Old Hearse House With Railings and Gate Pier
OLD HEARSE HOUSE WITH RAILINGS AND GATE PIER, THE PARSONAGE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1191103
- Date first listed:
- 12-Dec-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Old Hearse House With Railings and Gate Pier
- Statutory Address:
- OLD HEARSE HOUSE WITH RAILINGS AND GATE PIER, THE PARSONAGE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1191103
- Date first listed:
- 12-Dec-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Old Hearse House With Railings and Gate Pier
- Statutory Address 1:
- OLD HEARSE HOUSE WITH RAILINGS AND GATE PIER, THE PARSONAGE
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:
- OLD HEARSE HOUSE WITH RAILINGS AND GATE PIER, THE PARSONAGE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Knaresborough
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 34766 57202
Details
SE 3457 KNARESBOROUGH THE PARSONAGE (north side)
6/193 Old Hearse House, with railing and gate pier
GV II
Hearse house, now garage, with railing and gate pier attached to south-east corner. Late C18-early C19. Hearse house: coursed squared limestone, stone slate roof. Rectangular single-storey building with C20 board double doors at east end and small Gothick west window, no glazing. Hipped roof. Railing: wrought iron, approximately 80 centimetres wide and 1.5 metres high. Stone sill, rails with spearhead finials, ramped top edge. 2 panels with scrolls and roundels, at lock rail and top rail height. Gate pier: gritstone, approximately 2 metres high with rounded top. It is split (possibly broken) approximately 50 centimetres above ground level. The pier and railing are probably the remains of a gateway which closed the end of Vicarage Lane from the churchyard.
Listing NGR: SE3476657203
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 330862
- 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.
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