Byland with Wass is a civil parish in the former Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It contains six listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the villages of Byland Abbey and Wass and the surrounding countryside. The listed buildings consist of a ruined abbey, its ruined gatehouse, two farmhouses, a public house and a water fountain.
An abbey church and monastic buildings, now a ruin, in limestone. There are substantial remains of the church, including the west front standing almost to its full height. The monastic building ruins have a height of about 5 metres (16 ft) in places.[2][3]
The gatehouse to Byland Abbey is in limestone and is now a ruin. The remains consist of mouldedimposts supporting moulded capitals carrying a round arch with two moulded orders and a hood mould. Attached to it is a wall containing a blocked doorway with a pointed arch and a moulded surround.[4][5]
The farmhouse is in limestone, and has a roof with gablecoping and a shaped kneeler on the right. There are two storeys, four bays, and a single-storey rear cross-wing. The window above the doorway is blocked, and the other windows are sashes.[6]
The farmhouse is in limestone, and has a Welsh slate roof with gablecoping and shaped kneelers. There are two storeys, two bays, and a single-storey extension on the left. The doorway has a divided fanlight, and the windows are sashes with sandstonelintels.[7]
The public house is in limestone and has a hipped Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys, three bays and a rear cross-wing. The central doorway has a divided fanlight, the windows are sashes in wooden architraves, and all the openings have stone lintels.[4][8]
The water fountain has an initialled and dated cast iron trough. Its surround is in limestone and has a U-shaped plan. The trough is fed by a stream of water from a carved lion's mouth.[9]
