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St James' Church, Ab Kettleby

St James’ Church, Ab Kettleby is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Ab Kettleby, Leicestershire. History The church dates from the 13th century, but was restored between 1852 and 1853 by Broadbent and Hawley when repairs were made and new oak benches were installed. The remains of a Roman villa, and a ditch running from north to south underneath the nave have caused serious structural problems for the church. The church closed in 2006 due to its structural problems and, following the raising of over £250,000 for repairs, it re-opened in 2013. Memorials Everard Digby, (died 1628) Joye Elizabeth, wife of William Neale, (died 1604) John Neale (died 1606) Christopher Dexter (died 1726) Matthew Dexter (died 1728) Parish status The church is in a joint parish with St Leonard's Church, Holwell Together, they form part of a wider benefice which includes All Saints' Church, Asfordby St Michael, Wartnaby St Peter, Saxelbye St John the Baptist, Grimston Bells The peal of three bells, dating from 1599, 1653 and 1765 was augmented to six in 2015 with the addition of two new bells cast by John Taylor & Co, and a third bell, cast in 1929 and relocated from Gorran Churchtown, Cornwall. References
Coop House, Netherby

Coop House, near Netherby in Cumbria, England, is a small building by the River Esk, erected about 1772 as part of a salmon fishery project, and restored in the 1990s by the Landmark Trust. It is a Grade II* listed building; it is described in the listing as a folly tower. History and description It is situated on the south bank of the River Esk and west of Netherby Hall. The Revd Robert Graham of Netherby Hall made many improvements to his estate, and endeavoured to establish a salmon fishery, which involved building a weir in the river in 1770, and creating coops, which may have been holding pens for the fish. Coop House was built about 1772, probably as a vantage point for the salmon fishery. The weir collapsed in floods; an improved version designed by the civil engineer James Brindley also collapsed in 1782. The building is of red sandstone, and it originally consisted of one room with a projecting bay to view the river. Sir James Graham in the early 19th century added the flanking towers, each with a tall room on the ground floor and a small room above. After the failure of the weir it is thought to have been usually unoccupied. From the late 19th century it was a cottage for estate workers; in the 1930s it was a home for a shepherd and his family. It was later vacated, and by the 1980s it was collapsing. In 1992, the Landmark Trust obtained a lease for the property from Sir Charles Graham, and from 1994 there was restoration, directed by the architect Rosalind Taylor. It is now a holiday let. See also Listed buildings in Arthuret References External links Media related to Coop House Netherby at Wikimedia Commons
Church of All Saints, Elland

The Church of All Saints is a Church of England parish church in Elland, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. The church is a grade II* listed building. History In 1896, the Church of All Saints was built by George Fellowes Prynne. It is made of hammer-dressed stone and has a tiled roof. It has late Gothic reredos dating from the 1920s, although the carved altar is from the 17th century. Prynne's brother, the leading late Pre-Raphaelite painter Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynne, designed the church's stained glass. On 6 June 1983, the church was designated a grade II* listed building. Present day The Church of All Saints is part of the Benefice of "Saint Mary the Virgin, Elland and All Saints, Elland" in the Archdeaconry of Halifax and the Huddersfield Episcopal Area of the Diocese of Leeds. The parish stands in the Modern Catholic tradition of the Church of England. As All Saints rejects the ordination of women, the church receives alternative episcopal oversight from the Bishop of Wakefield (currently Tony Robinson). Notable people Felix Arnott, later Archbishop of Brisbane, served his curacy in the benefice in the 1930s See also Grade II* listed buildings in Calderdale Listed buildings in Elland References External links A Church Near You entry
St Mary's Catholic Church, Carlton

St Mary's Church is a Catholic parish church in Carlton, a village near Selby in North Yorkshire, in England. Until the mid-19th century, Catholic worship took place in a chapel at what became Carlton Towers. In 1839, Miles Stapleton inherited the property, and decided to commission a Catholic chapel in the nearby village of Carlton. It was designed by M. E. Hadfield, and construction started in June 1841, with the first service in the new church taking place on 31 August 1842. The altar and reredos were added in about 1876, and side altars in 1904. The church was restored by Weightman & Brown in the 1980s, while the east end was reordered in 1992, with new sanctuary furniture installed. The church was Grade II* listed in 1993. The church is built of white brick with stone dressings and Welsh slate roofs. It consists of a nave with a south porch, and a chancel with a north vestry. On the southwest corner is a gabled bellcote with a pointed arch. Above the three-light east window is a canopied niche. Inside the church are the original pews, and three chancel chairs made by Robert Thompson. Attached to the church by a brick link is a presbytery, also dating from 1842. See also Grade II* listed churches in North Yorkshire (district) Listed buildings in Carlton, Selby References External links Official website
St Matthew's Church, Rastrick

St Matthew's Church is a local ecumenical partnership church building situated on Church Street in Rastrick, West Yorkshire, England. The present church was built in 1798 and is a Grade II* listed building. It is shared by the Church of England and the Methodist Church of Great Britain. History The parish of Rastrick dates back to the 14th century, when the first chapel was built not long after the Black Death of 1349, as a chapel of ease served from Elland. Its first curate, John-de-Bretton, was appointed in 1363. It was a small and humble building containing "the image of Our Layde, graven in wode, the image of St Matthew unto whom it is dedicated and there stood in the street nigh to the chapel door one cross of stone, very finely graven with fretted work." The Rastrick Chapel was a free chapel in pre-Reformation England, that is to say, it was a place of worship over which the bishop had no jurisdiction. This chapel was demolished in 1602 and a new one was built in that same year. The present Georgian-style church was completed in 1797 and consecrated on 13 or 15 April 1798. According to History, Directory & Gazetteer of the County of York (1822), "[the second chapel] was taken down and handsomely rebuilt about five and thirty years ago." A clock was installed around 1807, but was replaced by a new one in 1953, which was in turn replaced by the present clock from a church in the Diocese of Carlisle. The old vicarage was built in 1807 and enlarged in 1871, and the present vicarage was built in 1985. The church received its first stained glass windows in 1867. The modernisation of the church interior began in 1875 under the direction of William Swinden Barber, and a renovation and a re-decoration were carried out in 1935. In the chancel, the communion table was replaced with an altar and the inscribed tablets on the east wall were replaced with the frieze depicting "Goodly Fellowship of the prophets and Glorious Company of the Apostles". The ceiling over the chancel received a painting depicting "Christ in Majesty". Most windows have Victorian stained glass. In 1907, Hugh Travis Clay (1875–1957) gifted the church a beautiful limited edition copy of the 1903 Prayer Book prepared for King Edward VII, he also dedicated the East window around 1889. On 9 November 1969, the Methodists held their first service at St Matthew's Church. A sharing agreement was signed between the Anglicans and Methodists in 1971, and since 2004, they worship together as one congregation. Gallery See also Anglican-Methodist Covenant English Covenant References External links Official website A Church Near You entry
St John the Baptist's Church, Kirkby Wharfe

St John the Baptist's Church is the parish church of Kirkby Wharfe, a village south-west of Tadcaster, in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was first built in the late 12th century, with the nave and parts of the south door surviving from this period. A vicarage was built in the 1240s. The church was extended and altered in the 13th and 14th centuries. The vicar was granted funds from Queen Anne's Bounty in 1757, and the church was restored in 1819. The church was again restored in 1860, with the exterior extensively rebuilt, under the patronage of Albert Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough. The church roof was replaced in the 1950s, and in 1967, it was Grade II* listed. The church is built of Magnesian Limestone and sandstone, with a Welsh slate roof. There is a west tower with two stages, supported by angle buttresses. It has a staircase turret to the south-west, it has lancet windows and Perpendicular windows above, and the tower is topped by battlements and gargoyles. The nave has three bays, with aisles and a south porch, and there is a two-bay chancel with a north chapel. There are a variety of windows, some original and containing fragments of 15th- and 16th-century glass, and others dating from the 1860 restoration. The priest's door to the chancel has a Tudor arch. Inside, there are round piers supporting pointed arches to the aisles, and the tower and chancel arches are also pointed. The font is Norman, and there is a 16th-century pierced screen in the north chapel. There are parts of three 10th-century crosses, and there is an early-19th century memorial depicting the Adoration of the Magi. See also Grade II* listed churches in North Yorkshire (district) Listed buildings in Kirkby Wharfe with North Milford References External links Official website
Moreby Hall

Moreby Hall is a Grade II*-listed early 19th-century manor house and estate in Stillingfleet, North Yorkshire, England, on the River Ouse. The manor was designed by architect Anthony Salvin for Henry Preston, the High Sheriff of Yorkshire, in 1828. History Moreby Hall and its park lies on previously populated village called Moreby or Moorby, the Scandinavian word for "farmstead on the marsh". A 1907 profile on Moreby Hall in Country Life magazine states that, "The township anciently contained two carucates of land held of the King in capite by knight's service and a sixpenny rent severally. Now we read the quaint record that Moreby is held of the Crown by the service of rendering a red rose when the Sheriff may demand it." A family at this time took its name from the village; a knight, Sir Robert de Moreby, appears on the records (d. 1335). His ancestor, also Sir Robert de Moreby, had a daughter who married Sir William Acclom (or Acklam) in the 15th century. The Accloms then took up residence at the original Moreby Hall. Stillingfleet's church, St Helen's, includes a memorial to John Acclom of Moreby (d. 1611), and of his wife, Isabel. The church has a section called Moreby Chapel, the burial site for the de Moreby family, dating to the era of Edward III. The house was next owned by the Lawson family. Reverend George Lawson, was succeeded in turn by his son, also George Lawson, who in 1636 married the daughter of Marmaduke Boswell. Their son, Marmaduke Lawson, had two sons, but no grandchildren. Marmaduke's wife, Susannah, was the daughter of John Preston, the Mayor of Leeds in 1692. The estate then passed to Susannah's nephew, Thomas Preston, who in turned passed it to his nephew, Henry Preston (1779–1857). Current hall In 1814, Henry Preston married Maria, the eldest daughter of Joshua Compton of Esholt Hall in Yorkshire. Preston, the High Sheriff of Yorkshire, commissioned architect Anthony Salvin to build a new manor in 1828. The cost of the construction, completed in 1832, was £40,000 (equivalent to £3,760,320 in 2025). Moreby Hall was Salvin's second major country house in the Tudor style, which Pevsner notes is "highly accomplished work for one not yet thirty." Moreby was constructed of sandstone ashlar with a roof of Welsh slate. The interior of the house features a dining room with a coffered ceiling and a Jacobethan marble fireplace. Chinese bird wallpaper, c. 18th century, still hangs on the walls of the drawing room. In his 1872 book, A History of the Gothic Revival, Sir Charles Eastlake called Moreby Hall an early example of "a gradual return to the manorial Gothic of old English mansions." The terraced gardens slope down towards the River Ouse. Moreby Hall was listed Grade II* in 1966. Ownership The Preston family still owned Moreby Hall until the 20th century. Moreby Hall sits on 12.3 acres (4.97 ha) of land. It was put on the market for £2.8 million in 2014. The mansion was converted into 11 luxury apartments, which went up for sale in 2024. See also Grade II* listed buildings in North Yorkshire Listed buildings in Stillingfleet References External links Moreby Hall at British Listed Buildings
Moreby Hall

Moreby Hall est un manoir et un domaine du début du XIXe siècle classés Grade II * à Stillingfleet, Yorkshire du Nord, Angleterre, sur la rivière Ouse. Le manoir est conçu par l'architecte Anthony Salvin pour Henry Preston, le shérif du Yorkshire, en 1828. Histoire Moreby Hall et son parc se trouvent sur un village précédemment peuplé appelé Moreby ou Moorby, le mot scandinave pour "ferme sur le marais" . Une famille tire son nom du village; un chevalier, Sir Robert de Moreby, apparaît sur les registres (mort en 1335). Son ancêtre, également Sir Robert de Moreby, a une fille qui épouse Sir William Acclom (ou Acklam) au XVe siècle. Les Accloms s'installent dans le Moreby Hall d'origine. L'église de Stillingfleet, St Helen's, comprend un mémorial à John Acclom de Moreby (décédé en 1611) et à sa femme, Isabel . L'église a une section appelée Moreby Chapel, le lieu de sépulture de la famille de Moreby, datant de l'ère d'Édouard III . La maison appartient ensuite à la famille Lawson. Le révérend George Lawson est remplacé à son tour par son fils, également George Lawson, qui en 1636 épouse la fille de Marmaduke Boswell. Leur fils, Marmaduke Lawson, a deux fils, mais pas de petits-enfants. L'épouse de Marmaduke, Susannah, est la fille de John Preston, le maire de Leeds en 1692. Le domaine passe ensuite au neveu de Susannah, Thomas Preston, qui le passe à son tour à son neveu, Henry Preston (1779-1857) . Manoir actuel En 1814, Henry Preston épouse Maria, la fille aînée de Joshua Compton d'Esholt Hall dans le Yorkshire. Preston, le haut shérif du Yorkshire, charge l'architecte Anthony Salvin de construire un nouveau manoir en 1828 . Le coût de la construction, achevée en 1832, est de 40 000 £ . Moreby Hall est la deuxième grande maison de campagne de Salvin dans le style Tudor, ce que Pevsner note comme «un travail hautement accompli pour un pas encore trentenaire». Moreby est construit en pierre de taille de grès avec un toit en ardoise galloise . L'intérieur de la maison comprend une salle à manger avec un plafond à caissons et une cheminée en marbre de Jacobethan. Le papier peint oiseau chinois, du XVIIIe siècle, est encore accrochée aux murs du salon . Dans son livre de 1872, A History of the Gothic Revival, Sir Charles Eastlake qualifie Moreby Hall d'exemple précoce d'un « retour progressif au gothique seigneurial des anciennes demeures anglaises » . Les jardins en terrasses descendent vers la rivière Ouse . Moreby Hall est classé Grade II * en 1966. La famille Preston est toujours propriétaire de Moreby Hall jusqu'au XXe siècle. Moreby Hall se trouve sur 12,3 acres (4,97 ha) de terrain. Il est mis sur le marché pour 2,8 millions de livres sterling en 2014 . Références (en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « Moreby Hall » (voir la liste des auteurs). Liens externes Ressource relative à l'architecture : National Heritage List for England Portail du Yorkshire Portail des monuments classés au Royaume-Uni
Gelt Bridge

The Gelt Bridge or Gelt Viaduct (also known as Middle Gelt Bridge) is a skew arch railway viaduct in the parish of Hayton, east of Carlisle in Cumbria, north west England. Built from 1832, it is one of the earliest and largest skew bridges in Britain. It is a Grade II* listed building. Background The idea of linking Newcastle upon Tyne on England's east coast with Carlisle on the west dates back to at least the 1770s, when proposals were tabled for a canal. The prospectus for the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway was published in 1825 and construction work began in 1829 under the supervision of Francis Giles. The line was one of the earliest mainline railways and Britain's first major east-west line. Giles was the consulting engineer for the entire line but was also directly responsible for the principal works at the western end, which presented some of the greatest engineering challenges on the route, including the Gelt Bridge and the Corby Bridge (or Wetheral Viaduct) and Corby Viaduct some five miles closer to Carlisle. Design The bridge consists of three skew arches, each with a span of 30 feet (9 metres), standing on two rusticated pillars. It carries the railway 60 feet (18 metres) over the River Gelt in a deep but narrow gorge. The bridge has a skew angle of 27 degrees. It is built from rusticated red sandstone, with smoothed voussoirs and V-shaped joints. An iron railing forms the bridge parapet. A plaque is built into each of the abutments; one reads "Gelt Bridge: Francis Giles Engineer, John McKay Builder, MDCCCXXXII; MDCCCXXXV"; The other has the same inscription in Latin. History The bridge was designed by Francis Giles, engineer to the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, and built by the contractor, John McKay. Construction began in 1832 and the bridge was completed by 1835, making it one of the earliest railway skew bridges and one of the largest of its era. The viaduct is still in use, carrying the modern Tyne Valley line. It is a grade II* listed building. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Cumberland Listed buildings in Hayton, Carlisle References
The Ark (Tadcaster)

The Ark is a historic building on Kirkgate in Tadcaster, a town in North Yorkshire, England. The building was constructed in the late 15th century, and was altered in the 17th century. A tradition claims that the Pilgrim Fathers met at the building, to plan their voyage to the Americas. In 1672, it was known as "Morley Hall", and was owned by Robert Morley. He registered it that year as an independent meeting hall for Congregationalists, one of the first to be legally registered. The building was later converted into a pub, the Old Falcon Inn. In 1959, John Smiths Brewery purchased the building, and converted it into a museum covering local history, in particular the local brewing industry. They rebuilt part of the structure, using original timbers, and added a small extension on its left-hand side. In 1985, the building was upgraded to be Grade II* listed. The museum closed in 1988, and the building became the headquarters of Tadcaster Town Council. The building is two storeys high, and consists of a two-bay hall, and a single-bay crosswing. The building is timber-framed over a Magnesian Limestone and brick base, and the roof is covered in pantiles. The upper floor is slightly jettied, and it has an oriel window with wooden mullions. The gable is supported by two brackets, depicting the heads of a man and woman, reputed to be Noah and Noah's wife, which had led the building to be named after Noah's Ark. There is a replica of the building in Berlin Center, Ohio, which serves as an animal sanctuary. See also Grade II* listed buildings in North Yorkshire (district) Listed buildings in Tadcaster References
St Helen's Church, Escrick

St Helen's Church is the parish church of Escrick, a village south of York, in North Yorkshire, in England. A church was first recorded in Escrick in 1252. Its tower was rebuilt or repaired in 1460, and the church was repaired in 1663. In 1759, the pulpit, reading desk and pews were replaced, and a gallery at the east end was replaced by one at the west end. However, in 1781, the site of the church was granted to Beilby Thompson to improve the area around Escrick Hall, on condition that he built a new church. The second church was built on a new site, by the York to Selby road. It was a brick structure, in the classical style, and was consecrated in 1783. However, in 1857, it was replaced by the current church, a stone structure in the Perpendicular style, designed by Francis Penrose. The new structure cost £26,000 to build. The church survives today, with a vestry added in 1896. A fire in 1923 destroyed the furnishings, but the church was quickly restored by John Bilson, and reopened to worship in 1925. In 1966, the church was Grade II* listed. The church has a five-bay nave with a north aisle, a two-bay chancel in the form of an apse, an eight-sided apse at the west end, containing a bapistery and chapel, over a crypt, and a tower to the north-east. There is also a south porch. The church is supported by buttresses and has battlements. Various gargoyles decorate the structure. The west apse contains an ogee-headed door to the crypt. There are an assortment of Geometric windows in the church. Those behind the altar were designed by Bilson. There is an early 14th century monument to a knight, possibly Roger de Lascelles, which is now damaged. Among the wall monuments are one to Beilby Thompson, and one of about 1816 to Jane Lawley, carved by Bertel Thorvaldsen. The church houses a peal of 12 bells: See also Grade II* listed churches in North Yorkshire (district) Listed buildings in Escrick References
Church of St John the Baptist, Belton

The Church of St John the Baptist is a church in Belton, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building. History The church is built in the Early English style and consists of a nave, clerestory, south porch, tower with spire and 3 bells, and a chancel. Each of the nave arcades have 4 arches and are supported on octagonal piers with moulded capitals. The chancel screen was restored in memory of Miss Louisa Blakeney in 1894. The chancel also has a piscina as does the east end of the aisles. In the north aisle, there is a restored upper slab belonging to the altar tomb of Roesia de Verdun (died 1247), who founded nearby Grace Dieu Priory. The south aisle has a memorial window to Charles Thompson. The church was restored in 1850 and 1877. References
St Mary's Church, Brent Eleigh

The church of St Mary the Virgin is the parish church of Brent Eleigh, Suffolk, England. It is a Grade I listed building. It was built around 1250. History John Fitch, the Rector in 1986 described the church as exhibiting the Decorated Gothic style by which he dates the building to the late 13th- to early 14th-century period. Other features In 1709 Henry Colman left his substantial library to the "use of the Church of Brentily that is the incumbent Minister there". In 1720 Nicholas Thurloe, the vicar, signed a bond with Charles Trimnell, the Bishop of Norwich wherein he took responsibility for 1700 volumes covering over 1500 titles. These were housed in a brick-built building added to the eastern end of the church. Rectors 1586 Henry Dawson 1594 John Bulbrooke 1625 Thomas Colman, father of Edward Colman, the Catholic courtier targeted by Titus Oates as being involved in the fictitious "Popish Plot" and subsequently executed in 1678. 1662 William Gilbert, cousin of Edward Colman. Features in church Font and box pews The font is often described as exhibiting the Early English Gothic style associated with a period slightly earlier in the 13th century than the rest of the church. The nave features 18th-century box pews which enclose some earlier 17th-century bench ends. 14th-century paintings In 1961 a set of three paintings were discovered on the east wall. These had previously been hidden by a Victorian reredos.They have been dated to the 14th century. Edward Colman memorial Edward Colman (died 1739) is commemorated in the chancel by a memorial, created by Thomas Dunn. References