Coverham Abbey House
COVERHAM ABBEY HOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1318563
- Date first listed:
- 13-Feb-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Coverham Abbey House
- Statutory Address:
- COVERHAM ABBEY HOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1318563
- Date first listed:
- 13-Feb-1967
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 24-Jan-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Coverham Abbey House
- Statutory Address 1:
- COVERHAM ABBEY HOUSE
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:
- COVERHAM ABBEY HOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Coverham with Agglethorpe
- National Park:
- Yorkshire Dales
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 10589 86370
Details
SE 18 NW COVERHAM WITH AGGLETHORPE COVERHAM ABBEY
10/13 Coverham Abbey House 13/2/67 (Formerly listed as Abbey House)
GV II
House. C16 and late C18 - early C19. Coursed rubble with ashlar dressings, stone slate roof. 2-storeys, 5 bays. L-shaped plan. South front: late C18 - early C19 range: part-glazed 4-panel door below fanlight in Doric doorcase with open pediment, tall entablatures and bases. Sash windows with glazing bars in projecting ashlar surrounds, with tripartite window, surmounted by cyma recta drip mould, above door. Shaped kneelers, ashlar copings; ashlar end stacks, in poor condition at time of resurvey. Older range at rear to left: roughcast rubble, stone slate roof, 2 lower storeys, windows in west elevation incorporating C16 stonework. East return of main house: lengthy medieval Latin inscription referring to the completion of a rebuilding project in 1508, flanked by figures of Christ in Majesty on the left, and an abbot on the right, perhaps representing the seal of the abbey. Above are the letters "IHC" surmounted by a coronet, with an eagle to the left, and a capital letter "A" on the right, for John Askew, abbot 1488 - 1509. Interior: Adam-style fireplaces, friezes and cornices in the front range.
Listing NGR: SE1059086369
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 321762
- 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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