Church House
CHURCH HOUSE, MAIN STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1166821
- Date first listed:
- 10-Sept-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Church House
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH HOUSE, MAIN STREET
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1166821
- Date first listed:
- 10-Sept-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Church House
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH HOUSE, MAIN STREET
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.
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:
- CHURCH HOUSE, MAIN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Grassington
- National Park:
- Yorkshire Dales
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 00221 63992
Details
GRASSINGTON MAIN STREET SE 0063-0163 (west side) 10/20 Church House 10.9.54 GV II House, now public hall and chapel. Dated 1694, with C19 and C20 alterations. Coursed gritstone rubble, graduated stone slate roof. 2 storeys, 3 first-floor windows and projecting gabled bay to right. Main range: central board door in chamfered quoined surround, the large lintel is cut to a segmental arch and has raised lettering, " A " with cross S P and heart motifs. Recessed chamfered mullion windows throughout, of 4 lights to left of door and of 6 lights with a king mullion to right. A continuous stepped drip moulding overall. To first floor: a 2-light window with hoodmould; mullion removed and sill lowered when a 20-pane sash was inserted, a 4-light and a 3-light window to right under a continuous hoodmould. Between the first-floor windows there is a stone plaque, possibly a former sun-dial, with C20 clock. Bay to right: C19 and C20 openings. Interior: entrance onto the side of a large fireplace with voussoired arch and side oven, the stack removed . The house has been attributed to Stephen and Alice Peart but the surname of the builder more probably began with A. During the C18 it became a livery stables, the Chapman family working from the house and stables in the C19. After a period as a Temperance Hotel the building was bought by the church in 1924 and consecrated for worship. S. Brooks, A History of Grassington, 1979, p35.
Listing NGR: SE0022163992
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 324773
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Brookes, S, A History of Grassington, (1979), 35
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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