The Bakehouse at Wressle Castle Approximately 30 Metres North of Ruins of Wressle Castle
THE BAKEHOUSE AT WRESSLE CASTLE APPROXIMATELY 30 METRES NORTH OF RUINS OF WRESSLE CASTLE, BREIGHTON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1160652
- Date first listed:
- 16-Dec-1966
- List Entry Name:
- The Bakehouse at Wressle Castle Approximately 30 Metres North of Ruins of Wressle Castle
- Statutory Address:
- THE BAKEHOUSE AT WRESSLE CASTLE APPROXIMATELY 30 METRES NORTH OF RUINS OF WRESSLE CASTLE, BREIGHTON ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1160652
- Date first listed:
- 16-Dec-1966
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 15-Sept-1987
- List Entry Name:
- The Bakehouse at Wressle Castle Approximately 30 Metres North of Ruins of Wressle Castle
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE BAKEHOUSE AT WRESSLE CASTLE APPROXIMATELY 30 METRES NORTH OF RUINS OF WRESSLE CASTLE, BREIGHTON ROAD
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
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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:
- THE BAKEHOUSE AT WRESSLE CASTLE APPROXIMATELY 30 METRES NORTH OF RUINS OF WRESSLE CASTLE, BREIGHTON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Wressle
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 70666 31577
Details
WRESSLE BREIGHTON ROAD SE 73 SW (west side, off)
5/146 The Bakehouse at Wressle Castle approximately 30 metres north of ruins 16.12.66 of Wressle Castle (formerly listed as small outbuilding adjoining Wressell Castle on the north)
GV II* Bakehouse. c1380 for Sir Henry Percy. Ashlar. Square on plan. Single storey. Pointed doorway to right, and springers for barrel vault to left. Embattled parapet now partially blocked. This building originally stood in the angle between the north and west ranges of Wressle Castle. Scheduled as an Ancient Monument. Neave D "Wressle Castle" Archaeological Journal Vol 141, 1984, pp 58-60. Pevsner N, Yorkshire: York and the East Riding, 1972.
Listing NGR: SE7066631577
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 165374
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Yorkshire - York and the East Riding, (1972)
Archaeological Journal in Archaeological Journal, Vol. 141, (1984), 58-60
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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