Worksop is a market town in the Bassetlaw District of Nottinghamshire, England. The town contains over 100 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, four are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, five are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The most important listed buildings are a former priory, later a parish church, the gatehouse to the priory, a lodge, and a country house, which are listed at Grade I, and structures associated with them are also listed. Most of the other listed buildings include houses, cottages and associated structures, shops, offices, farmhouses and farm buildings, public houses and hotels, public buildings and churches. The rest of the listed buildings include a market cross, a canal lock, schools, a bank, a railway station and a signal box, a pumping station, war memorials and a telephone kiosk.
An Augustinianpriory, later a parish church, it has been altered and extended through the centuries. The church was restored in 1846–49, in 1920–22 Harold Brakspear restored the Lady chapel as a war memorial, and in 1933–35 he added the north transept, and in 1970–74 Lawrence King added a tower at the crossing, a sanctuary, and the east end. The church is built in stone with slate roofs, and has two towers at the west end, a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a north porch with offices, a south porch, north and south transepts, a crossing tower, and an east end with a Lady chapel and a sanctuary. The west doorway is Norman and has a shaft with waterleaf capitals and a moulded head with a hood mould. Adjoining the north porch are the remains of the cloister wall containing round-headed and four-centred arched doorways.[2][3]
A market cross that was moved to its present site in front of Worksop Priory Gatehouse in 1898. The cross has an octagonal base of five steps and a plinth, on which stands an octagonal shaft.[4][5]
The gateway to the priory, which has been restored, is in stone on a mouldedplinth, with bands, four buttresses, and a pantile roof with copedgables. There are two storeys and three bays. The middle bay is gabled, and contains an archway with a moulded surround, shafts with moulded capitals, and a hood mould. Above the arch is a six-light window with a segmental head, flanked by gabled crocketedniches containing statues, over which is a niche containing a seated female figure, and a roundel. Projecting from the right bay is the shrine chapel with gargoyles, and a quatrefoil-pierced moulded gabled parapet.[6][7]
The inn, on a corner site, was extended to the rear in 1938. It is timber framed and rendered, with pantile roofs. There are two storeys and attics, an east front of two gabledbays, and a canted bay on the corner. Projecting from the right bay is an oriel window, and there is a later oriel window in the corner bay. The windows are casements. The later wing has two storeys and three bays, the ground floor is in stone, and the upper floor is timber framed.[8][9]
The house, on a moated site, has a timber framed core, it was encased in stone in the 17th century, and has since been restored. There are two storeys and attics, five bays, and a pantile roof. The south front has a doorway and sash windows. Elsewhere, there is a later doorway in the east front, casement windows, a mullioned cellar window, and a horizontally-sliding sash.[10][11]
Probably originally a hunting lodge, it has been much altered. The house is in stone on a chamferedplinth, with quoins, mouldedfloor bands, moulded eaves, a parapet and a stone slate roof. There are five storeys and attics, and a cruciform plan. The house contains large mullioned and transomed windows, smaller mullioned windows, and some sash windows, one of which has a round-arched head, a moulded surround and blank shields in the spandrels.[12][13]
A row of houses that were altered in 1745, refronted in the 19th century, and later used as shops. They are rendered and colourwashed, and have stone dressings, rusticatedquoins and lintels, a floor bandmouldedarchitraves, and a moulded eaves band. The left three bays have modillion eaves, the other bays have a copedparapet, and there is a slate roof with a shaped coped gable on the left, and a plain coped gable on the right. There are three storeys and attics, and eight bays. In the ground floor is a five-bay 20th-century shop front, to its right is a carriage entry with a rusticated surround, and another shop front. In the upper floors, the left three bays contain casement windows, and in the roof is a dormer, and in the other bays are sash windows. Inside the roof are cruck trusses.[14][15]
The house is in stone, with quoins, and a tile roof with copedgables. There are two storeys, an L-shaped plan, a parallel rear range and a rear wing. At the front are three bays, the middle bay projecting and containing a doorway with a moulded surround and a pediment. This is flanked by bow windows, above the doorway is a fixed light, and in the outer bays are casement windows with chamfered surrounds.[17]
The older part of the house is at the rear, with the front range dating from the 18th century. This is in chequered brick, with floor bands, dentilledeaves and a hippedpantile roof. There are three storeys and five bays. In the centre is a doorway with pilasters and a pediment, and the windows are sashes, those in the upper floor with segmental heads. At the rear are service wings, and a range of farm buildings with two storeys and three bays.[10][18]
A country house, redesigned in 1763 by James Paine, and altered later, it is in stone with hippedslate roofs. The buildings are arranged around a quadrangle, with a screen wall to the west. There are two and three storeys and attics, and ranges of about 25 by 14 bays. In the centre of the east range is a round-arched gateway with pilasters and a mouldedlintel. This is flanked by round windows and lean-to porches with Doricpiers. Above is a pediment and a hexagonal bell turret with a ball finial. In the south range is the house that has three storeys, eleven bays, two-storey bay windows and sash windows. The west front contains a pavilion, an octastyleportal, and a gateway over which is a giant podium with a cornice and a heraldic lion.[19][20]
The house, with later alterations and additions, is in stone on a plinth, and has a hipped tile roof. There are two storeys and attics, and seven bays. The original five bays have corner pilasters, a central doorway and sash windows, and in the roof are three pedimenteddormers. The extension to the right has a recessed bay and a two-storey bay window, and to the north is a porch with a Tudor arched doorway, flanking lancet windows, and an embattledparapet.[21]
A town house, later divided and used for other purposes, in stone on a plinth, with rusticatedquoins, floor and eaves bands, moulded eaves, and a slate roof. There are two storeys and attics, seven bays, and a single-storey single-bay extension on the right. In the centre is a porch with Doric columns and a pediment within which are two panels with sash windows, flanked by doorways with pilasters, cornices and hoods. To the right are two casement windows, to the left and in the upper floor are sash windows, all with projecting architraves. In the roof are three dormers with pediments, the central segmental, the outer ones triangular. At the rear are two-storey cantedbay windows, and a pedimented wing containing a French window, and a Diocletian window with a hood mould.[22][23]
A house that has been extended, it is in stone and brick, and has a pantile roof with a copedgable and kneelers. There are two storeys and an L-shaped plan, consisting of a front double-depth range and a long rear wing. On the front is a doorway with a moulded surround, to the left is a two-storey cantedbay window, to the right are sash windows and above is a mullioned and transomed window. In the right gable end is a bay window and an oriel window. The rear wing has a projecting bay containing a doorway with a Gibbs surround, above which is a circular window and an elaborate wind vane.[24][25]
A house to which a rear wing was added in the 19th century, and later used as a shop. It is in rendered brick with a copedparapet, and a roof of pantile and slate. There are three storeys and three bays. In the ground floor is a shop front, and an elliptical-arched carriage entry to the right. The middle floor contains sash windows and the top floor has casement windows, all with keystones.[26]
A row of houses, later shops, in red brick with stone dressings, a floor band and a pantile roof. There are three storeys and five bays. In the left bay is a round-headed carriage entry with imposts and a keystone, and to its right are 19th and 20th-century shop fronts. The upper floors contain sash windows with brick wedge lintels and stone keystones.[27]
A cottage converted into a shop, it is in red brick, the ground floor stuccoed. It has a pantile roof, two storeys and three bays. In the ground floor is a doorway with plain jambs, to the right is a 19th-century shop window, and the upper floor contains sash windows.[28]
A pair of cottages on a corner site, one later a shop, in brick on a plinth, with modillionedeaves and a pantile roof. There are two storeys, and a west front of four bays, the left bay gabled. On the front is a gabled porch with Doric columns, flanked by cantedbay windows, and to the right is a doorway and a window, both with a segmental head. The upper floor contains sash windows, three of which are horizontally-sliding. In the left return is a 19th-century shop front.[29]
The house is rendered and colourwashed, and has mouldedeaves and a pantile roof. There are two storeys and three bays. The central doorway has a reeded surround and a moulded hood on curved brackets. To its left is a sash window, to the right is a casement window, and in the upper floor are horizontally-sliding sash windows.[30]
A house in red brick on a renderedplinth, with a floor band and a slate roof. There are two storeys and attics, and an L-shaped plan, with a front of four bays, and a rear two-storey gabled stair turret. In the second bay is a doorway with a rectangular fanlight and a hood on scrolled brackets, and to the right is a round-arched passage entry. The windows are casements with rubbed brick heads, and in the roof are two gabled dormers.[31]
Two houses, later combined into one shop, it is in colourwashed brick on a renderedplinth, with a floor band, mouldedeaves and a pantile roof. There are two storeys and attics, and two bays. In the centre are two doorways with keystones, the right one blocked with a window inserted, flanked by shop windows, and with an overall hood. The upper floor contains sash windows, and in the roof are two gableddormers with horizontally-sliding sash windows.[32]
The farmhouse, which was refronted in the 19th century and later altered, is in stone with a pantile roof. There are two storeys and an L-shaped plan, with a front of seven bays, and a three-bay rear wing. On the front is a gabled porch, and the windows are sashes in architraves.[33]
The pigeoncote is in brick, with a floor band, and a pantile roof with copedgables. There are two storeys and a square plan. In the ground floor is a single opening, and the gable ends contain square attic openings with wooden lintels.[34]
The house is in brick, the rear wall is in stone, and it has dentilledeaves and a pantile roof. There are two storeys, a double pile plan, and three bays. The central doorway has reeded pilasters and a dentilled cornice. Above it is a sash window, and the outer bays contain three-light casement windows; all the windows have segmental heads.[35]
A house, later altered and used for other purposes, it is in red brick with stone dressings, floor bands, modillionedeaves, a copedparapet, and a slate roof. There are three storeys and two bays. The ground floor contains a later segmental arched entry, and in the upper floors are sash windows with segmental heads.[36]
The farmhouse and buildings are in stone, and have a continuous tile roof with copedgables and kneelers. There are two storeys and an L-shaped plan, consisting of a front of three bays, and a rear wing, attached to which are three-bay farm buildings. On the front is a gabled porch, the windows are casements with segmental heads, and in the farm buildings are barn doors and vents.[37]
The pair of walls are in stone and extend for about 200 metres (660 ft). They contain intermediate buttresses, and at intervals are rusticated gate piers with pyramidal caps.[38]
The hotel is in colourwashed stone on a plinth, with rusticatedquoins, a fascia board with iron cresting, a floor band, and a hippedslate roof. There are three storeys and attics and four bays. In the ground floor is an arcade with Doric columns, a carriage entry on the right, and sash windows to the left. The upper floors contain sash windows in mouldedarchitraves, in the centre of the middle floor is a wrought iron sign bracket, and in the roof are two flat-roofed dormers.[14][40]
A farmhouse designed with the appearance of a castle, it is in stone on a plinth, with quoins, floor bands and slate roofs, and the buildings are arranged around a courtyard. In the centre of the north range is a two-storey five-baypavilion containing a two-storey cantedbay window, a central opening with a moulded surround and an ogee double arch, and sash windows and niches with ogee heads. This is linked by walls to pavilions with stepped gables, in turn linked to two-storey corner towers with ogee and quatrefoil openings. The walls surrounding the courtyard have corner and intermediate towers, and all the buildings have copedembattledparapets.[41][42]
A house later used for other purposes, it is in red brick with a floor band, a copedparapet, a decorative iron balustrade, and a pantile roof. There are three storeys and attics, and three bays, the left bay recessed. In the left bay is a carriage entry, and to the right a shop front flanked by Doric columns. The upper two floors contain sash windows with rubbed brick heads and keystones, and in the roof is a gableddormer. A decorative rainwater head is inscribed with the date.[8][43]
A town house that has been extended, it is in red and white brick, partly colourwashed, with roofs of slate and tile. The original part has three storeys and three bays, floor bands, and openings with moulded surrounds, panelled lintels and keystones. The ground and top floors contain sash windows, and in the middle floor is a central cantedbay window, flanked by blind windows. The 19th-century extension to the left has two storeys and two bays, and contains a doorway with a rectangular fanlight and side lights, and sash windows. At the rear are two two-storey wings, and a loggia with Doricpiers and columns.[8][44]
A house, later shops, in brick with stone dressings, floor bands, a copedparapet, and a slate roof. There are three storeys and attics, and four bays. In the ground floor are shop fronts, the middle floor contains French windows, the top floor has sash windows, and in the roof are two gableddormers with casement windows and bargeboards. A decorative rainwater head is inscribed with the date.[8][45]
The lodge and gateway were designed by James Paine. The lodge is in stone, and has a hippedslate roof, two storeys, an octagonal plan, and three bays. The west front is canted, and the windows are sashes with keystones. The gateway is flanked by a pair of rusticatedpiers.[46]
The pediment is a pieced-together sculpture carved by William Collins. It is in stone, it has mouldedeaves, and there are pastoral scenes in the tympanum.[41][47]
The statues from the pediment, probably by William Collins, have been moved into the grounds of the house. They are in stone and consist of three draped allegorical female figures.[48]
A house extended to the right in the 19th century and later used as shops, it is in rendered brick, with a mouldedeavescornice, and a pantile roof with a copedgable and kneeler. There are two storeys and attics, seven bays, and a rear wing. In the ground floor are 20th-century shop fronts, above one of which are the remains of a pediment. The upper floor contains blocked windows in architraves, in the roof are three pedimented dormers, and in the rear wing is a re-set datestone.[49]
A house, later shops, in red brick on a stone plinth, with stone dressings, a floor band, a parapet, and a pantile roof. There are two storeys, six bays, and a two-bay rear wing. In the ground floor are 20th-century shop fronts, and a flat-headed carriage entry to the right. The upper floors contain sash windows with rubbed brick heads and keystones.[50]
A house, later shops, in rendered brick, with a moulded first floor band, a rendered second floor band, a copedparapet, and a pantile roof. There are seven bays, the left four bays with three storeys, and the right three bays with two. In the ground floor are 20th-century shop fronts, and the upper floors contain sash windows.[52]
A house later used as shops and offices, it is in colourwashed stone, with floor bands, deep mouldedeaves, and a slate roof with a copedgable. There are three storeys and seven bays. In the centre of the ground floor is a doorway with a moulded surround and a rectangular fanlight, flanked by 20th-century shop fronts. The upper floors contain sash windows in moulded architraves.[53]
A row of three houses, with a service wing to the right, in red brick with dentilledeaves, and a pantile roof. There are two storeys and attics, and four bays. The doorways have semicircular fanlights, and modillioned hoods on reeded scroll brackets. The windows are sashes with segmental heads, and there is a single dormer. The service wing has two storeys and two bays, and contains garage doors, and casement windows with segmental heads.[8][54]
A row of three houses in red brick on a plinth, with stone dressings and a pantile roof. There are three storeys and four bays. On the front is a round-headed passage entry with a keystone, three other doorways with fanlight, and sash windows. All the windows and the doorways, other than the passage entry, have channelled wedge lintels and keystones.[56]
A pair of houses under a continuous roof, they are in colourwashed brick on a plinth, and have a floor band, dentilledeaves, a hippedpantile roof, and two storeys. No. 39, on the left, has three bays, a central doorway with a frectangular fanlight, and a pediment on consoles, and sash windows in stuccoedarchitraves. No. 41 has five bays, a doorway in the left bay with a plain surround, and a blocked rectangular fanlight. The doorway and the windows, which are sashes, have hoods on brackets.[57]
The house, at one time a vicarage, and later used as offices, is in red brick on a stone plinth, with stone dressings, dentilledeaves and a hippedpantile roof. There are two storeys, an L-shaped plan, and a front of three bays. In the centre is a doorway with a semicircular fanlight and a hood on reeded curved brackets. The windows are sashes with wedge lintels and keystones.[58]
A red brick house with dentilledeaves and a pantile roof. There are three storeys and two bays. The doorway has a segmental head, there is one casement window, and the other windows are sashes, those in the lower two floors with segmental heads.[59]
The ice house to the rear of Gateford Farm House is in stone and brick. The west entrance has brick stairs, a stone lintel, and an inner doorway, and on the east side is a stone ramp and lintel. Inside, there is a square chamber with a segmental brick vault.[60]
A stable block converted for other uses, it is in stone, and has a pantile roof with a copedgable and kneelers. There is a single story and seven bays. The outbuilding has four stable doors and four fixed lights, and the cottage to the right has a round-headed window, and a doorway with a Tudor arched head. Outside is an iron semi-rotary petrol pump with a glass globe, dating from about 1920.[61]
An industrial building converted into offices, it is in colourwashed brick with a floor band, dentilledeaves and slate roofs. There are two storeys and five unequal bays. The fourth bay is lower and recessed, and contains a doorway with pilasters, mouldedcapitals and a hood, above which is a plaque inscribed with the name of the house. The bay to the right has a pyramidal roof, and the bays to the left have a hipped roof. In the first bay is a doorway with a segmental head, and the windows are sashes.[62]
The house is in rendered stone and brick with a hippedpantile roof. There are two storeys and an L-shaped plan, with a front range of five bays, a western rear wing with three storeys, and an eastern rear wing with two storeys and four bays. On the front is a doorway with pilasters and a hood on brackets, and the windows are sashes. In the angle at the rear is a porch with a four-centred arched doorway and a parapet, and at the rear is a round-headed stair window.[63]
A house and a shop in stone and brick, with a pantile roof. There are two storeys and two bays. In the ground floor is a doorway with a fanlight, a sash window, and to the right a shop front with pilasters. The upper floor contains a sash window and a casement window; all the openings have segmental heads.[64]
The boundary wall is in stone, and is a curved coped dwarf wall with decorative iron railings. There are straight ramped flanking sections, and two blocked gateways with chamferedrusticatedpiers with square caps.[65]
The lock is on the Chesterfield Canal. The chamber is lined with blue brick, and there is stone coping, stepped at the east end. At the top is a single gate, and at the lower end a pair of mitre gates.[66]
The house is in red brick on a plinth, with stone dressings, a floor band, mouldedeaves, and a pantile roof with copedgables. There are two storeys and three bays, the middle bay projecting slightly under a moulded pediment containing a datestone. In the centre is a doorway with a cornice on curved brackets and a pediment, flanked by cantedbay windows. The windows are sash windows, the window above the doorway with a round head, the others with flat heads, and all with keystones.[67]
A small country house to which extensive extensions were added in 1959–63. The original house is in stone on a plinth, with a cornice, a parapet, and a hippedslate roof. There are two storeys, and an L-shaped plan, with a front of five bays, and a recessed west service wing with two storeys and four bays. The south front has projecting outer bays, and a central Greek Doric porch with paired columns, a cornice and a balustrade, and a round-headed doorway with a hood, a fanlight, and flanking antae. The windows are sashes, those in the ground floor with aprons. The east front has a central recessed bay containing a full-height sash window with a pediment on consoles. The 20th-century extension has eleven bays.[10][68]
The stable block is in stone on a plinth, and has an eaves band and a hippedslate roof. There are two storeys and five bays. The left four bays contain segmental arches, the left wider and with a datestone above. In the right bay is a sash window, and the upper floor contains casement windows. On the roof is an octagonal timber bell cupola, with a clock, above which are round-headed openings, a cornice, and an ogee lead dome with a ball finial.[10][69]
A house, later shops, in stuccoed brick, with quoins on the right, plain eaves, and a hippedslate roof. There are four storeys, four bays, and a later rear wing. In the ground floor are 20th-century shop fronts, and the upper floors contain sash windows.[70]
A house in red brick with dentilledeaves and a pantile roof. There are two storeys and two bays. The central doorway has a moulded surround, a rectangular fanlight, and a hood on curved brackets, and to the right is a smaller doorway with a segmental head. The windows are sashes with moulded architraves.[71]
A terrace of four red brick houses with dressings in stone and stucco and a slate roof. There are three storeys and eight bays. The doorways have reeded surrounds, rectangular fanlights, and segmental pediments on moulded brackets. Also on the front is a round-headed passage doorway with a moulded soffit, imposts and keystones. The windows are sashes with channelled wedge lintels and keystones.[8][72]
A house, later offices, in red brick on a plinth, with rendered stone dressings, a floor band, and hipped roofs, in pantile on the main block and in slate on the extension. There are two storeys and three bays, and a lower two-storey single-bay wing on the left. The doorway has a rectangular fanlight and a hood on brackets, and the windows are sashes.[73]
A house, later offices, in red brick on a plinth, with dentilledeaves and a pantile roof. There are three storeys, an L-shaped plan, and a front of five bays. Steps lead up to the central doorway that has plain jambs and a rectangular fanlight. The doorway and the windows, which are sashes, have rubbed brick heads and keystones.[74]
The wall, which extends along the south boundary of the wharf for about 150 metres (490 ft), is in stone on the outside, brick on the inside, it has stone coping, and is ramped up in the middle. At each end are gate piers in alternating brick and stone, with stone pyramidal caps.[75]
The barn and stable range are in stone, with quoins, an eaves band, and hippedpantile roofs. The barn has two storeys and four bays, and the stable range to the east is lower, with two storeys and three bays. The openings include doorways, horizontally-sliding sash windows, hatches, vents, and pitching holes. By the stable block is a mounting block.[76]
An estate house in stone and brick, on a plinth, with a hippedslate roof. There are two storeys, a double depth plan and three bays, On the west front is a porch, there is one casement window, and the other windows are sashes.[77]
A pair of cottages, now derelict, in stone and brick, with two storeys and two bays. In the centre are paired doorways with chamferedjambs and lintels, the right one with a segmental head. The windows are casements, those in the ground floor with segmental heads. At the rear is a single-storey lean-to.[78]
A house, later offices, it is stuccoed, on a stone plinth, with dentilledeaves and a pyramidal slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays. In the centre is a latticed timber porch with a moulded surround and an ogee roof, and a doorway with a fanlight. The windows are sashes with wedge lintels, and in the left return, facing the road, is a shop window.[24][79]
Canal offices, later a public house, in brick with a hipped tile roof. There are two storeys and three unequal bays. The doorway has a round-arched head and a fanlight, and the windows are sashes with segmental heads. On the east end is a cantedbay window. Enclosing the boundary is a dwarf stone wall with chamferedcoping, wrought iron railings, and a pair of gate piers with pyramidal caps.[14][83]
The building is in yellowish brick with stone dressings and a hippedslate roof. There are three storeys and four bays. To the south is an elliptical arch with voussoirs and a rusticatedsoffit spanning the Chesterfield Canal. To the right is a doorway in each lower floor with an elliptical arch, above which is a metal hood on timber brackets. The windows are casements with segmental heads.[14][84]
The former school, which was extended in 1878, is in stone, and has a slate roof with copedgables, kneelers and a finial. There is a single storey, seven bays, three of which are gabled and contain a triple stepped lancet window. There are two doorways with pointed arches and hood moulds. At the west end is a porch with a coped parapet, and on the front facing the road is a three-light mullioned window with a depressed ogee hood mould.[86][87]
The house is in red brick with stone dressings and a pantile roof. There are three storeys, and L-shaped plan, with a front of three bays, and a short rear wing. In the centre is a doorway with a moulded surround, and a hood with a splayed roof on consoles. The windows are sashes with moulded surrounds and keystones.[89]
A shop with living accommodation above, it is in stone, with a floor band, deep mouldedeaves, a parapet and a slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays. In the right bay is a round-headed carriage entry with cofferedimposts and a hood mould, and to the left is a 19th-century shop front with a recessed doorway. The upper floor contains sash windows in moulded architraves.[90]
A pair of cottages combined into one house, it is in brick on a stone plinth, with dentilledeaves and a pantile roof. There are two storeys and two bays. The doorway has a segmental head, there is a blocked opening, and the windows are a mix of sashes and casements, some with segmental heads.[91]
A large stone house with hippedslate roofs. There are two storeys and attics, and an L-shaped plan with five bays and a wing on the right. On the east front is a porch with a pediment, a lintel band, and a doorway with a fanlight. To the left is an orielbow window, and to the right is a mullioned and transomed window. The other windows are sashes. On the west front is a two-storey cantedbay window, and the south front has a flat-roofed dormer with six casements.[24][92]
The lodge is in stone with a cantedhippedslate roof. There are two storeys and two bays. The east end is canted and contains a doorway and casement window. There is a doorway and a mullioned window in the north front, and casement and mullioned windows in the west front.[94]
The lodge is in stone, on a plinth, and has hipped and cantedslate roofs. There is a single storey and three bays. In the centre of the front is a projecting canted bay containing a doorway, and the widows are sashes.[95]
Originally a corn exchange, the town hall is in brick and stone, with stone dressings, rusticatedquoins, mouldedfloor bands, a string course, modillioneaves and a hippedslate roof. There are two storeys and attics, and an L-shaped plan, consisting of a front range of five bays, and a rear wing with two storeys and five bays. The middle three bays are recessed, above the ground floor is a coat of arms, and at the top is a small pediment, under which is a clock face in an ornate surround, and on the roof is a bell turret. In the ground floor are round-headed windows with rusticated architraves and keystones carved with cows' heads, those in the outer bays with Ionic colonnettes. The upper floor contains two-light casement windows with aprons. Those in the middle three bays have moulded architraves, the middle one with a triangular pediment, and the flanking windows with cornices. In the outer bays, the windows have Corinthian colonnettes and segmental pediments. In the right return is a Venetian window.[96][97]
A wing at right angles was later added on the right. The school is in brick with stone dressings, and slate roofs with mouldedcopedgables, ventilators and crosses. There is a single storey and an L-shaped plan. The original range has a projecting bay with an ogee shaped gable, and it contains a four-light window and an inscribed datestone. The windows are mullioned and transomed, some with stepped heads. The house has two storeys and two bays and an L-shaped plan, and contains a Tudor arched door.[86][98]
The church is built in stone with slate roofs, and consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a north porch, a chancel with an organ chamber and vestry, and a west steeple. The steeple has a tower with two stages, buttresses, a moulded west portal with shafts, and a doorway with an inscribed tympanum, a north stair turret, and a west clock face. In the upper stage are paired lancet bell openings and pinnacles, surmounted by a broach spire with two tiers of lucarnes.[99][100]
The pumping station is in red brick and stone with dressings in gault and blue brick, chamferedcoping, a sill band, a round-arched corbel table, and a hippedslate roof. There is a single storey on a basement, and five bays. The windows are tall and round-headed, and contain iron-framed casements. The central doorway has a mouldedlintel, and there is another doorway with a segmental head. The chimney has three stages, a stone base with recessed panels, the main stage has two tiers of tall recessed panels, and the top stage is elaborately decorated.[86][103]
The lodge, gateway and walls are in stone and in Baroque style. The lodge has a plinth, floor bands, a mouldedcopedparapet with obeliskfinials, and shouldered shaped coped gables with ball finials. There are two storeys and three bays, mullioned and transomed windows, and bay windows. The entrance is flanked by huge rusticated gate piers, containing round-arched gateways with keystones. Flanking them are columns, and above are cartouches, and inscribed panels surmounted by lions. Between the piers are wrought iron gates, and outside them are curved dwarf walls with railings, ending in taller walls facing the road, with corner piers, niches, buttresses and ball finials.[104][105]
The school was founded by Nathaniel Woodard, and the original buildings were designed by R. H. Carpenter. The headmaster's house was built in 1897, the chapel designed by Aston Webb was added between 1908 and 1911, and wings in 1907, 1928, 1931 and 1934. The buildings are in brick with stone dressings and tile roofs, they are in Tudor Revival style, with crow-stepped gables, and are arranged around a quadrangle, with projecting wings. The hall has a single storey and seven bays, and the headmaster's house has three storeys, four bays and an L-shaped plan. The chapel is in Gothic Revival style, and consists of an ante-chapel, a nave and a chancel under a continuous roof, a bell turret at the west end, and flanking towers at the east end, each with a domed octagonal cap and a finial.[107][108]
The building, at one time council offices, is in Edwardian Baroque style. It is in stone and brick with a mouldedbalustrade and parapet and a Westmorland green slate roof. There are two storeys and attics, and an L-shaped plan, with a front of four unequal bays. It contains a round-headed carriage entry flanked by engaged Doric columns with Ioniccapitals, above which is an oriel window and a lettered frieze. Over this is a tower with Doric colonnettes, oval openings, an entablature with a dentilledcornice and a ribbed copper square dome with a finial. The bays flanking the entry have two-storey bow windows, and to the left is a doorway with a moulded architrave, a fanlight, a frieze and a segmental pediment.[96][109]
A bank, later a shop, it is in stone on a plinth, with decorative bands, a cornice with egg and dart decoration, and a tile roof. There are three storeys and an attic, and four bays. In the ground floor is an elliptical-headed shop window with a mask keystone, flanked by segmental-headed doorways with shouldered pediments containing coats of arms. The upper floors contain casement windows, those in the middle floor with arched glazing bars and moulded hoods, and in the top floor with moulded architraves, aprons, broken pulvinated friezes, and shouldered pediments. In the attic is a gableddormer, and to the right of the building is a decorative inscribed and dated corbel.[8][110]
Originally the Royal Hotel, the building is in red brick with stone details and banding, and has a large copedgable with a shaped head, strapwork and a finial. There are four storeys and three bays. In the lower two storeys is a round arch with a keystone. Recessed in the ground floor of the arch is a cantedbay window and a round-headed doorway to the right. Above this is a wrought iron balcony with a balustrade, and a large semicircular window with a central glazed door. The top two floors contain sash windows, in the third floor with curved linked pediments, and in the top floor with pointed pediments, the middle one raised.[8][111]
A hotel, later a restaurant, it is in brick with stone dressings, a mouldedfloor band and cornice, dentilledeaves, a curved parapet with a central balustrade, and a slate roof. There are three storeys and three bays. In the ground floor is an entry on the left, and a 20th-century shop front flanked by rusticatedpiers. The upper floors contain casement windows in architraves, those in the middle floor with segmental pediments on consoles, and in the top floor with triangular pediments on consoles. Above the outer bays are dentilled broken pediments.[8][112]
The public house is in red brick with dressings in terracotta and faience, and a tile roof with crested ridges. There is a front of three storeys and five bays, a canted bay on the corner, and a return of three storeys and three bays, then two storeys and three bays. The ground floor is in dark and light green faience on a plinth of brown tiles. There are three wide arched windows, and the doorway has pilasters and an oval fanlight with keystones, over which is a scrolled pediment. Above the windows and doorway is a fascia with lettering. The middle floor contain pilasters, and two-light windows with decorative aprons, and in the top floor are gablets with decorative bargeboards and elaborate finials. In the bay above the entrance is an elaborate cartouche with swags and a shell finial.[14][113]
The church, designed by Austin and Paley in Perpendicular style, is built in stone with roofs in Westmorlandslate, lead, slab and board. It consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a north porch, north and south transepts, a chancel with a vestry and a chapel, and a northwest tower. The tower has four stages, corner buttresses, a plinth, string courses and bands. On the west side is a pointed doorway with a moulded surround and traceriedspandrels, above which is a triple lancet window with an ogee head, a double lancet window, and a clock face. In the top stage are two-light bell openings, over which is an embattledparapet with traceried panels. The churchyard is enclosed by coped stone walls, it has canted corners, and contains terminal and gate piers with concave-domed tops.[99][114]
The war memorial stands in a triangular area to the northwest of St Anne's Church. It is in stone, and consists of a Latin cross on a slender hexagonal shaft, on an elaborate hexagonal plinth with canopies over each panel, on a hexagonal base of three steps. Around the plinth are three flying buttresses, and on the plinth are bronze plaques with an inscription and the names of those lost in the two World Wars.[115]
The war memorial, which stands in an enclosure, is a cenotaph in Portland stone on a base of Aberdeengranite. It consists of a rectangular block in two stages, over which is a rectangular domed cap with a mouldedcornice. The block is supported by flying buttresses with scrolled feet, domed caps and cross motifs. On the front and rear are bronze plaques with inscriptions, and the names of those lost in the two World Wars. To the west is a monument in the form of a lectern commemorating the Sherwood Foresters Regiment. The enclosure is surrounded by iron posts and chains, and at the ends are piers each carrying a three-branched lamp standard.[96][116]
The K6 type telephone kiosk in Market Place was designed by Giles Gilbert Scott. Constructed in cast iron with a square plan and a dome, it has three unperforated crowns in the top panels.[117]
The building is in red brick with a single storey and 15 bays. In the centre is a stone Tuscanportico with columns in antis, a mouldedarchitrave, and an inscribed frieze, above which is a parapet with a coat of arms. Behind the portico is a domed rotunda with a bronze finial, and flanking it are wings with apsidal ends. The windows have metal frames. In front of the entrance are steps flanked by four-stage square piers with vase finials. The dwarf boundary wall contains 28 dwarf piers linked by metal bands.[118][119]
The telephone exchange, later a museum, is in red brick with a hipped roof in Westmorlandslate. There is a single storey, and facing the road is a projecting bay with the words "TELEPHONE" and "EXCHANGE" inscribed. On the west front is a recessed entrance, and the windows are cross casements.[118][120]
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