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Site Gazetteer Site Number 1 Site Name SKELTON WINDMILL Type of Site Windmill NHL Number 1250776 HER Number MNY23866 Status Listed Building Grade II Easting 437570 Northing 469460 Parish Council North Yorkshire Description Windmill. Dated 1822. Coursed squared limestone, wrought‐iron railings. 7 storeys, the tapering tower remains, the sails missing. West side: flight of 10 steps to a raised entrance with C20 door and the date '1822' incised on the lintel. Blocked doorway above and to right; 4 tiers of small square windows on this side, with a flat lintel to lowest window and flat arches to upper 3; all with slightly projecting stone sills and 4‐pane frames or C20 2‐pane frames. 2 rows of socket holes at second‐storey level indicate position of former external platform on the north and western side of the mill, giving access to the sails. 3 tiers of windows on north side, with an 'upper floor loading door; 7 tiers of windows on east side, the 2 lowest having lintels, the remainder flat arches. The top has a railing above a projecting band. Interior: the basement has 2 original timber pillars supporting upper floors, not examined at resurvey. The mill lacks the cap and sails with tail pole which used to turn the sails into the wind, but remains one of the most complete windmills surviving in the county. The railings at the top suggest that it was used as a viewing tower after milling ceased. Site Number 2 Site Name CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS Type of Site Church NHL Number 1190293 HER Number MNY19500 Status Listed Building Grade I Easting 439322 Northing 468598 Parish Council North Yorkshire Description Church. Probably C10 origins reusing earlier materials, c1170 and C13 with C15 alterations and restoration 1870 by Sir George Gilbert Scott. Coursed gritstone, squared and coursed rubble. Stone slate roof to nave and probably chancel (not visible), grey slate roof to spire, red tiles to north aisle and chapel. West tower, 2‐bay nave with south porch, taller north aisle and chapel, lower 2‐bay chancel. Tower: 3 stages, upper part rebuilt 1870. A stone with Roman inscription used as a quoin in lower south‐west corner; 2‐light plate‐tracery west window; paired lancets to belfry stage, corbel table with gargoyle on west side; coped parapet; squat pyramidal spire with weather cock. Nave: south window of 3 trefoil‐headed lights, the head on the right‐hand light restored. South porch: 1870. Pointed archway and 2 side lights; walling includes 6 worked stones, one of them Saxon; inner chamfered round‐arched doorway, probably C12, within an earlier opening of which the eastern impost and 4 lowest voussoirs of an outer order are visible externally, partially renewed board door with possibly C12 C‐shaped hinges with central Site Gazetteer strap and trident finials. Chancel: blocked 4‐ centred arched doorway, 2‐light trefoil‐headed window to right; rectangular chamfered openings to left and right. Chancel east window: C15, of 3 cinquefoil‐headed lights under a 3‐centred arch. North aisle and chapel: 1870 with 2‐and 3‐light windows in Decorated style. Interior: nave: narrow round tower arch with chamfered imposts. Substantial remains of C10 doorway and carved stones in south wall. North wall similar in character; north arcade of 2 single‐stepped round arches with central round pier and engaged semi‐octagonal shafts, scalloped capitals and traces of painted decoration on voussoirs. Double‐chamfered pointed chancel arch of 1870 copying similar C13 original arch to north aisle from chancel. A squint between the north chapel and the chancel. Cylindrical font, probably Cll reworked C14, with C18 polygonal cover. Fragments of Anglian and Danish carved stones in the tower. Late C15 bench ends with poppy‐heads, and 1870 replacements, the bequest of Lady Jean Warde of Givendale, 1473. N Pevsner, Buildings of England: Yorkshire North Riding, 1966, p210. H Stapleton, The Church of All Saints, Kirby on the Moor, otherwise Kirby Hill, 1923. H M Taylor and Joan Taylor, Anglo‐Saxon Architecture, 1965, Vol I, p354‐65. Site Number 3 Site Name VICARAGE WITH CARRIAGE HOUSE, STABLE AND OUTBUILDINGS IN ATTACHED WALLED YARD Type of Site Vicarage NHL Number 1150516 HER Number MNY36118 Status Listed Building Grade II Easting 439178 Northing 468422 Parish Council North Yorkshire Description Vicarage, carriage house, stables and courtyard wall. 1839 for the Rev T Allanson. Red brick, Flemish bond, grey slate roofs. House: 2 storeys, 3 bays with courtyard on right (west). House: Central 4‐panel door with large overlight, door‐case composed of attached columns supporting plain entablature and deep cornice. Flanking 15‐pane sashes with stone sills, sashes with glazing bars and continuous sill band to first floor, gauged brick arches throughout. Moulded eaves cornice. Hipped roof with paired ridge stacks to centre. Interior: brick‐lined cellars; 4‐panel doors. Main rooms front left and rear: original shutters, moulded ceiling cornices incorporating Greek key and rose motifs. Large central‐entrance hall with original wide staircase of 2 straight flights with turned balusters. Moulded ceiling cornice to landing, original doors. Walled yard with stables, carriage house and outbuildings attached to west side of house; the front wall of the service wing survives as the east end of the north wall of the yard. The north wall is approximately 2.5 metres high, with ashlar coping, ramped down to brick gate piers with flat ashlar caps. A small lean‐to stable or outbuilding in the courtyard against the west end of the north wall has board door and 4‐pane side‐sliding sash window. Courtyard, west side: carriage house of 2 storeys and 2 bays, single‐storey bay to left. Carriage house: 2 C20 garage doors, that to left, under segmental arch in headers and stretchers, is original. 2 small square loading doors above in segmental‐headed openings. Single‐storey bay attached to left: board door, chimney left end. Courtyard, south side: gate to garden to right of centre; left: single‐storey range of 3 outbuildings with board doors and small‐paned windows attached to house. The building of the present vicarage followed a period in the late C18 ‐ early C19 when the vicar of Kirby Hill was unable to live in the village because of the bad condition of the old vicarage. H Stapleton, The Church of All Saints, Kirby on the Moor, 1923, p 51. Site Number 4 Site Gazetteer Site Name POND HOUSE Type of Site House NHL Number 1293848 HER Number Status Listed Building Grade II Easting 438963 Northing 468386 Parish Council North Yorkshire Description House. c1750 with C20 alterations. Red brick, random and English bond, Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, 3 bays, with rear outshut and 2‐bay service wing. Central 6‐panel door under 4‐pane overlight in flush wood door frame. Flanking and first‐floor window: C20 frames; 2‐course ground‐floor lintel band; cambered header‐brick arches to first‐floor windows. End stacks. Interior: cross‐beams to ground and first floor have cyma‐stops to chamfers. Staircase replaced and turned round, ground‐floor openings and partitions altered. C19 roofing to main range; rear wing roof truss composed of principal rafters supporting collar with king post and trenched purlins. Site Number 5 Site Name MILESTONE APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES SOUTH OF BLUE BELL PUBLIC HOUSE Type of Site Milestone NHL Number 1315306 HER Number MNY36405 Status Listed Building Grade II Easting 438864 Northing 468323 Parish Council North Yorkshire Description Milepost. Early C19. Gritstone. Approximately 1.75 metres high, square at base with 2 sides forming the rear dressed to a semi‐circular section, and 2 remaining straight sides carrying the inscriptions. Left (south) face: 'Catterick 21 / Piersbridge 32½ / Gretabridge 361'; right (north) face: 'Boroughbridge 1 / London 203'. The stone stands on the road edge and is obscured by a hedge. Site Number 6 Site Name Henge monument 300m north west of Cana Barn Type of Site Henge NHL Number 1009790 HER Number Status Scheduled Monument Easting 436056 Northing 471846 Site Gazetteer Parish Council North Yorkshire Description Henges are ritual or ceremonial centres which date to the Late Neolithic period (2800‐2000 BC). They were constructed as roughly circular or oval‐ shaped enclosures comprising a flat area over 20m in diameter enclosed by a ditch and external bank. One, two or four entrances provided access to the interior of the monument, which may have contained a variety of features including timber or stone circles, post or stone alignments, pits, burials or central mounds. Finds from the ditches and interiors of henges provide important evidence for the chronological development of the sites, the types of activity that occurred within them and the nature of the environment in which they were constructed. Henges occur throughout England with the exception of south‐eastern counties and the Welsh Marches. They are generally situated on low ground, often close to springs and water‐courses. Henges are rare nationally with about 80 known examples. As one of the few types of identified Neolithic structures and in view of their comparative rarity, all henges are considered to be of national importance. Although reduced by agricultural activity, this monument can still be identified as an earthwork and details can be clearly seen on aerial photographs. Significant information about its form and function will be preserved within the bank and ditch. As part of a wider group of monuments in this area this site will provide important insights into the study of a ritual landscape in the prehistoric period. The monument includes a henge lying on undulating land in the Vale of Mowbray. The monument comprises a subcircular enclosure defined by a bank and internal ditch.
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