Listed buildings in Kirby Misperton
Kirby Misperton is a civil parish in the former Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It contains three 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 Kirby Misperton and the surrounding area, and the listed buildings consist of a church, an obelisk and a former rectory.
Key
[edit]| Grade | Criteria[1] |
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| II* | Particularly important buildings of more than special interest |
| II | Buildings of national importance and special interest |
Buildings
[edit]| Name and location | Photograph | Date | Notes | Grade |
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| St Laurence's Church 54°12′21″N 0°48′25″W / 54.20574°N 0.80696°W |
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14th century | The church has been altered and enlarged through the centuries, and the chancel was rebuilt in 1875 by C. Hodgson Fowler. It is built in sandstone with a stone flag roof, and consists of a nave, a south aisle, a south porch, a chancel and a vestry, and a west tower. The tower has two stages, diagonal offset buttresses, a two-light mullioned west window with a hood mould, paired bell openings, string courses, and an embattled parapet with crocketed pinnacles and a wrought iron weathervane. The aisle and porch also have embattled parapets.[2][3] | II* |
| Obelisk 54°12′25″N 0°48′11″W / 54.20704°N 0.80294°W |
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1812 | The obelisk is in sandstone, on a moulded base and a plain plinth. It has a square plan, and consists of a tapering column with a moulded cornice.[4] | II |
| Old Rectory and railings 54°12′21″N 0°48′29″W / 54.20590°N 0.80801°W |
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c. 1840 | The rectory, later used for other purposes, is in sandstone on a plinth, with moulded floor and sill bands, a moulded eaves cornice, and a hipped slate roof. There are two storeys and fronts of three and five bays. On the front is a semicircular bay window with Tuscan columns, and the other windows are sashes. The entrance is in the left return it is approached by steps with railings, and to the left is a screen wall containing a doorway with a fanlight.[2][5] | II |
References
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Citations
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[edit]- Historic England, "Church of St Laurence, Kirby Misperton (1167989)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 February 2025
- Historic England, "Obelisk approximately 350 metres north-east of Kirby Misperton Hall, Kirby Misperton (1149704)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 February 2025
- Historic England, "Old Rectory and railings attached to doorstep, Kirby Misperton (1167975)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 February 2025
- Historic England (10 July 2024), Listed Buildings, retrieved 22 February 2025
- Grenville, Jane; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2023) [1966]. Yorkshire: The North Riding. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-25903-2.