Sturton le Steeple is a civil parish in the Bassetlaw District of Nottinghamshire, England. The parish contains 23 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, one is at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Sturton le Steeple, the smaller settlements of Fenton and Littleborough, and the surrounding countryside. Most of the listed buildings are houses, cottages and associated structures, farmhouses and farm buildings. The others include two churches, a former toll house, a former chapel, and a war memorial.
A small Norman church, that has been altered, particularly in 1823 when a vestry was added, and it was partly rebuilt in 1900 by C. Hodgson Fowler. It is built in stone, incorporating fragments of Roman brick, on a chamfered stone plinth, with quoins and slate roofs. The church consists of a nave, a chancel and a lean-to vestry. On the west gable of the nave is a gabled bellcote with two round-headed moulded openings. At the west end of the church is a round-headed doorway with square moulded imposts, and the windows have round moulded heads and hood moulds.[2][3]
The farmhouse is in colourwashed brick, with a dentilled floor band, dentilled eaves, an eaves band, and a pantile roof with tumbled copedgables and kneelers. There are two storeys and attics and an L-shaped plan, with a front range of two bays. The doorway has a fanlight and a hood on large scroll brackets. There is a three-light mullioned and transomedcasement window, and most of the other windows are sashes.[6]
The pillars are in two pairs in the grounds to the south of the house, and are in stone. The 17th-century piers are octagonal on square bases, and have domed caps and ball finials, and those dating from the 19th century have chamfered octagonal bases and ball finials.[8]
The farmhouse is in rendered brick, with floor bands, rebated and dentilledeaves and pantile roofs. There are two storeys and attics and an L-shaped plan, with a front fange of three bays. On the front is a Classical doorcase, a fanlight and a hood. The windows in the middle bay are round-headed sashes, and elsewhere they are casements.[9]
The farmhouse is in brick on a plinth, with a floor band and a hippedslate roof. There are two storeys and attics and an L-shaped plan, with a front range of three bays. In the angle is a Classical doorcase with a hood, and a doorway with a fanlight. Most of the windows are sashes, and there is a square-headed dormer. On the east front is a 19th-centiury wash house with a single storey and a single bay.[10]
The house is in rendered and colourwashed brick, with cogged eaves, and pantile roofs with copedgables. There are two storeys and an L-shaped plan, with a front range of three bays, and two rear wings. In the centre is a doorway, the windows on the front are horizontally-sliding sashes, and the ground floor openings have segmental heads.[11]
A brick house on a plinth, with dentilledeaves, and a hippedpantile roof. There are two storeys and attics and an L-shaped plan, with a front range of three bays, a single-storey lean-to at the rear, and a rear wing. In the centre is a doorway with a fanlight, above it is a dummy window, and the other windows are sashes, all with segmental heads. The windows at the rear are a mix of sashes, some horizontally-sliding, and casements.[12]
Enclosing the garden on the west and south sides is a dwarf wall in rendered brick and a cast iron railing. In the centre of the south side is a gate.[13]
The cottage and outhouse are in brick with pantile roofs. The cottage has dentilledeaves and tumbled gables, and a floor band in the west gable. There are two storeys and two bays. On the front is a central doorway with a segmental head, and the windows are horizontally-sliding sashes. The outhouse to the east has a single storey and two bays.[14]
The stable is in brick, and has a hippedpantile roof with stone hips and the remains of a finial. There is a single storey and three bays. The stable contains a garage door and various other doorways, some with segmental heads, casement windows, blocked openings, and a stepped initialled datestone.[15]
The house and outhouse are in brick, with dentilledeaves, and a pantile roof with tumbled copedgables and kneelers. There are two storeys and attic and an L-shaped plan, with a front range of two bays, and the single-storey two-bay outbuilding at the rear. The windows are a mix of casements and horizontally-sliding sashes, some with segmental heads. On the north side, initials are spelt out in diaper brickwork.[16]
The former pigeoncote and barn are in brick, with a floor band, rebated eaves, and pantile roofs with tumbled copedgables. There are two storeys, the barn has three bays, and the pigeoncote has one. The barn to the north contains barn doors, a hatch with a segmental head, a casement window and vents. In the pigeoncote are two doors, one with a segmental head, a casement window and external stairs.[17]
The barn and adjacent stable are in brick, with dentilledeaves and pantile roofs. They are in one and two storeys and have an L-shaped plan, with fronts of three and two bays. The barn contains barn doors and flanking piers, a casement window and vents, and the stable has a blank wall to the street.[18]
The house is in brick with a floor band, cogged and dentilledeaves, and a slate roof. There are two storeys and attics and an L-shaped plan, with a main range of four bays. In the centre of the east front is a timber latticed porch, and a doorway with beaded jambs and a fanlight. The windows are sashes with segmental heads, and in the attic are gableddormers.[19]
The chapel, later converted for residential use, is in chequered brick, with stone dressings, dentilledeaves, an eaves band, a dentilled pediment, and a pantile roof with a copedgable and kneelers. There are two storeys and a front of two bays. The front has flanking pilasters, a central doorway with a splayed lintel, flanked by sash windows with rubbed brick heads. The top floor contains two sash windows with Tudor arched heads and Gothictracery, and in the pediment is a datestone. On the east side is a mullioned and transomedcasement window. Along the front of the garden is a dwarf brick wall with stone coping, a wrought iron railing and gate.[4][22]
The stable is in brick with stone dressings, dentilledeaves and a pantile roof. There is a single storey and eight bays. On the south side is a doorway with a Tudor arch and a stone lintel, a casement window, a slatted opening with a segmental head, and three elliptical-headed openings. On the east side is corniced initialled datestone.[23]
The boundary wall enclosing the churchyard is in stone and is coped, and it extends for about 100 metres (330 ft). It contains a pair of cast iron octagonal gate posts, and a pair of wrought iron gates, with an overthrow and the remains of a lamp.[24]
The culvert is flanked by dwarf brick walls with convex stone coping, leading to a pair of square brick gate piers. The gate is in decorative cast iron.[25]
The culvert is flanked by dwarf brick walls with chamfered stone coping, leading to a pair of square brick gate piers with convex pyramidal caps. The gate is in decorative cast iron. Beyond that, the boundary wall is in brick with flat concrete coping, and it extends for about 70 metres (230 ft).[26]
The war memorial in the churchyard of St Peter and St Paul's Church, Sturton-le-Steeple was designed by Austin and Paley. It is in Darley Dale stone, and consists of a medieval-style shafted cross on a hexagonal plinth, on a three-stage stepped circular base. On the front of the plinth is a laurel wreath, an inscription, and the names of these lost in the two World Wars.[27]
