Embsay Kirk
EMBSAY KIRK, KIRK LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1317058
- Date first listed:
- 10-Sept-1954
- Statutory Address:
- EMBSAY KIRK, KIRK LANE
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- Date:
- 2002-12-01
- Reference:
- IOE01/06039/10
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1317058
- Date first listed:
- 10-Sept-1954
- Statutory Address 1:
- EMBSAY KIRK, KIRK LANE
Location
- Statutory Address:
- EMBSAY KIRK, KIRK LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Embsay with Eastby
- National Park:
- Yorkshire Dales
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 01084 54335
Details
SE 05 SW EMBSAY WITH EASTBY KIRK LANE (west side)
8/21 Embsay Kirk 10.9.54 GV II
House. c1780 with C19 alterations. Sandstone ashlar, stone slate roof. Central staircase plan. Garden front: 3 storeys, 5 bays, with canted central bay. Doric engaged columns to portico of central entrance, open pediment with guttae to soffit, French windows, round-headed fanlight. 6 ground floor and 7 first and second floor windows have moulded surrounds and projecting sills; sashes. Central first floor window has apron and dripstone. Shaped modillions to eaves cornice. Left-hand gable end and ridge stack to left and right of centre of hipped roof. To left is c1870 former billiard room, single storey, 1 bay. Interior: rearranged central staircase and right-hand service stair, both c1830, stone steps, open string, stick balusters. The house stands on the site of the former Augustinian Priory of Saint Cuthbert.
Listing NGR: SE0108454335
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 323933
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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