Farnsfield is a civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. The parish contains 33 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".[1] The parish contains the village of Farnsfield and the surrounding countryside. Most of the listed buildings are houses, cottages and associated structures, farmhouses and farm buildings. The other listed buildings include a church, a sundial in the churchyard, a boundary stone, and a war memorial.
The church was almost completely rebuilt in 1859–60 by Hine and Evans following a fire. It is built in stone with slate roofs, and consists of a nave with a gabledclerestory, north and south aisles, a north porch, a chancel, a north organ chamber, a south vestry and a southwest steeple. The steeple has a tower with three stages, on a plinth with a moulded band, with diagonal buttresses, and a two-light west window. Above the bell openings are half-dormers containing clock faces on the north and east sides, and the tower is surmounted by a spire with a weathervane.[2][3]
A small country house that originated as a farmhouse, and was considerably extended in the later 18th century. It is in rendered brick with a modillioneavescornice and a hippedslate roof. There are two storeys and five bays. In the centre is a doorway with a fanlight and a bracketed pediment. This is flanked by casement windows, in the upper floor are sash windows, and all the windows have wedge lintels and keystones. Recessed on the left is a brick wing with one and two storeys and three bays.[4][5]
A house in red brick with floor bands, dentilled and dogtooth eaves and a pantile roof. There are two storeys and attics, four bays, and a two-storey rear wing. The windows are horizontally-sliding sashes with segmental heads.[4][6]
The farmhouse is in red brick, with dressings in stone and brick, dogtooth eaves and a pantile roof. There are two storeys and attics, and three bays. In the centre is a porch with a copedgable and kneelers, and a round-arched entrance with a quoined surround, and a doorway with a moulded surround. The windows are casements with two or three lights. The windows in the outer bays of the top floor are semicircular with flush chamfered surrounds, and the others are rectangular with flush chamfered quoined surrounds.[7]
A house in red brick, with a floor band, dogtooth eaves, and a pantile roof with brick copedgables and kneelers. There are two storeys and six bays. On the front are two doorways under segmental arches, one with a fanlight. The windows are casements, those in the ground floor with segmental arches.[9]
A public house, later a house and a cottage, in rendered red brick on a plinth, with floor bands, dentilled and dogtooth eaves, and a roof of tile and pantile with brick copedgables and kneelers. There are two storeys and attics, and five bays. Four steps lead up to the doorway that has a fanlight. The windows in the lower two floors are sashes under segmental arches, and in the top floor they are casements.[10]
The boundary stone is on the south side of Haywood Oaks Lane. It consists of a rectangular shaft 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) high, with a rounded head and an illegible inscription.[11]
The house and attached cottage are in red brick, on a plinth, with a hippedslate roof. The house, to the right, has a floor band, two storeys and three bays, the middle bay projecting slightly. Three steps lead up to the central doorway that has a moulded surround, a decorative fanlight, and a pediment on reeded brackets. The cottage is slightly recessed, and the same height, with two storeys and attics. Its doorway, and the windows in both parts, which are sashes, have flush wedge lintels and keystones.[12]
At the entrance to the grounds is a decorative ogee-arched iron gate. This is flanked by a brick wall with stone coping rising to form piers at the ends and in the centre. The central piers have orb finials.[13]
The barn is in red brick on a plinth, with dogtooth eaves, and a pantile roof with brick copedgables and kneelers, the left gable crow-stepped. The openings include a doorway with a segmental arch, openings with wooden shutters, and flight perches. On the right is a single-storey two-bay cattle shelter, and a brick wall.[4][15]
The house is in red brick with dogtooth eaves and a slate roof. There are two storeys and attics, and three bays, and at the rear are two two-storey two-bay wings. The central doorway has a moulded surround, a fanlight with Gothick glazing, and a keystone. This flanked by cantedbay windows, and above are sash windows with flush wedge lintels and keystones.[16]
Two cottages later combined into one, it is rendered, with a raised eaves band on the right, and tile roofs. There are two storeys and six bays, the right three bays higher. On the front is a gabled porch, and the windows are horizontally-sliding sashes, some with segmental heads.[17]
The house, at one time a shop, is in painted brick with dogtooth eaves and a pantile roof. There are two storeys and three bays. In the centre is a doorway with a flush wedge lintel. The is flanked by mullioned and transomed shop windows with pilasters and an entablature. The upper floor contains a window with a fixed light, flanked by horizontally-sliding sash windows.[18]
The cottage is in red brick with dogtooth eaves and a pantile roof. There are two storeys and three bays, the right bay projecting and gabled. The windows are a mix of casements and sashes, some horizontally-sliding, and some with segmental heads.[19]
The sundial is in the churchyard of St Michael's Church to the south of the church. It consists of an octagonal stone column 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) high.[20]
A shop and a house, later a house, it is rendered, and has a raised eaves band and a hippedpantile roof. There are two storeys and three bays, and at the rear are a wing and a lean-to. In the centre is a doorway with a segmental arch, and to its right is a shop window with four arched lights, pilasters, a frieze and a cornice. The other windows are sashes, the ground floor window with a segmental head.[21]
The stable block, later converted into a house, is in rendered brick on a plinth, with overhanging eaves, and a hippedslate roof. There is a single storey and attics, and five bays, the middle bay projecting under a dated pediment, and to the right is a single-storey four-bay wing. On the front are five round-headed panels with imposts, two doorways and sash windows.[4][22]
A red brick house with dentilledeaves and a pantile roof. There are two storeys and three bays. The central doorway has a decorative fanlight, a flush wedge lintel and a keystone. The windows are sashes, and have rusticated wedge lintels and keystones. To the left is a single-storey single-bay extension containing a bow window.[23]
The barn and outbuildings are in brick with pantile roofs. The barn has dentilledeaves, two storeys and three bays, and it contains a double door under a segmental arch, a fixed light and slit vents. To the right is a single-storey stable block, and to the left is a single-storey outbuilding with four bays.[4][24]
The house, which has been divided, is in red brick, with dogtooth eaves, and a pantile roof with brick copedgables and kneelers. There are two storeys and three bays. In the centre is a round-arched doorway with a moulded surround, a semicircular fanlight and a keystone. The windows are sashes with wedge lintels and keystones.[25]
Two cottages combined into a house in red brick with a raised eaves band and a pantile roof. There are two storeys and attics, and four bays. In the centre are two doorways with segmental heads, the right one blocked. In the outer bays are horizontally-sliding sash windows with segmental heads.[26]
The lodge is in stone, partly rendered, and has a hippedslate roof with overhanging eaves. There is a single storey and attics, and three bays. In the centre is an open porch with a hipped roof supported on two piers, and a doorway with a moulded surround, and the windows are casements. Attached to the lodge is a coped stone wall containing a small gateway, it then curves to a larger gateway flanked by rusticated coped piers.[4][27]
The village lock-up is in red brick with dressings in stone and brick, and a slate roof, its gables treated as open pediments. There is a single storey and one bay. On the front is a doorway with a chamfered surround, in the right wall is an opening with a similar surround, and above the doorway is a lozenge-shaped vent.[4][28]
The barn is in red brick with a mouldedeaves band and a hippedpantile roof. There are two storeys and three bays. The barn contains a large doorway, flanked by slatted openings with overlights, under segmental arches.[30]
The cottage is in red brick with dentilledeaves and a pantile roof. There are two storeys and three bays. On the front are an off-centre doorway and horizontally-sliding sash windows. The ground floor openings have rendered wedge lintels.[31]
The house is in red brick with dentilledeaves and a pantile roof. There are two storeys and three bays. The central doorway has a fanlight, the windows are sashes, and all the openings have renderedlintels. In the right gable is an initialled plaque.[32]
The lodge at the entrance to the grounds of Hexgreave Hall is in red brick on a chamferedplinth, with dentilledeaves, and a slate roof with terracottacoped crow-stepped gables. There is a single storey and an attic. On the centre is a doorway with a pointed arch, the windows are casements with pointed arches, and at the rear is a crow-stepped lean-to.[4][34]
The vicarage, later a private house, is in red brick on a plinth with a chamfered band, dressings in stone and blue brick, floor bands, dogtooth eaves, and a slate roof with stone copedgables and finials. There are two storeys and attics, and an irregular plan. The entrance front has a projecting bay containing a doorway with a pointed moulded arch, and sections of engaged columns with decorative capitals. Above the doorway is a sash window with a chamfered quoined surround, and in the gable is a trefoil.[4][35]
The war memorial is in the churchyard of St Michael's Church, and is in Whitby stone. It consists of a Latin cross on a slender tapering shaft, on a square plinth, on a base of two steps, the lower step with a mouldedcornice. On the cross is a fleur de lys and a bronze sword of sacrifice. On the base are plaques with inscriptions and the names of those lost in the two World Wars.[36]
