East Harlsey is a civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. It contains nine 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, two are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of East Harlsey and the surrounding area. The most important building in the parish is the ruined Mount Grace Priory, which is listed, together with associated structures. The other listed buildings are a church, houses, and a dovecote.
The church has been altered and extended through the centuries, it was much rebuilt in the 17th century, and restored in 1885. It is in stone with slate roofs, and consists of a nave, a north aisle, a south porch, and a chancel with a north aisle. At the west end is a double bellcote with rusticated stonework, four-centred arched bell openings, a mouldedcornice, and a pyramidal gable surmounted and flanked by squat obelisks. The porch has a coped gable with three ball finials, and contains a four-centred arched opening with a chamfered surround.[2][3]
The ruined remains of a Carthusianpriory are in stone, and consist of the great cloister to the north, the church, and the remains of the lay brothers' quarters to the south. The church has a nave, north and south transepts, a chancel, and a tower at the crossing. The tower has two stages, diagonal buttresses, tall bell openings with pointed arches, a mouldedeaves band, and an embattledparapet with the remains of pinnacles. The courtyard wall contains the remains of monks' cells, each with a four-centred arched head, and a right-angled food opening on the side.[4][5]
The gatehouse to Mount Grace Priory, later extended and converted into a house. It is in stone with a floor band, roofs of pantile and stone slate, two storeys and attics. To the left are two bays dating from he 15th century, and to the right are seven bays added in 1654. On the front is a full-height porch containing a doorway with a four-centred arched head, and an embattledparapet with ball finials. The porch and the bays to the left have mullioned and transomed windows, and two gableddormers with ball finials flanked by embattled parapets. In the outer bays are windows with chamfered surrounds, and the attic contain 20th-century dormers.[6][7]
The chapel was mostly rebuilt in the 20th century, and the attached house dates from the mid 19th century. The chapel is in stone on a deep mouldedplinth, and has a stone slate roof. There are two bays, a doorway with a chamfered surround, a four-centred arched head and a hood mould, and the windows are in Perpendicular style. The house is in stone with a pantile roof and stone coping, one storey and attics, and two bays. The windows are mullioned with hood moulds, and in the attic are two two-light raking dormers.[10][11]
The dovecote is in red brick, with raised brick quoins, stepped floor bands, a stepped and dentilledeaves band, and a pyramidal Welsh slate roof. There are three storeys. On the south side is a doorway with a square opening to its side. Elsewhere, there are blind oval openings with four keystones.[8][12]
The house is rendered, with an eaves band, and a pantile roof with stone coping and shaped kneelers. There are two storeys and three bays. On the front is a doorway and sash windows.[13]
The house, which incorporates earlier material, is in stone, and has a Welsh slate roof, hipped on the left, and with stone coping and a shaped kneeler on the right. There are two storeys and three bays. The central doorway has a plain surround, a four-centred arched head, and a fanlight. The windows on the front are sashes, and in the left return are openings with chamfered surrounds.[15]
