Weir, Stone Basin and Footbridge at Lake Outlet, Ripley Castle
WEIR, STONE BASIN AND FOOTBRIDGE AT LAKE OUTLET, RIPLEY CASTLE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1150405
- Date first listed:
- 15-Mar-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Weir, Stone Basin and Footbridge at Lake Outlet, Ripley Castle
- Statutory Address:
- WEIR, STONE BASIN AND FOOTBRIDGE AT LAKE OUTLET, RIPLEY CASTLE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1150405
- Date first listed:
- 15-Mar-1966
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 18-May-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Weir, Stone Basin and Footbridge at Lake Outlet, Ripley Castle
- Statutory Address 1:
- WEIR, STONE BASIN AND FOOTBRIDGE AT LAKE OUTLET, RIPLEY CASTLE
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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:
- WEIR, STONE BASIN AND FOOTBRIDGE AT LAKE OUTLET, RIPLEY CASTLE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Ripley
- National Grid Reference:
- SE2818060439
Details
SE 2860-2960
8/107
15.3.66
RIPLEY,
RIPLEY PARK,
Weir, stone basin and footbridge at lake outlet, Ripley Castle
(formerly listed as Cast-iron bridge over water-fall at Ripley Castle and weir at Ripley Castle)
GV
II
Weir, stone lined basin and footbridge at the lake outlet. 1843-4 for Sir
William Amcott Ingilby. Weir and basin lining of large gritstone blocks;
cast-iron footbridge. The weir is horse-shoe shaped and forms a cascade of
6 tiers; the stone basin is approximately 3 metres deep and stone lined. It
abuts the Tower Bridge (qv). The walls of the basin are built up to provide
support for the footbridge. This has a single shallow span, the iron walkway
supported by a single rib. In Gothick style, with 2 pairs of solid
standards decorated with trefoiled panels and having rounded pyramidal caps.
The railings have 2 tiers of trefoil arches with a band of cinquefoil
roundels at the base and a moulded handrail which ramps down to ground level
at each end. The standards have the cast inscription: "JOSEPH BUTLER / & CO
/ OLD FOUNDRY / STAININGLEY". Sir William Amcott Ingilby had the Ripley
lake made in 1843-44 as part of the landscaping of the park to earlier
designs by Capability Brown. See North Yorkshire Historic Gardens Register
- Ripley Castle, Grade II.
Listing NGR: SE2818060439
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 331613
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 32 North Yorkshire,
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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