade II* listed country house in Edgeworth, Gloucestershire, England. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book, when it was held by Roger de Lacy. Herman de Dreux, a Domesday baron, held Edgeworth manor by 1137 and was the first to use the de Edgeworth surname. The manor passed to William fitz Herman by 1157 and was held by the male descendants of Herman, in some part, until at least 1379 when the manor was sold by Christine Stevenes, niece of Stephen de Edgeworth, to Thomas Raleigh. The current house is mainly dated to 1685, when the previous Tudor house was replaced for Nathaniel Ridler. It underwent significant changes to south under Capel N. Tripp in 1882 and Sir Ernest George in 1899. References
St Edmund's Church, Norwich

St Edmund's Church, Norwich is a Grade I listed redundant parish church in the Church of England in Norwich. History The church is medieval dating from the 13th century. The nave was restored in the 1860s by Richard Phipson and the chancel by Ewan Christian. After being declared redundant as a parish church, the building was used as a factory store. Later it was used as the Norwich Pregnancy Crisis centre. Use of the church ended in the 1950s. It became a cardboard box store for the factory located across the street, and then a shoe store for another factory. The fabric of the church was restored by the Norwich Historic Churches Trust which took over ownership in 1984. Following this, the Norwich Puppet Theatre located at St James Pockthorpe used the church as a scenery store. In 1992, the church was fitted with a western gallery with a first-floor kitchen and ground floor toilets in the tower, as well as two-storey rooms in its aisle's west end. From 1993 until 2010, Norwich Community Church used the premises, and from then until 2020 Call To Prayer resided there. After this, the volunteer-led community interest company Echo Youth Theatre used the space. Monuments The church contains monuments to: Thomas Stones (d. 1627) Jeremiah Berry (d. 1767) by W. Lane of Norwich. References
The Court House

The Court House is a historic Jacobean building located on Calf Lane in the town of Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, England. The building dates back to the 17th century. It is a Grade II* listed building under the UK's statutory designation system for historically significant structures. The Court House is most likely a conversion of a stable block after Old Campden Manor was destroyed in 1645 during the English Civil War, when it was burned down in order to prevent it falling into the hands of Parliamentary forces. History The Court was constructed in the early 17th century, during the Jacobean period, presumably at around the same time as Old Campden Manor. Old Campden Manor was burned down during English Civil War, to prevent it falling into the hands of Parliamentary forces. The Court was most likely a stable block, and features architectural elements typical of the time, including stone mullioned windows, gables, and chimneys. Preservation Status The Court House became a Grade II* listed building on 25 August 1960. Location The Court is located on Calf Lane, which is situated near the centre of Chipping Campden, a market town known for its well-preserved historical buildings and Cotswold stone architecture. See also Chipping Campden Church of St James, Chipping Campden Chipping Campden Town Hall Notes References The Court at Historic England Retrieved April 7 2026 External links The Court at www.tripadvisor.co.uk Retrieved 7 April 2026 The Court at www.chippingcampdenhistory.org.uk Retrieved 7 April 2026
St Helen's Church, Norwich

St Helen's Church is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Norwich. History The church was medieval and in 1270 given to the Great Hospital which had been founded in 1249. The original building was demolished and the current tower was built in 1375; the chancel was rebuilt by Henry le Despenser in 1383; nave and aisles of 3 bays and the south transept were all rebuilt ca. 1480 by Bishop James Goldwell. Organ The church contains an organ by Mark Noble. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. References
St Giles' Church, Norwich

St Giles' Church, Norwich is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Norwich. History The church is medieval and is noted in the Domesday Book of 1086. The present St Giles Church has its origins in 1386, when a bequest was given to start building the church. By 1424, the tower was almost finished, and by 1430 the building was complete enough for funerals to take place. It was restored between 1866 and 1867 by Richard Phipson. The tower is the tallest church tower in Norwich at a height of 120 ft. Memorials There are a number of wall monuments including those to: Thomas Churchman 1742 by Sir Henry Cheere, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Churchman 1781 by Thomas Rawlins Philip Stannard 1747 by Thomas Rawlins Organ The church contained an organ which dated from 1896 by Norman and Beard. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. References
St Margaret's Church, Norwich

St Margaret's Church, Norwich is a Grade I listed redundant parish church in the Church of England in Norwich. History The church is medieval. It was closed for five or six years and reopened after a restoration in 1868. Much of its stained glass dating from the Victorian era was destroyed in a bombing raid in World War II. The east window was replaced in the 1960s with an Ascension scene by David King. The church saw closure in 1975. It saw, for a short time, use as a gymnasium, though this did not have any facilities. An agent for the Norwich Historic Churches Trust administered the church as an affordable exhibition space by the name of St Margaret’s Church of Art, after which a restoration programme funded by Historic England repaired its roof, masonry and drainage while also tending to issues in the south transept and east chancel walls. Then, the church became St Margaret’s Gallery. References
St Mary the Less (Norwich)

De St Mary the Less is een kerkgebouw in de Engelse stad Norwich. Geschiedenis De kerk dateert uit de middeleeuwen, maar werd overbodig in 1544 toen de parochie werd opgenomen in St George's Church in Tombland. Midden jaren 1560 werd St Mary the Less toegewezen als hun erezaal aan 24 Nederlandse meesters die de eerste Elizabethan Strangers in Norwich vertegenwoordigden. Het gebouw werd gebruikt als wolhal waar Nederlandse kooplieden stoffen verkochten. In 1637 werd het omgebouwd tot een kerk voor Waalse en Franse protestanten, de l’Église Protestante Française de Norwich of de Franse Kerk van Norwich. Monumentale inscripties voor de families Martineau en Colombine, beide Waalse vreemdelingenfamilies, zijn nog steeds in de kerk te vinden. Tot de predikanten in die tijd behoorden Johannes Bruckner en Joseph Nicol Scott. Het gebruik als Franse protestantse kerk duurde voort tot 1832, toen het werd verkocht aan de Swedenborgianen. In 1869 werd het een katholieke apostolische kerk. Na de sluiting in 1959 werd het een meubelmagazijn voor Robertson & Coleman tot 1985. In 1989 werd het verkocht aan de Norwich French Church Charity. Het staat op de lijst van bedreigd erfgoed van Historic England, die stelt dat het "momenteel wordt gebruikt als historisch studiecentrum, maar niet gemakkelijk toegankelijk is. Het gebouw wordt geacht aan reparatie toe te zijn, met name het dak". Gebouw De kerk bestaat uit een westtoren, een schip met drie traveeën, een koor en een zuidelijke portiek met voorportaal. Ze is gebouwd van vuursteen met stenen en bakstenen details en dateert uit de 13e eeuw. De kerk is aan drie zijden tegenaan gebouwd, waardoor ze niet prominent in het straatbeeld staat.
St Martin at Oak

St Martin at Oak is a Grade I listed redundant parish church in the Church of England in Norwich. History The church is medieval dating from before 1491. It lost its tower to bomb damage in 1942. It was rebuilt in 1953 by the architect John Chaplin as a church hall for neighbouring parishes, with the chancel arch being bricked up that decade, leaving the nave as a large hall. Its existence as a church hall never materialised as the local churches were closed in the 1960s. The Night Shelter relocated to St Martin at Oak from St James Pockthorpe in 1976, using the nave as a dormitory and the chancel as a common room. Additionally, the arcade was glazed, and office, showers, and toilets were installed in the aisle. The Night Shelter remained at St Martin's until it moved to the Bishopbridge House in 2002. For a very short time, artists rented the church. In 2012, the Wharf Music Academy began renting the church; they replaced the showers with soundproof teaching pods and in 2013 upgraded the chancel into office space and a kitchen. After repairs to internal plasterwork, in December 2024 the Men's Shed became a tenant. Organ The church purchased an organ dating in 1887 by Norman and Beard. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. When the church closed for worship, the organ was transferred to St Bartholomew's Church, Corton, Suffolk. References
St George Colegate

St George Colegate is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Norwich. History The church is medieval. The nave and tower date from 1459 and the chancel from 1498. The aisles and chapels are 1505 and 1513. Organ The church contains an organ which dated from 1802 by George Pike England. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. As a mark of its historic value, the organ has been awarded an Historic Organ Certificate by the British Institute of Organ Studies. References
St Gregory's Church, Norwich

St Gregory's is a Grade I listed redundant parish church in the Church of England in Norwich. History The church, which stands between Pottergate and St Benedict's Street, is medieval. The body of the church dates back to a 14th-century rebuilding, although the tower is older. St Gregory's is noted for its wall-paintings, discovered in 1999, which include a depiction St George and the dragon at the west end of the north aisle. There is a public passageway under the chancel, which was rebuilt in 1394. The west tower once had a lead-covered spire, bearing the date 1697, but this was removed in 1840. Most of the stained glass dates back to the late 19th century, and was made by J and J King of Norwich. In 1971, the church was closed, and from 1975 to 2002 it was used as a community arts venue. Work was done to install toilets in the north porch, lay a wooden floor over the original floor, and add stepped staging to the chancel. In 1999, an important group of wall paintings were discovered in the church. An agent for the Norwich Historic Churches Trust ran the building as a venue for events from 2007 to 2011. It was used as an arts centre, which closed in September 2012. The next year, it was leased out as an antiques centre and remains as such. Organ The church has an organ dating from 1887 by Norman Brothers. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. References Sources Pevsner, Nikolaus (1962). North East Norfolk and Norwich. The Buildings of England (1st ed.). Penguin Books.