Grade I listed buildings in City of Bradford

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Bradford City Hall

This is a list of the grade I listed buildings in the City of Bradford. In the United Kingdom, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical or cultural significance; Grade I structures are those on account of their special architectural or historic interest. [1] In England, the authority for listing under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 [2] rests with English Heritage, a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. [1]

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The city of Bradford is a metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England, established by the Local Government Act 1972. It covers a number of other outlying towns and villages, which had previously been covered by separate municipal borough, urban and rural district councils. The buildings are listed according to their individual towns, with Bradford having the most listed buildings, with a total of seven. Ilkley has four, with one of those being three stones outside All Saints Parish Church. Keighley has three listed buildings, Addingham has two, and Bingley and Shipley each have one.

Addingham

NameCompletedArchitectLocationGrid Ref [3] Refs
Farfield Hall 1722 or 1729 Bolton Road, Addingham [4]
St Peter's Church 15th centuryChurch Street, Addingham [4]

Bingley

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Looking up toward Five Rise Locks
NameCompletedArchitectLocationGrid Ref [3] Refs
Five Rise Locks c.  1773 John Longbottom Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Bingley SE107399 [5]

Bradford

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The altar of Bradford Cathedral
NameCompletedArchitectLocationGrid Ref [3] Refs
Bolling Hall 14th centuryBowling Hall Road, Bowling, Bradford SE172314 [6]
Bradford Cathedral 8th centuryChurch Bank, Bradford SE166333 [6]
Bradford City Hall 1873 F E P EdwardsTown Hall Square, Bradford [6]
Tong Hall 1702 Sir George TempestTong Lane, Tong, Bradford [6]
St James's Church 1727 Sir George TempestTong Lane, Tong, Bradford [6]
Upper Headley HallHeadley Lane, Thornton Bradford [6]
Wool Exchange 1867 Lockwood and Mawson Market Street, Bradford [6]

Ilkley

NameCompletedArchitectLocationGrid Ref [3] Refs
All Saints' Parish Church stone crosses9th centuryChurch Street, Ilkley [7]
Burley House18th centuryBradford Road, Burley in Wharfedale [7]
Manor House16th centuryCastle Yard, Ilkley [7]
Myddleton Lodge16th centuryLangbar Road, Ilkley [7]
Heathcote, subsidiary buildings and structures, and entrance walls20th centuryKing's Road, Ilkley [8]

Keighley

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Brontë Parsonage Museum
NameCompletedArchitectLocationGrid Ref [3] Refs
Brontë Parsonage Museum 1779 Church Street, Haworth [9]
East Riddlesden Hall 1640 Bradford Road, Riddlesden [9]
West Riddlesden Hallc.  1687 Scott Lane, Riddlesden [9]

Shipley

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The Congregational Church in Saltaire
NameCompletedArchitectLocationGrid Ref [3] Refs
Saltaire United Reformed Church 1859 Lockwood and Mawson Victoria Road, Saltaire SE138381 [10]

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References

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  2. "Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (c. 9)". Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 19 April 2008.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sometimes known as OSGB36, the grid reference is based on the British national grid reference system used by the Ordnance Survey
    "Guide to National Grid". Ordnance Survey. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2007.
  4. 1 2 "List descriptions of grade I listed buildings in Addingham" (PDF). Bradford Council. Retrieved 19 April 2008.
  5. "List description of grade I listed buildings in Bingley" (PDF). Bradford Council. Retrieved 19 April 2008.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "List descriptions of grade I listed buildings in Bradford" (PDF). Bradford Council. Retrieved 19 April 2008.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "List descriptions of grade I listed buildings in Ilkley" (PDF). Bradford Council. Retrieved 19 April 2008.
  8. Historic England. "Heathcote Listing (1133518)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  9. 1 2 3 "List descriptions of grade I listed buildings in Keighley" (PDF). Bradford Council. Retrieved 19 April 2008.
  10. "List description of grade I listed buildings in Shipley" (PDF). Bradford Council. Retrieved 19 April 2008.