Listed buildings in Ledsham, West Yorkshire

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Ledsham is a civil parish in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The parish contains twelve listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Ledsham and the surrounding countryside. Most of the listed buildings are in the village, and consist of houses and farmhouses, almshouses, a former orphanage, a former school, a church, a former vicarage with a walled garden, and a telephone kiosk. Outside the village, to the north is a former hunting lodge, and to the south are the ruins of a manor house.

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IBuildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important
IIBuildings of national importance and special interest

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Name and locationPhotographDateNotesGrade
All Saints Church
53°45′44″N1°18′33″W / 53.76232°N 1.30909°W / 53.76232; -1.30909 (All Saints Church)
All Saints Church, Ledsham - geograph.org.uk - 633197.jpg
7th centuryThe base of the tower is Saxon, and the tower was raised in the 11th and 12th centuries. There were later additions and alterations to the church, and it was restored in 1871. The church is built in magnesian limestone with a stone slate roof, and consists of a nave, a north aisle, a south porch, a chancel with a north chapel, and a west steeple. The steeple has a tower without buttresses, containing a round-headed Saxon doorway that has projecting imposts decorated in interlacing, and surrounded by a band with a carved vine scroll. To the right of the doorway are two small round windows, and on the south front is a clock face. At the top of the tower is a corbel table, corner gargoyles, an embattled parapet with crocketed corner pinnacles, and an octagonal spire. [2] [3] I
Remains of Newton Abbey at SE 444 277
53°44′40″N1°19′39″W / 53.74457°N 1.32744°W / 53.74457; -1.32744 (Remains of Newton Abbey)
Newton Priory ruins - geograph.org.uk - 523356.jpg
MedievalThe building was a moated manor house, now on an island caused by mining subsidence. Only a few courses of masonry have survived. [4] [5] II
Hill Top Farmhouse
53°45′42″N1°18′42″W / 53.76162°N 1.31177°W / 53.76162; -1.31177 (Hill Top Farmhouse)
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17th century (possible)A house in magnesian limestone on a plinth with chamfered coping, with quoins and a stone slate roof. There are two storeys and a T-shaped plan. On the front facing the road is a doorway with a four-centred arched head, and the windows in the house are mullioned with hood moulds. [6] II
Ledston Lodge
53°46′21″N1°19′07″W / 53.77257°N 1.31852°W / 53.77257; -1.31852 (Ledston Lodge)
Ledston Lodge - geograph.org.uk - 633249.jpg
Mid 17th centuryA hunting lodge, later a private house, it is in magnesian limestone with a lead roof, and consists of a main block and wings to the north and the west. The main block has two storeys and attics, and a symmetrical square plan with three bays on each front. It has a plinth, a band, a string course, a plain frieze, a moulded cornice, and an embattled parapet. At each corner is a turret with an ogee cap and a ball finial. The doorway has a depressed arch, an architrave, a keystone carved with a hunting horn, and an entablature with consoles, above which is a cartouche. The windows are cross windows, and at the northwest corner is a stair turret containing a spiral staircase. [7] [8] I
Sir John Lewis's Cottages
53°45′46″N1°18′32″W / 53.76278°N 1.30894°W / 53.76278; -1.30894 (Sir John Lewis's Cottages)
Almshouses, Ledsham.jpg
Mid 17th centuryA row of eleven almshouses in magnesian limestone on a plinth, with a string course, and a stone slate roof with coped gables and kneelers. There are two storeys, and each house has one bay. Most of the doorways are paired and have chamfered surrounds, and the windows are mullioned with two lights. [9] [10] II
Manor House Farmhouse
53°45′42″N1°18′28″W / 53.76170°N 1.30784°W / 53.76170; -1.30784 (Manor House Farmhouse)
Manor Farm, Ledsham - geograph.org.uk - 633215.jpg
Late 17th centuryA manor house, later a farmhouse, it is in magnesian limestone on a plinth, with quoins and a stone slate roof. There are two storeys, attics and cellars, a three-bay main range, a rear gabled three-storey stair turret, and a later rear wing in the angle. Five steps lead up the a doorway with a fanlight, and the windows are mullioned and transomed. [9] [11] II
The Orphanage, wall and gatepiers
53°45′45″N1°18′30″W / 53.76247°N 1.30835°W / 53.76247; -1.30835 (The Orphanage, wall and gatepiers)
Ledsham House, Ledsham.jpg
1721An orphanage, later converted for residential use, it is in magnesian limestone and has a stone slate roof with coped gables and moulded kneelers. There are three storeys and a T-shaped plan, with a main range of seven bays, and a stair turret and a later addition at the rear. The central doorway has a moulded architrave and a cornice, and the windows are cross windows. At the rear, the gabled stair turret contains a similar doorway. Attached to the house are high walls, and at the front of the garden is a low wall with railings, in the middle of which are gate piers with moulded caps and ball finials, and iron gates. [9] [12] II
School House
53°45′45″N1°18′25″W / 53.76239°N 1.30686°W / 53.76239; -1.30686 (School House)
School House, Ledsham.jpg
Early 18th centuryA school and master's house, later two dwellings, the building is in magnesian limestone, and has a tile roof with coped gables and moulded kneelers. There are two parts; the right part was the house, it has two storeys and five bays, and contains a doorway with a fanlight and sash windows. The former school to the left has three storeys and three bays, and the windows vary; some are sashes, some are sliding sashes, and others are casements. [13] II
The Old Vicarage and stables
53°45′55″N1°18′47″W / 53.76514°N 1.31299°W / 53.76514; -1.31299 (The Old Vicarage and stables)
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1821The vicarage, later a private house, is in sandstone and magnesian limestone with a hipped slate roof. There are two storeys and an L-shaped plan, with a main range of five bays, and a rear service wing. In the centre of the front is a Greek Doric tetrastyle porch with a pediment, and double doors with a fanlight. The windows are sashes with splayed voussoirs, those in the ground floor with aprons. The left return has three bays, and round-headed arches, one containing a French window, and extending from it is a screen wall. From the right return extends the service wing, and beyond that is a former coach house, later a garage, with an elliptical-headed coach entrance. At the end of the rear courtyard is a single-storey stable with stable doors, windows, and mounting steps. [9] [14] II
Walled garden with ha-ha,
The Old Vicarage
53°45′56″N1°18′46″W / 53.76550°N 1.31280°W / 53.76550; -1.31280 (Walled garden with ha-ha, The Old Vicarage)
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Early 19th centuryThe walled garden to the northeast of the house is square with sides of about 75 metres (246 ft). On the southeast side is a ha-ha and the other sides have walls about 3 metres (9.8 ft) high. The ha-ha is in magnesian limestone with rounded coping, ramped up at the ends. The walls are in magnesian limestone with brick lining on the inner sides, and flat coping. In the centre of each wall is a round-headed gateway. [15] II
Old School
53°45′45″N1°18′24″W / 53.76245°N 1.30656°W / 53.76245; -1.30656 (Old School)
Old School, Ledsham.jpg
c. 1870The former school is in limestone with quoins, and stone slate roofs with coping gables, kneelers and a cross finial. There is one storey over a deep basement, a single gabled bay facing the road, and a range extending to the rear. On the front is a basement doorway and a lancet window, both with a segmental head, and an external staircase to the left. Above is a four-light mullioned and transomed window, and a quatrefoil in the gable. On the left is a square corbelled-out bellcote with four-centred arched bell openings, an embattled parapet, and a square dome with a finial. [16] II
Telephone kiosk
53°45′44″N1°18′39″W / 53.76226°N 1.31079°W / 53.76226; -1.31079 (Telephone kiosk)
Telephone Kiosk outside Chequers Inn, Ledsham.jpg
1935The telephone kiosk is of the K6 type, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott. Constructed in cast iron with a square plan and a dome, it has unperforated crowns in the top panels. [17] II

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  1. ↑ Historic England
  2. ↑ Harman & Pevsner (2017), pp. 381–384
  3. ↑ Historic England & 1237404
  4. ↑ Harman & Pevsner (2017), p. 385
  5. ↑ Historic England & 1237551
  6. ↑ Historic England & 1237508
  7. ↑ Harman & Pevsner (2017), pp. 384–385
  8. ↑ Historic England & 1264072
  9. 1 2 3 4 Harman & Pevsner (2017), p. 384
  10. ↑ Historic England & 1264070
  11. ↑ Historic England & 1264073
  12. ↑ Historic England & 1237507
  13. ↑ Historic England & 1237509
  14. ↑ Historic England & 1237510
  15. ↑ Historic England & 1237511
  16. ↑ Historic England & 1386513
  17. ↑ Historic England & 1247769.

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