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Denbigh Hall railway bridge

Denbigh Hall railway bridge carries the West Coast Main Line railway across Watling Street just north of Bletchley, Milton Keynes, in southern England. It dates from the opening of the London and Birmingham Railway in 1838 and was designed by Robert Stephenson though it has been heavily modified. It is a Grade II listed building. Design The bridge is of an unusual design. It is an acutely skewed, cast-iron arch. The deck girders are at right angles to the track. It has a width of 165 feet (50 metres) and a square plan of 26 feet 9 inches (8.15 metres) between broad buttress walls in brick with stone abutments. The original curved cast-iron girders were replaced with straight ones when the line was quadruple-tracked in 1892 and again in 1946, the second time with reinforced concrete beams. The decorative ironwork, including the latticed parapet over the road, was preserved. The alterations and surviving original parts demonstrate all four construction techniques for such bridges developed during the bridge's lifetime. History Robert Stephenson, the chief engineer of the London and Birmingham Railway surveyed the route and designed the bridge. The bridge crosses Watling Street, an historical route north-west from London, at Denbigh Hall. The area is now an industrial zone on the outskirts of Milton Keynes but in the 1830s was largely open land with an inn which served as a stopping point for stagecoaches on the Holyhead Road. The road was part of Thomas Telford's A5 road when the bridge was built but has since been bypassed. The London and Birmingham Railway opened in April 1838 but construction difficulties at Kilsby Tunnel to the north meant the line could not open as a through route. For the first five months, trains from London terminated at Denbigh Hall station, adjacent to the bridge; passengers were transferred to stagecoaches which took them to Rugby, where they resumed their journeys by train. The full route opened in September 1838 and the station closed. A plaque on the south-east side of the bridge records the temporary station's role. The bridge was designated a Grade II listed building in 1975. Listed status provides legal protection against unauthorised modification or demolition and recognises structures of historical or architectural interest. References Bibliography Biddle, Gordon (2011). Britain's Historic Railway Buildings: A Gazetteer of Structures (second ed.). Hersham: Ian Allan. ISBN 9780711034914. Labrum, EA (1994). Civil Engineering Heritage: Eastern and Central England. London: Thomas Telford. ISBN 9780727719706. Footnotes
Christ Church Cambridge

Christ Church Cambridge is a Church of England parish church in central Cambridge, England. The church is within the conservative evangelical tradition and participates in the Reform movement. In 2023 the vicar is Rev. David Todd. Christ Church was a 'grafting' scheme from St Andrew the Great in 2004 when a group of around 100 adults and children moved with Rev. Steve Midgley. Activities The church is open for public services every Sunday at 9:30am, 11:15am and 5:00pm. Every other week there is a more traditional service at 3:00pm. There are several Sunday school groups for children in the morning services. Also, there are many group meetings during the week. History The Abbey Church The little Abbey Church, formerly known as St Andrew the Less, on Newmarket Road, was once overshadowed by Barnwell Priory, which stood behind it, by the river. The only Priory building remaining today is the Cellarer's Chequer at the corner of Beche Road and Priory Road. The Abbey Church was probably built by the Augustinian Canons of the Priory in the early thirteenth century for use by the inhabitants of Barnwell. Only the church and six of the hamlet's 50 houses escaped destruction in a fire on 30 September 1731. Christ Church Christ Church was consecrated by Joseph Allen, Bishop of Ely, on 27 June 1839. It had been built at the cost of £3,800. This amount included a donation of £200 from Charles Perry, a keen evangelist: he was later appointed the first Archbishop of Melbourne. Christ Church stands in the parish of St Andrew the Less. St Andrew's Church, known today as the Abbey Church, was closed for public worship when Christ Church was built. For this reason, Christ Church was used as the parish church, and in January 1846, the arrangement was formalized legally. The interior of Christ Church is 58 feet wide, 87 feet long, and 44 feet high. Rather than the usual east-west orientation, Christ Church faces south. Stained glass was fitted in 1885. The Sunday school children gave the font cover. The church was renovated in 1973 and 2013. Present day The church is within the Conservative Evangelical tradition of the Church of England. It has passed resolutions to reject the ordination of women and/or leadership of women. It receives alternative episcopal oversight from the Bishop of Ebbsfleet (currently Rob Munro). The church is part of the Besom volunteer network in Cambridge as well as the Cambridge Churches Homeless Project. References External links Official website
Peterscourt

Peterscourt is a building in Peterborough, on City Road, which was designed by George Gilbert Scott and completed in 1859. It is Grade II listed. History The building was designed for, and housed, St Peter's Teacher Training College for men until 1914. From 1921 to 1938 it was a teacher training college for women. During the Second World War the building housed the 'American Red Cross Club'. Between 1946 and 1950 it was a temporary college, particularly to train ex-service students. Subsequently it has been used mainly for offices, by Perkins Engines and Peterborough Development Corporation. In the early 1950s, when it housed the sales department of Perkins Engines, it was given the name 'Peterscourt'. The doorway at the side of the building was rescued from the Guildhall, London after the London Blitz and brought to Frank Perkins' offices in Peterscourt. The Peterborough Development Corporation's headquarters were here from 1969 to 1975. Restoration and refurbishment took place in 1985. As of 2017 it is the home of the Eco Innovation Centre. In 2023, it was being used as a serviced office centre by NPS on behalf of Peterborough City Council. Listing and description The building is mainly listed for the early 18th-century doorway which was brought from the London Guildhall following damage in the Second World War. It has finely carved Corinthian pilasters with swags on the frieze and a rectangular fanlight with Gothick glazing. References
Fulbourn Manor

Fulbourn Manor is a Grade II listed building in the English county of Cambridgeshire and the sole surviving manor of the Five Manors of Fulbourn. History The manor was built in 1788 or maybe earlier. An account from 1495 states that Richard Berkeley and his wife Anne Berkeley settled a debt of 1,000 marks with four manors of Fulbourn, which were stated as Zouches, Manners, Shardelowes and Fulbourn. It was largely rebuilt around 1910 by Dudley Newman. Reconstruction preserved part of the 18th-century building. References
The Old Ferry Boat Inn

The Old Ferry Boat Inn is a pub in Holywell, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England. It is situated on the banks of the River Great Ouse. The pub claims to have been established in AD 560 and to be the oldest pub in England. It is Grade II listed, being a seventeenth-century building with an earlier cross-wing. Alleged haunting The Old Ferry Boat Inn is believed to house a ghost named Juliet Tewsley. She is rumoured to rise every year on the anniversary of her death. Tewsley was a local girl who fell in love with Tom Zaul in the 11th century. Tom was not in love with Juliet in return, so she hanged herself on 17 March 1050. There is a stone slab inside the pub dedicated to Tewsley. Staff reportedly avoid walking over the grave, as it is believed to cause frightening apparitions. Guests are also advised not to do so. References External links Official website
Thornbury Town Hall

Thornbury Town Hall, is a municipal building in the High Street, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England. The building, which is the meeting place of Thornbury Town Council, is a Grade II listed building. History The first building on the site on the east side of the High Street between Silver Street and Soapers Lane was a public house known as the "Wine Tavern" which dated back at least to 1590. It was acquired by an apothecary, John Gayner, who converted it for his own use in 1737. The site was then acquired by an attorney, George Rolph, who decided to demolish the original building and commission the current structure. The new building was designed in the neoclassical style, built in brick with a stucco finish and was completed in 1785. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with three bays facing onto the High Street; the central bay featured a portico with Ionic order columns supporting an entablature. The outer bays were fenestrated by tri-partite sash windows and, at roof level, there was a modillioned cornice and a parapet. Internally, the principal room was a large drawing room at the front of the building on the first floor. Following George Rolph's death in 1815, the house passed to his son, William, who enlarged the property by incorporating two other properties at the rear. Following William Rolph's death in 1848, the building was auctioned and acquired by the local justices of the peace. They commissioned a local contractor, Daniel Burchell, to convert the building into a police station and courthouse. Accommodation for the police sergeant and constables was created at the rear of the building. The drawing room was converted into a courtroom, which opened in time for the quarter sessions in March 1860. A large circular plaster cast recording the new use of the building and the date of the conversion was installed on the front of the building at first floor level. The borough council, which had ceased to discharge the usual functions of a corporation, was abolished under the Municipal Corporations Act 1883. Thornbury Rural District Council, which was established in 1894, was not involved in the operation of the courthouse and instead established itself in council offices in Castle Street. The building in the High Street continued to operate as a police station until 1973, when a new police station opened in Rock Street, and continued to host magistrates court hearings until 1986, when the magistrates moved to a modern courthouse in Yate. The building then remained empty and deteriorating until it was acquired by Thornbury Town Council in April 1992. Restoration works, which involved the conversion of the courtroom into a council chamber, were completed in 1994. The old custody cells in the police station were restored for use as a visitor attraction and a tourist information centre was established on the ground floor of the building. References
Chipping Sodbury Town Hall

Chipping Sodbury Town Hall is a municipal building in Broad Street, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England. The building, which is used as an events venue and also as the meeting place of Chipping Sodbury Town Council, is a Grade II listed building. History The original building on the site was a guildhall which dated back to the 15th century. Following the dissolution of the chantries in 1547 and a brief subsequent period of private ownership, the site was acquired by the town and restored. It was then re-fronted in 1738 and re-modelled with a new façade, designed in the Perpendicular Gothic style and built in rubble masonry with ashlar stone dressings, in 1858. The design of the new façade involved a symmetrical main frontage with three bays facing onto Broad Street; it featured an arched doorway with a hood mould flanked by two-light mullioned windows on the ground floor, a six-light mullioned window on the first floor and a gable above. The gable contained an ogee-shaped panel with a crest and was surmounted by a pinnacle. Internally, the principal room was the main hall which was the meeting place of the bailiff and the burgesses. The building contained a large chest, made of oak with iron straps, which was known as the parish coffer and was used for storage of valuable documents: it also dated back to the 15th century. The borough council, which had not met for many years, was formally abolished under the Municipal Corporations Act 1883. In 1894, on the formation of Chipping Sodbury Rural District Council, the bailiff and burgesses resisted transfer of the town hall to the new council and it passed instead, on the instructions of the Charity Commissioners, to the Town Lands Charity. Following local government re-organisation in 1974, the building became the meeting place of the newly formed Sodbury Town Council. After an extensive programme of refurbishment works, which included a new stage in the main hall and new catering facilities, the building re-opened in 1981. The building continued to be used as an events venue and performers in the 21st century included the singer, Jacqui Dankworth, who gave a concert in the town hall in October 2016, the Chipping Sodbury Music Society who performed a 70th anniversary concert in December 2017 and the boxer, Frank Bruno, who gave a talk there in January 2018. References
Gunnerside Methodist Church

Gunnerside Methodist Church is a historic building in Gunnerside, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The first Wesleyan Methodist Church in Gunnerside was built in 1789. It was rebuilt in 1866. Hall and Zaman describe it as the "most prominent structure" in the village, and its "critical physical marker", but that "unfortunately, its architecture offers no merit beyond the gable's rose window and the stone finial at its apex". The building was grade II listed in 1986. On completion, it could seat a congregation of 700 worshippers, but by 2016 it was hosting fortnightly services with fewer than ten attendees. It was threatened with closure in 2015, but a friends group was set up to fund running costs and repairs, and it survives as the last Methodist chapel in Swaledale. The chapel is built of stone on a plinth, with rusticated quoins, sill bands, and a band forming a pediment, the tympanum containing an plaque inscribed "WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL ERECTED 1866" and a circular opening above. The roof is in stone slate with stone copings, and on the front gable is a ball with obelisk finial on a pedestal. There are two storeys and fronts of three bays. The central doorway has a round-arched head, imposts, voussoirs and a keystone. The windows are also round-headed with imposts and keystones, those above the doorway paired. At the entrance to the churchyard are double gates and a wicket gate in wrought iron. The main gates are flanked by stone gate piers, each on a plinth, with a cornice and capping. Outside these are low stone walls with saddleback coping and cast iron railings. The wall, railings, gates and gate piers are contemporary with the church and are collectively grade II listed. See also Listed buildings in Melbecks References External links Official website
St John's Church, Hipswell

St John's Church is an Anglican church in Hipswell, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. There was a church in Hipswell by the late mediaeval period, although only the only remain is a 16th-century window head. The current church was built in 1811, and in 1893 C. Hodgson Fowler added the chancel, vestry and replaced the windows. It was grade II listed in 1969. The church is built of sandstone with a Welsh slate roof. It consists of a nave and a chancel under one roof, a south porch and a north vestry. On the west gable is a bellcote with a corbelled cupola. The porch is gabled, and has a four-centred arch with the date on the apex stone. Inside, the old window head is in the vestry, while there is a timber screen at the west end of the church. There is a wall monument to the Reverend James Robinson. See also Listed buildings in Hipswell References
St Michael's Church, Hudswell

St Michael's Church is a redundant Anglican church in Hudswell, North Yorkshire, a village in England. A church was built on the site, in or before the 13th century. It was rebuilt in the early 18th century, and again in 1884 to a design by George Wheelhouse. On opening, it could seat 150 worshippers. The building was grade II listed in 1969. The church closed in 2017, and was purchased by the Hudswell Community Charity, which converted it into a hostel, with six en-suite bedrooms, a lounge and dining area, and kitchen. The church is built of sandstone with a Welsh slate roof. It consists of a nave, a south porch, a chancel with a north vestry, and a southwest octagonal steeple. Over the doorway is a carved head, and inside the porch are three medieval grave covers. The east window has three trefoiled lights and a sexfoil above, and the other windows are lancets. Inside, there are a piscina and stoup from the Mediaeval church, while there is an arch-braced king post roof. As part of the conversion to a hostel, a mezzanine floor was inserted. See also Listed buildings in Hudswell, North Yorkshire References
St John's Church, Bellerby

St John's Church is the parish church of Bellerby, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The first reference to a church in Bellerby is from the 15th century, and in 1474 it was the subject of a papal bull establishing the funding of a resident priest, who would say mass. It long served as a chapel-of-ease to St Michael's Church, Spennithorne. It was rebuilt in 1801, and again in 1874. In 1847, it was licensed for baptisms, marriages and burials. In 1967, the church was Grade II listed. The church was re-roofed and redecorated in 2005, with a carpet fitted the following year. The church bell was removed in 2017 as it was unsafe, but was rehung in 2021. The church is built of stone with a Welsh slate roof. It consists of a three-bay nave with a south porch, a two-bay chancel with a north vestry, and a southwest steeple. The steeple is octagonal with string courses, louvred openings, and an octagonal spire. The porch is gabled and has buttresses, and a pointed doorway with a chamfered surround. See also Listed buildings in Bellerby References
St Margaret's Church, Preston-under-Scar

St Margaret's Church is a parish church in Preston-under-Scar, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. Preston-under-Scar was in the parish of Holy Trinity Church, Wensley. In 1862, a mission room was built in the village. The church in Wensley was declared redundant in about 2006, and St Margaret's then became the parish church. The church has been grade II listed since 1986. In 2025, the church raised more than £20,000 to restore its bellcote, vestry and north window. The church is built of stone and has a Welsh slate roof with stone copings and shaped kneelers. The church consists of a nave, a small chancel with a vestry and a bellcote above, and an outbuilding at the rear. In the centre is a doorway with a fanlight, and it is flanked by windows; all have round-arched heads and quoined surrounds, the fanlight and windows containing Y-tracery. Inside, there is an octagonal portable font in the Perpendicular Gothic style, and a mural by Muriel Metcalfe. See also Listed buildings in Preston-under-Scar References
Fort Horn

Fort Horn is a historic building in Thornton Steward, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The folly was constructed by during the Napoleonic Wars by a Captain Horn who held a commission in the Loyal Dales Volunteers. He supposedly intended that the building would be garrisoned by the milita if the country was invaded. The building was later converted into a house, and was grade II listed in 1985. The building is constructed of stone with an embattled parapet and lead roofs. In the centre is a three-storey bay containing a full-height canted bay window. There is a doorway on the ground floor, and the windows are sashes. This is flanked by single-storey bays containing Venetian windows. See also Listed buildings in Thornton Steward References
St John's Church, East Witton

St John's Church is the parish church of East Witton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. St Ella's Church in the village was first recorded in 1301; St Martin's Church was later built at Low Thorpe. In 1809, the Earl of Ailesbury commissioned a church on a new site. It was designed by H. H. Seward in the Gothick style. It was restored from 1871 to 1872 by George Fowler Jones. The church was grade II listed in 1967. Nikolaus Pevsner described it as remarkably substantial; nothing of the papery character of most early C19 Gothic". The church is built of sandstone with a stone slate roof, and consists of a six-bay nave and a chancel in one unit, north and south aisles, a south porch, a north baptistry and a west tower. The tower has four stages, angle buttresses and an embattled parapet. The nave has three three-light windows and a single late-19th century window, while the east end has a five-light window in the Perpendicular style. Inside, the chancel is lined with tiles, depicting the Lord's Prayer, Creed and Ten Commandments. Victoria of the United Kingdom's coat of arms are depicted in plaster, while the arms of George III of the United Kingdom are over the vestry door. See also Listed buildings in East Witton References
The Black Bull, Middleham

The Black Bull is a historic pub in Middleham, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. The pub was built in the mid 18th century. It was grade II listed in 1985. In 2024, it was put up for sale for £300,000. At the time, on the ground floor it had a main bar with a servery, fireplace, wooden ceiling beams and floor of stone flags; a snug with an inglenook fireplace; a further room and toilets. It also had a cellar, and on the upper floor a kitchen and flat. The pub is built of painted rubble, with quoins and a hipped stone slate roof. It has two storeys and an attic, and a front of two bays. On the front is an inserted doorway, and the original doorway in the left return is blocked. The windows are sashes. See also Listed buildings in Middleham References
The Dante Arms

The Dante Arms is a historic pub in Middleham, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. The pub was constructed in the 19th century as a hotel. It was known as the Black Swan for many years, but was often confused with two other local pubs, The Black Bull and The White Swan. In 2018 it was renamed after Dante, a locally-trained racehorse, which was stabled behind the building. The pub was grade II listed in 1985. The hotel is built of stone with a stone slate roof. It has three storeys and four bays. On the front are two doorways, and relieving arches of voussoirs over original openings. The windows are sashes. See also Listed buildings in Middleham References