Schoolhouse and Church of St John the Baptist, Now House
SCHOOLHOUSE AND CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, NOW HOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1132182
- Date first listed:
- 20-Feb-1958
- List Entry Name:
- Schoolhouse and Church of St John the Baptist, Now House
- Statutory Address:
- SCHOOLHOUSE AND CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, NOW HOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1132182
- Date first listed:
- 20-Feb-1958
- List Entry Name:
- Schoolhouse and Church of St John the Baptist, Now House
- Statutory Address 1:
- SCHOOLHOUSE AND CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, NOW HOUSE
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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.
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- SCHOOLHOUSE AND CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, NOW HOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Halton Gill
- National Park:
- Yorkshire Dales
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 88003 76571
Details
SD 87 NE HALTON GILL HALTON GILL
Schoolhouse and Church of St. John the 5/73 Baptist, now house
20.2.58
GV II
Former church and schoolhouse, now house. Schoolhouse dated 1626, for William Fawcett of Norwich, house restored and church rebuilt 1848 by A.B. Higham for the Misses Dawson of Marshfield. Coursed rubble, graduated stone slate roof. Quoins. Schoolhouse: 1 storey, 1 bay. Board door right, in quoined surround; lintel restored; panel above with raised lettering " W F " . Window of 3 trefoil-headed lights to left. Large external 1626 stack to left return. Church: 2-bay nave with south porch and lower 1-bay chancel. Bellcot to west end. Moulded arch to porch entrance; two 2-light Decorated nave windows with hoodmoulds, a single-light chancel window and 3-light east window, both with pointed-arched hoodmoulds. Gable copings, low central stack to nave ridge. History: William Fawcett was the son of a local farmer who moved to Norwich and left money for the establishment of a school at Halton Gill, to be run by a scholar/priest who would preach in the church and teach on Sunday and weekdays. The school closed in 1958. The church was a chapel of ease of Arncliffe. Included for group value. A. Raistrick, old Yorkshire Dales, 1967, p.155
Listing NGR: SD8800376571
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 324660
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Raistrick, A, Old Yorkshire Dales, (1967), 155
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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