Kirkville

KIRKVILLE, COTTINGWOOD LANE

Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places

Explore this list entry

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1042761
Date first listed:
11-Aug-1950
List Entry Name:
Kirkville
Statutory Address:
KIRKVILLE, COTTINGWOOD LANE
User submitted image
Contributed by Steve Ellwood This photo may not represent the current condition of the site. Over 400,000 images and stories have been added to the Missing Pieces Project so far. Share your story.
View all

Location

Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places. 

There is a problem

Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.

What is the National Heritage List for England?

The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.

The list includes:

Icon Buildings
Icon Scheduled monuments
Icon Parks and gardens
Icon Battlefields
Icon Shipwrecks

Find out more about listing

Images of England Project

To view this image please use Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Edge.
Archive image, may not represent current condition of site.
Date:
1999-08-09
Reference:
IOE01/00755/05
Rights:
© Mr David J Wilkinson. Source: Historic England Archive

Local Heritage Hub

Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.

Discover more

Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1042761
Date first listed:
11-Aug-1950
Date of most recent amendment:
22-Aug-1986
List Entry Name:
Kirkville
Statutory Address 1:
KIRKVILLE, COTTINGWOOD LANE

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
KIRKVILLE, COTTINGWOOD LANE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Morpeth
National Grid Reference:
NZ 19788 86305

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 28/01/2015:

Kirkville
(Formerly listed as Former Presbyterian Church (formerly listed as School))


MORPETH COTTINGWOOD LANE
NZ 1986

22/226


11.8.50
II

Formerly a Presbyterian Church, later-used as a school. 1722. Brick in English
Garden Wall Bond with ashlar dressings. Random rubble to rear. Later additions
in snecked stone. Welsh slate roof.

2-storey older parts to rear, with single-storey later addition projecting on
right.

Older part has rusticated quoins and 2 large round-headed windows with moulded
imposts and architraves. To left a single-storey lean-to brick addition re-
using original quoins and architrave; above this a C20 window in original
architrave. Gabled roof with kneelers. C19 bellcote on right gable.

On left return two 24-pane margined sashes. On right return 2 blocked doors in
architraves and 2 similar windows on 1st floor.

Later addition 3 bays. Gabled porch on left. Windows boarded up at time of
survey. Gabled roof with kneelers and corniced left end stack.

Built for the Rev. John Horsley, author of Britannia Romana.

Included partly for historical interest.

Empty and in poor repair at time of survey.


Listing NGR: NZ1978886305

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
238711
Legacy System:
LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Ordnance survey map of Kirkville

Map

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 26-Jun-2026 at 15:02:14.

Download a full scale map (PDF)
© Crown copyright [and database rights] 2026. OS AC0000815036. Use of this mapping is subject to Terms and Conditions.

End of official list entry

All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.

Previous Overview
Next Comments and Photos