The parish contains the town of Barnoldswick and surrounding countryside. Most of the listed buildings are houses, farmhouses, and farm buildings, some of which have been absorbed by the expanding town. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal runs through the parish, and bridges and locks associated with it are listed. The other listed buildings include churches and an associated structures, a public house, and a milestone.
The church contains some 13th-century remains, and the tower is dated 1524. It is in stone with a stone-slate roof, and consists of a nave and chancel under one roof, a south aisle, a south porch, and a west tower. The tower has a west window, diagonal buttresses, a stair tower, gargoyles, and an embattledparapet. Inside the church are a full set of box pews, and a three-decker pulpit.[2]
A stone house with quoins and a stone-slate roof in two storeys. There are two five-light windows with mullions and transoms on each floor, and a transomed window between. The doorway has a four-centred arch in a square moulded surround. There are finials on the gables.[3]
The farmhouse is in stone with a stone-slate roof in two storeys. The doorway has a plain surround. Most of the mullions have been removed from the ground floor windows, and the windows in the upper floor are 18th-century casements.[4]
Th milestone is in the garden of Lane End Farmhouse. It is a rectangular stone pillar about 2 feet 6 inches (0.76 m) high. The milestone is inscribed on three faces indicating the distances in miles to other towns, but is weathered and difficult to decipher.[5]
The farmhouse is in stone with a stone-slate roof, and is in two storeys. On the front is a two-storey porch wing. Most of the mullions have been removed, and the doorway has a plain surround.[7]
The barn is in stone with a stone-slate roof, and on the front is a gabled projection. It contains a wagon entrance with a segmental head, two doorways with chamfered heads, ventilation holes, a dated plaque, and external steps leading to a first floor doorway.[8]
The public house is in stone with a stone-slate roof in two storeys, The windows are mullioned with mouldeddripstones. The doorway has an architrave and hood. At the rear is an extension, originally a cottage, dated 1688.[9]
A stone barn and shippon with a slab roof in a shallow L-shaped plan. It contains a wagon entrance that has an elliptical arch and a keystone. There are two doorways, one of which has a round head.[10]
The house is in stone with a stone-slate roof in two storeys. Some of the windows are mullioned, others are modern replacements. On the front is a modern porch. The right return contains a dovecote in the gable.[11]
Originally one house, later divided into two dwellings, the building is in stone and partly rendered. There are four gables facing the street. At the rear is a door with a cornice above which is a dated panel.[12]
A large stone house with a stone-slate roof, in three storeys and with a symmetrical seven bay front. The outer two bays on each side project forward and are gabled, as is the central section. The house contains cross windows with mullions and architraves, an oculus in each gable, and a ball finial on each apex. The doorway has pairs of flutedcomposite columns, and a pediment with a mouldedfrieze.[13]
Originally a chapel. later converted for other uses. It is in stone with quoins and has two storeys. There is a central doorway with engaged Tuscan columns and an open pediment. The windows were originally Venetian in style, and some have been altered.[14]
The farmhouse contains some 17th-century material. It is in stone with a stone-slate roof, and has two storeys and three bays. The windows are mullioned with architraves, and contain sashes. The doorway has a moulded triangular hood on brackets.[15]
The house is in stone with a stone-slate roof, and has two storeys. It contains five-light mullioned windows and a central doorway with a plain surround and s peaked head.[16]
The watch house (or hearse house) is in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary-le-Gill. It is a simple stone structure with quoins and a stone-slate roof. It contains a doorway with a pointed arch, beside which is an inscribed plaque.[25]
A terrace of six stone cottages with stone-slate roofs in two storeys. No, 16 at the left is higher and larger than the others; it has a central doorway with pilasters, a cornice, and a frieze. In the upper floor is a moulded and inscribed panel. The doors and windows in the other cottages have peaked hoods.[26]
The barn is in stone with a stone-slate roof. It contains a doorway with a segmental arch, above which is an inscribed plaque. In the eaves are two circular bullseye windows.[27]
The church has a symmetrical two-storey front with a pediment and an urn finial. In the centre are two doors with fanlights, four partly flutedCorinthianpilasters, a decorated inscribed frieze, and a balustrade. The ground floor windows have segmental heads, and in the upper floor they have round arches. The steps and railings in front of the church are included in the listing.[28]
