Listed buildings in Methley
Appearance
Methley is a village in the ward of Kippax and Methley in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The village and surrounding area contain twelve 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. Most of the listed buildings are houses and associated structures, and the others include a church and memorials in the churchyard, a railway bridge, and a former school.
Key
[edit]Grade | Criteria[1] |
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I | Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important |
II | Buildings of national importance and special interest |
Buildings
[edit]Name and location | Photograph | Date | Notes | Grade |
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St Oswald's Church, Methley 53°44′04″N 1°24′31″W / 53.73455°N 1.40862°W |
13th century | The oldest part of the church is in the north wall of the nave, and since then the church has been altered and extended, with restorations and rebuilding in 1874 and in 1900–01. It is built in sandstone, and consists of a nave with a clerestory, a south aisle, a south porch, a chancel with a south chapel and a north vestry, and a west tower. The tower, which is in Perpendicular style, has three stages, diagonal buttresses, two-light bell windows, clock faces, and a corbelled embattled parapet with crocketed corner pinnacles. Most of the windows in the body of the church have Perpendicular tracery, including the east window, which has five lights.[2][3] | I | |
Old Pinder Green School 53°43′50″N 1°24′14″W / 53.73064°N 1.40379°W |
1637 | A house, later extended and divided, it is in sandstone with quoins and a stone slate roof. There are two storeys, an L-shaped plan, a front of three bays, and a rear wing. The doorway has an initialled and dated lintel, to the left are mullioned windows, and to the right are cross windows.[4] | II | |
The Old Rectory and wall 53°44′28″N 1°23′41″W / 53.74113°N 1.39467°W |
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c. 1700 | The rectory, later a private house, is in brick on a plinth, with a moulded string course and a hipped two-span stone slate roof. There are two storeys and a cellar, a double-depth plan, and a symmetrical front of five bays, the middle bay projecting slightly. Steps flanked by a curving coped balustrade lead up to a central doorway. The windows on the front are sashes, at the rear is a sliding sash and a staircase window, and in the east gable is a mullioned window. The boundary of the garden is enclosed by a stone wall.[5][6] | II |
Stable block north of Hazel House 53°43′47″N 1°24′29″W / 53.72960°N 1.40805°W |
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18th century (probable) | The stable block, which has been converted for other uses, is in sandstone with quoins and a tile roof. There are two low storeys and a rectangular plan. The building contains doorways and windows, some of the latter with mullions.[7] | II |
Two chest tombs and three gravestones, St Oswald's Church, Methley 53°44′04″N 1°24′32″W / 53.73439°N 1.40877°W |
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1668 | The memorials in the churchyard are arranged in an irregular line, and are dated between 1668 and 1767. They are in stone and have differing decoration, some with inscriptions that are illegible.[8] | II |
Church Side Farmhouse 53°44′06″N 1°24′36″W / 53.73491°N 1.41005°W |
Late 17th century | A farmhouse, later a private house, it is in sandstone, with quoins, and a stone slate roof with coped gables and kneelers. There are two storeys and attics, a double-depth plan, and a front of three bays. The central doorway has a square head and a chamfered surround. Above the doorway is an inserted sash window, and the other windows are mullioned. In the attic are two large gabled dormers with three-light mullioned windows.[5][9] | II | |
Tomb chest and gravestone, St Oswald's Church, Methley 53°44′04″N 1°24′30″W / 53.73442°N 1.40842°W |
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1714 | The older of these is the gravestone, which has a ropework border, a scrolled foot, and a largely illegible inscription. The tomb chest is dated 1767, it has a bevelled edge, and is otherwise undecorated.[10] | II |
Shann House and Cottage 53°44′26″N 1°24′45″W / 53.74067°N 1.41253°W |
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Early 18th century | A house, later divided, that has an earlier timber framed core, the front is in rendered brick, with a band, the rear in sandstone, and the roof is tiled. There are two storeys and a T-shaped plan, with a front range of seven bays and a rear wing. In the centre is a doorway, and the windows are casements.[11] | II |
Dunford House 53°43′49″N 1°22′56″W / 53.73028°N 1.38234°W |
Early to mid 18th century | A farmhouse, later a private house, it is in brick with stone dressings, a modillion cornice, and a stone slate roof with coped gables and kneelers. There are three storeys, a double-depth plan, and a symmetrical front of five bays. In the centre is a doorway with an architrave, pilaster jambs, a triglyph frieze, and a moulded cornice. Above it is a panel and a Venetian window with a Gibbs-style head, and Tuscan architraves to the ogee-headed side lights. Above this is a Diocletian window, and the other windows are sashes with keystones. At the rear is a round-arched stair window.[5][12] | II | |
Dovecote, Dunford House 53°43′50″N 1°22′57″W / 53.73060°N 1.38262°W |
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Late 18th century | The dovecote is in brown brick with a saw-toothed eaves band and a pyramidal stone slate roof. There is a square plan, a single cell, and three storeys. The openings are doorways and windows, some with segmental heads.[13] | II |
Harrison's Bridge 53°44′07″N 1°24′22″W / 53.73525°N 1.40608°W |
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1835–40 | The bridge carries a railway over a track. It was built by the North Midland Railway, the lower courses are in stone, rusticated on the facings, and the upper parts are in orange-red brick. The bridge consists of a single segmental arch with jambs and voussoirs, and on each side are splayed coped abutments. At the top is a concrete plinth and a parapet with railings.[14] | II |
Club House 53°44′01″N 1°24′24″W / 53.73364°N 1.40672°W |
1847 | A school and master's house, later used for other purposes, it is in sandstone with a stone slate roof, and is in Gothic style. There is an H-shaped plan, with a main range and cross-wings, the right cross-wing being the master's house with two storeys, and the rest with one storey. The main range has three bays with a lean-to in the centre. In the right angle is a buttressed porch with a moulded arched doorway and an ogival gable surmounted by a crocket. Most of the windows are mullioned.[5][15] | II |
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Historic England
- ^ Leach & Pevsner (2009), pp. 590–592
- ^ Historic England & 1135664
- ^ Historic England & 1313153
- ^ a b c d Leach & Pevsner (2009), p. 593
- ^ Historic England & 1135668
- ^ Historic England & 1300132
- ^ Historic England & 1135665
- ^ Historic England & 1313188
- ^ Historic England & 1313187
- ^ Historic England & 1300125
- ^ Historic England & 1135667
- ^ Historic England & 1313150
- ^ Historic England & 1393750
- ^ Historic England & 1135666
Sources
[edit]- Historic England, "Church of St. Oswald, Kippax and Methley (1135664)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 June 2021
- Historic England, "Old Pinder Green School, Kippax and Methley (1313153)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 June 2021
- Historic England, "The Old Rectory with stone boundary wall to garden, Kippax and Methley (1135668)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 June 2021
- Historic England, "Stable block approximately 15 metres north of Hazel House, Kippax and Methley (1300132)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 June 2021
- Historic England, "Two chest tombs and three gravestones arranged in irregular line southwards from approximately 2 metres south of south aisle of Church of St. Oswald, Kippax and Methley (1135665)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 June 2021
- Historic England, "Church Side Farmhouse, Kippax and Methley (1313188)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 June 2021
- Historic England, "Tomb chest and gravestone approximately 5 metres south of south-east corner of south chapel of Church of St. Oswald, Kippax and Methley (1313187)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 June 2021
- Historic England, "Shann House and Shann Cottage, Bridleway No. 48, Kippax and Methley (1300125)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 June 2021
- Historic England, "Dunford House, Kippax and Methley (1135667)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 June 2021
- Historic England, "Dovecote approximately 30 metres north of Dunford House, Kippax and Methley (1313150)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 June 2021
- Historic England, "Harrison's Bridge, Kippax and Methley (1393750)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 June 2021
- Historic England, "Club House, Kippax and Methley (1135666)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 June 2021
- Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 23 June 2021
- Leach, Peter; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009), Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-12665-5