Almondbury is a village and an unparished area in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. Almondbury ward contains 118 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, four are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The ward contains the village of Almondbury, the district of Moldgreen, and the surrounding area. Most of the listed buildings are houses and associated structures, cottages, farmhouses and farm buildings. Many of the houses were used in the domestic textile industry, and have long ranges of mullioned windows, especially in the upper storeys. The other listed buildings include a church and associated structures, a cross socket, textile mills, a mounting block, a public house, a police box, and a telephone kiosk.
The oldest part of the church is the chancel, much of the rest of the church dates from 1486, and it was altered and restored by W. H. Crossland in 1872–76. The church is built in stone with stone slate roofs, and consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a south porch, a chancel with chapels, and a west tower. The tower has diagonal buttresses, a west door, a three-light west window with Perpendiculartracery, gargoyles, and an embattledparapet with crocketedpinnacles. The parapets of the body of the church are also embattled with crocketed pinnacles, and in the chancel are lancet windows.[2][3]
The cross socket on the south side of the drive to the hall consists of a stone with chamfered edges and a hole for the socket. It has probably been moved from elsewhere.[4]
The hall originated as a timber framed house, and it was encased in stone and extended and remodelled during the following centuries. The house is rendered, with sill bands, a mouldedeavescornice, and a hipped stone slate roof. There are two storeys and a south front of five bays. The three bays to the right are older, the middle bay projecting and gabled, and they contain sash windows and a doorway approached by steps, with a moulded surround, a flutedfrieze, and a pediment. The two bays on the left are gabled, and the upper storey is timber framed, with a decorative bressumer, elaborate bargeboards, and moulded finials.[5][6]
A house, later used for other purposes, it is timber framed, the ground floor was encased in stone in 1631 by its owner Isaac Wormall, from whom the building takes its name. The roof is in stone slate. There are two storeys and an attic, the upper storey jettied, and a rear wing. To the left is a carriage entrance, and in the ground floor is a flat-arched doorway with a moulded surround and moulded imposts, flanked by seven-light mullioned windows. The upper floor contains three mullioned and transomedoriel windows.[7][8]
The barn is cruck-framed, the south side is timber framed with red brick infill, there is a north aisle in stone, the west wing is timber framed with stone infill, and there is a stone extension to the north. The roofs are in stone slate. There are various openings and a gabled porch. Inside, there are five bays and five cruck trusses.[7][9]
The remains of the cottage have been re-erected in Ravensknowle Park. They are in stone, and consist of parts of a wall, a doorway, and half of a window. The doorway has chamfered surrounds and a four-centred dated head. The window has chamfered mullions and a hood mould.[10]
A group of stone houses that have a stone slate roof with copedgables and cut kneelers. There are two storeys and attics, a single-storey lean-to on the north side, and a mouldedstring course on the east side. The building contains a doorway with a four-centred arched head, and the windows are mullioned, with some mullions removed.[11]
The house, which was largely rebuilt in the 19th century, is in stone with a stone slate roof. There are two storeys, and the windows are mullioned. Some internal features have been retained, including an inglenook fireplace and a chamferedbressumer.[12]
The stocks are in the churchyard of All Hallows Church. They consist of two upright stone posts, a lower plate in stone, and a timber upper plate. There are four holes and iron clamps.[13]
A stone house with stone gutter brackets, a stone slate roof, and two storeys. Some windows are mullioned, and some mullions have been removed and replaced by sash windows. The doorway has a moulded surround.[14]
The house is in stone, and has a stone slate roof with a copedgable and cut kneelers at the east end. There are two storeys, and a doorway with a moulded surround and a four-centred arched head. Some of the windows are mullioned and others are modern.[15]
A pair of rendered houses that have a stone slate roof with copedgables. In the centre are two doorways, and the windows are mullioned, with four lights in the ground floor and six lights in the upper floor.[16]
The wall runs from the house as far as the stable and coach house. It is in red brick with stone coping, and is ramped up at the ends. The wall has a serpentine shape, and is 12 feet (3.7 m) high.[17]
A pair of stone houses with quoins, a stone slate roof, and two storeys. There are two doorways, and the windows are mullionedsashes with some lights blocked.[18]
A stone house with a stone slate roof and two storeys. The windows are mullionedcasements; in the upper floor is a twelve-light window, and the ground floor contains a five light and a two-light window.[19]
A house later used for other purposes, it is in stone, with stone gutter brackets and a stone slate roof with copedgables and cut kneelers. There are two storeys and two bays. In the centre are two doorways, and the windows are mullioned.[20]
The building is in stone with a stone slate roof and two storeys. In the ground floor are three doorways and a shop window. The other windows vary; some are mullioned, some are sashes, and others are casements.[21]
Part of a former mill, No. 30 having been a weaving shed, the building is in stone with a stone slate roof and two storeys. No. 30 has mullionedcasement windows, and the windows in No. 32 are sashes.[22]
A pair of houses in red brick, mainly rendered, with a brick band, and a double pitched stone slate roof. There are two storeys, a double-depth plan, and four bays. The doorway is in the second bay, and the windows are sashes.[24]
A row of three houses, later shops, in rendered stone, with a stone slate roof, and two storeys. In the ground floor are shop fronts, and the windows are mullioned.[25]
A group consisting of a house and a barn, both in stone, and a cottage in red brick, all with stone slate roofs. The house has two storeys and a rear lean-to outshut, and contains mullionedsash windows. In the barn are two stable doors, a barn door, and three circular pitching holes. The cottage has two storeys, and contains mullioned windows.[27]
Originally a laithe house, it is in stone with a stone slate roof. The house has two storeys with mullioned windows in the upper floor and modern windows in the ground floor, the barn has a planked door, and there is an extension to the southeast.[28]
The stable and coach house are in stone, and have a stone slate roof with copedgables and cut kneelers. There are two storeys and a single-storey lean-to on the east side. In the main part are segmental-headed coach entrances, partly blocked, and in the extension are doorways.[30]
A pair of stone cottages that have a stone slate roof with copedgables and cut kneelers, and two storeys. No. 245 has mullioned window and a staircase window in the garden front, and the other windows are modern. Finthorpe Cottage contains oriel windows and sashes.[31]
The farmhouse and barn are in stone with a stone slate roof, two storeys, and an L-shaped plan. The earlier windows are mullioned, with some lights blocked, and the later windows are sashes. In the barn are planked doors.[32]
A rendered house with a stone slate roof. It consists of two two-storey blocks, with a single-storey block between them, and there is a barn extension to the east. Most of the windows are mullioned, and others are casements.[34]
The house is in stone with a stone slate roof and two storeys. The windows are mullioned, with two three-light windows in the ground floor, and a 14-light window in the upper floor.[35][36]
The oldest surviving part of the school, which was founded in 1608, is the entrance block. In 1848–49 a schoolroom with a dormitory above was added at the northwest, and in 1880–84 a service extension and schoolroom were added at the north, designed by W. Swinden Barber. The buildings are in stone with stone slate roofs, and the windows are mullioned.[7][37]
A house and a former barn, they are in stone, partly rendered, with quoins and a stone slate roof. The house has two storeys, one doorway, and one modern window, and the other windows are mullioned. The barn has a door, a loft window, and two rear outshuts, one with a four-light mullioned window.[39]
A row of stone cottages, partly rendered, with a stone slate roof, and two storeys. There is one modern casement window, and the other windows are mullioned. To the west is a barn with a segmental-arched cart entry, doorways, and a lean-to outshut.[40]
A stone house with a stone slate roof and two storeys. In the centre is a gabled porch, and the windows are mullioned, with two four-light windows in the ground floor, and four two-light windows in the upper floor.[41]
The house is in rendered stone with a stone slate roof, and has one storey and an extension to the east. Some of the windows are sashes. others are mullioned, and in the extension is a loading door.[42]
A row of stone houses with a stone slate roof. There are two storeys, and a projecting central rear wing. At the rear are 19th-century casement windows, and most of the other windows are modern.[43]
A pair of stone houses with a stone slate roof. There are two storeys and four bays. The doors are modern, one has a fanlight, and the windows are small-paned.[44]
A stone house in a row, it has a stone slate roof and two storeys. The doorway is to the left, and the windows are sashes, with two on the ground floor and three in the upper floor.[45]
A pair of stone houses in a row, with a stone slate roof and two storeys. No. 11 has a sash window in the ground floor, the other windows are mullioned, and in the upper floor of No. 9 is a loading door converted into a window.[46]
A stone house in a terrace with a stone slate roof, two storeys, and one bay. The doorway is to the right, in the ground floor is a modern window, and the upper floor contains a four-light mullionedsash window.[47]
A group of stone houses with a stone slate roof and two storeys. There is one fixed window, and the other windows are mullioned, with some blocked lights.[48]
A stone house that has a stone slate roof with copedgables and cut kneelers. There are two storeys and one range of four-light mullionedsash windows.[49]
The barn is in stone with a stone slate roof, and has outshuts on the south, east and north sides. It contains various openings, including barn doors with arched heads.[50]
A stone house with a stone slate roof and two storeys. There is one casement window, and the other windows are mullionedsashes, with a two-light window in the ground floor, and two four-light windows in the upper floor.[51]
A stone house with a stone slate roof and two storeys. There is one fixed window, and the other windows are mullionedsashes, with some lights blocked.[52]
A stone house in a row, with a stone slate roof and two storeys. The doorway is to the left, and the windows are mullioned, with a three light window in the ground floor, and a six-light window in the upper floor, the middle two lights blocked.[54]
A stone house with a stone slate roof and two storeys. The windows vary, and include sashes, casements, and two mullioned windows, one with three lights in the ground floor, and on with four lights in the upper floor.[61]
A row of four houses with a hipped stone slate roof, and two storeys. They are mainly in stone, and the middle two houses project slightly and have fronts of red brick with quoins. Each house has two bays, and they contain casement windows.[62]
The farmhouse is in stone with a hipped stone slate roof, two storeys and three bays. Some windows are sashes and others are modern, and there are two doorways with arched heads and imposts. At the rear is a long barn with two storeys and round-arched entries, and at the west end is an extension containing a cowshed with a hayloft. The openings include a pigeon hole with a semicircular sill.[63]
The mounting block in Ravensknowle Park has been moved from Honley. It is in stone, and consists of a circular pier with a moulded sill. Cantilevered from the pier are two spiral flights of four steps.[64]
A house with a coach house extension to the left, it is in stone with a stone slate roof. The house has two storeys and contains sash windows, and in the coach house are four entries, two with depressed arched heads.[65]
The house is in red brick, rendered on the left side, with a sill band, a mouldedeavescornice, and a hipped stone slate roof. There are two storeys and four bays, the right bay recessed. On the front are two doorways each approached by seven steps with railings. The main doorway has a moulded surround with Tuscan half-columns, a fanlight, an entablature, and a segmental pediment, and the doorway to the right has a moulded surround, a frieze with paterae, and a cornice. The windows are sashes with voussoirs and keystones. At the rear is a round-arched stair window with imposts and keystones, and there are two doorways.[66]
The public house is in stone with a stone slate roof. There are two storeys and four bays, the left bay containing a flat-headed entry. The windows are sashes, some with mullions.[67]
The house is in stone with a stone slate roof. There are two storeys, four bays, a barn to the west, and a later extension. The windows vary, some are mullioned, some are sashes, and others are casements.[68]
The house is in stone with a stone slate roof. There are two storeys and five bays, the middle bay projecting under a pediment. The doorway has pilasters and an oblong fanlight, and the windows are casements. On the front is a cantedbay window, and at the rear is a round-arched staircase window.[70]
A stone house with a stone slate roof and two storeys. The windows are mullionedsashes; there is a three-light window in the ground floor, and a 13-light window in the upper floor.[71]
Originally the offices to Ravensknowle Park, they consist of three blocks forming a U-shaped plan around a courtyard. The buildings are in stone, each with a mouldedeavescornice, and a hippedslate roof. They have one storey, and most of the windows are sash windows. The blocks are linked by a gateway with a round arch, a Gibbs surround and it contains ornamental cast iron gates. The gateway is surrounded by Tuscanpilasters and a full entablature surmounted by an achievement.[72]
A stone house with a stone slate roof, three storeys, one bay, and mullioned windows. The doorway is to the right, in the ground floor is a five-light window, and the upper floors each contains an eight-light window.[73]
A stone house with a stone slate roof, three storeys, one bay, and mullioned windows. The doorway is to the left, and in each floor is a six-light window, with a light blocked in the middle floor.[74]
A pair of stone shops with a sill band, a mouldedeavescornice, and a blocking course. There are three storeys and five bays, the middle bay slightly recessed. In No. 99 is an early 20th-century shop front, and No. 101 has a modern entrance in an arch with mouldedvoussoirs and imposts.[75]
A stone house with a stone slate roof, two storeys and three bays. There are two doorways with Tuscan surrounds and cornices, one with a fanlight, and the windows are two-light sashes.[76]
The barn is in stone with a stone slate roof, two storeys, and an extension to the southwest. It contains a doorway with a segmental head, and another doorway with a loading door above. In the extension is a door with a 6 feet (1.8 m) monolithiclintel.[77]
A stone house with a sill band, a mouldedeavescornice, a blocking course, and a hipped stone slate roof. There are two storeys and five bays. On the front is a tetrastyleTuscanporticoin antis with a segmental pediment. The windows are sashes, the window above the portico has a moulded surround, and at the rear is a round-headed staircase window.[78]
A stone house in a row, with stone gutter brackets, a stone slate roof, two storeys, and three bays. In the upper floor is a seven-light mullioned window.[79]
A stone house in a row, with stone gutter brackets, a stone slate roof, two storeys, and three bays. In the upper floor is a nine-light mullioned window.[80]
A stone house in a terrace with a stone slate roof and two storeys. The windows are mullioned, with one mullion removed in the ground floor, and two lights blocked in the upper floor.[81]
A stone house in a terrace with a stone slate roof and two storeys. The windows are mullioned, with a three-light window in the upper floor, and a two-light window with a mullion removed in the ground floor.[82]
A stone house in a terrace with a stone slate roof and two storeys. The windows are mullioned, with a seven-light window in the upper floor and none light blocked, and a four-light window in the ground floor.[83]
A stone house in a terrace with a stone slate roof and two storeys. The windows are mullioned, with a five-light window in the upper floor, and a three-light window in the ground floor.[84]
A house in a row, it is in stone, with a sill band, a stone slate roof, and two storeys. The windows are mullioned, flanking the central doorway are three-light windows, and the upper floor contains a continuous ten-light window.[89]
A house, at one time a public house, it is in stone with a sill band, a mouldedeavescornice, and a hipped stone slate roof. There are two storeys, six bays on the south front, and three on the west front. The doorway on the south front has pilasters and a segmental pediment, there is a doorway with a plain surround on the west front, and the windows are sashes.[90]
A pair of stone houses with a sill band, paired gutter brackets, and a stone slate roof. There are two storeys and four bays. The doorways have fanlights, and the windows are sashes.[91]
A pair of stone houses with a sill band, paired gutter brackets, and a stone slate roof. There are two storeys and four bays. The doorways have fanlights, and the windows are sashes.[92]
The wall extends from the rear of 89 Northgate, running along Thorpe Lane as far as Thorpe Grange. It is in stone with coping, and is 10 feet (3.0 m) high.[93]
A stone house with a sill band, stone gutter brackets, and a stone slate roof. There are two storeys, and a symmetrical front of three bays. The central doorway has Tuscanpilasters, a fanlight, and a segmental pediment, and the windows are sashes.[94]
A pair of stone houses that have a stone slate roof with copedgables and moulded kneelers. The windows are mullioned, with two three-light windows on the ground floor, and four two-light windows in the upper floor.[95]
A row of three houses in rendered brick at the front and stone elsewhere with stone slate roofs. There are two storeys, No. 44 is higher, and at the rear is an outshut. The windows are mullioned, some containing sashes and the others casements.[99]
The walls enclosing the churchyard are in stone with coped tops. The gate to the east of the church is in cast iron, and is elaborate with Art Nouveau features. To the south of the church are decorative cast iron gates, and gate piers that are rusticated and have ball finials. Incorporated in the wall to the southwest of the tower is an inscribed plaque.[100]
A stone house with a mouldedeavescornice and a hippedslate roof. There are two storeys and a symmetrical front of three bays. The windows are sashes, and the central doorway has a moulded surround, a fanlight, and a moulded cornice on moulded consoles.[101]
Flanking the entrance to the drive are stone gate piers with sunk panels and moulded caps. Between them are ornamental cast iron gates, and the flanking dwarf walls have moulded coping.[102]
The mill building is in stone with rusticatedquoins, alternately vermiculated, a sill band, moulded gutter brackets, and a hippedslate roof. There are three storeys and a basement, and eight bays. The windows are sashes, those in the ground floor with round arched heads, alternately rusticated voussoirs, sunk aprons, and a moulded impost band. The doorway has a semicircular fanlight, and enclosing the basement area are cast iron railings with bulbous and spear finials.[103]
A former laithe house, it is in stone with a stone slate roof, and two storeys. The windows are mullioned, and in the former barn, which has been converted for residential use, are the voussoirs of a former segmental-headed entry.[104]
A laithe house in stone with a stone slate roof. The house has two storeys and three bays. On the front is a gabled porch and mullioned windows. The barn to the right contains a segmental-arched cart entry and doorways.[106]
A stone house with a mouldedeavescornice and a hipped stone slate roof. There are two storeys, an entrance front of three bays, the middle bay projecting slightly, a garden front of five bays, and a rear wing. In the entrance front is a porch with Tuscan columns, a projecting cornice, and a doorway with a fanlight. Most of the windows are sashes, in the garden front is a cantedbay window containing a French window, and at the rear is around-arched staircase window.[7][107]
The coach house is in stone with a hipped roof and two storeys. On the front is an archway with a semicircular lunette above and windows, and in the right return is a Venetian window.[108]
The walls are in stone, and the wall along Birks Lane is curved. The outbuildings consist of lean-to cart sheds and a mistral, and are in stone with stone slate roofs.[109]
The buildings are on three sides of a courtyard and are in stone. The coach house has a hippedslate roof, two storeys, and three bays, the middle bay projecting and gabled. In the centre is a three-centred arched carriage entrance, in both storeys are sash windows, in the gable is a blind semicircular lunette, and the outer bays contain circular oculi. On the west is a two-storey wing, on the east is a one-storey stable wing, and the courtyard is paved and enclosed by a wall.[110]
A stone house with a mouldedeavescornice and a hipped stone slate roof. There are two storeys and fronts of three and four bays. The porch has two Tuscan columns, a full entablature, and a blocking course, the door has a semicircular fanlight, and the windows are sashes.[111]
A stone house with paired gutter brackets and a hipped stone slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays. At the rear is a mouldedeavescornice and blocking course, and it contains a doorway with three-quarter Tuscan columns and an entablature. The windows are sashes, in the front facing the road is a round-headed stair window and a doorway with a moulded hood.[112]
The former coach house is in stone with a stone slate roof and two storeys. It contains carriage doors with three-centred heads, and above is an oculus and pigeon holes with ledges.[114]
A stone house that has a stone slate roof with copedgables. There are two storeys, five bays, and later extensions. The doorway has Tuscanpilasters and a mouldedcornice. Most of the windows are sashes, in the ground floor are French windows, and at the rear is a round-arched staircase window.[115]
The hall, later used as a museum, is in stone, the ground floor rusticated, with a hippedslate roof, and two storeys and attics, and is in Italianate style. In the centre is a recessed porch with a Doric colonnade and round-arched doorways. Above it is a loggia consisting of an arcade with foliate capitals, over which are oculi and foliate decoration. The windows in the upper floor of the flanking bays, are round-headed, to the left of the porch is a Venetian window, and to the right are flat-headed windows. At the rear is a semicircular bay window with round-headed French windows and foliage decoration in the spandrels and capitals.[116][117]
The stables form a U-shaped plan around a courtyard, and are in stone with overhanging eaves on ornamental cast iron brackets, and have a slate roof with copedgables, kneelers and mouldedconsoles. The courtyard is enclosed by ornamental cast iron gates in a round archway with cresting. The stable buildings have two storeys, and in the centre is a tower with an oculus on each side, a cornice, an ornamental parapet, and an octagonal lantern with a copper-clad ogee dome and a finial. The buildings contain segmental-headed windows and doorways.[118]
The lodge is in stone on a mouldedplinth, with coved cornices, overhanging eaves, a hippedslate roof, and one storey. On the front facing the road are a cantedbay window and three casement windows, and on the front facing the drive is a V-shaped bay window, a casement window, and a porch on the angle with two pilasters and a central column with foliage capitals.[119]
The dwarf wall at the entrance to the park is in stone, and formerly carried railings. It incorporates ten stone piers, each with round-arched panels, a double-curved cap, and a finial with carved foliage in relief.[120]
A shop on a corner site, it is in stone on a plinth, with a hipped stone slate roof. There are two storeys, and three bays on each front. The south front contains an archway with mouldedimposts and a dated keystone. To its right, and in the east front are shop fronts with rusticatedpilasters, and moulded entablatures. The upper floor contains sash windows.[121]
The house, designed by Edgar Wood, is in stone with a stone slate roof and two storeys. At the west is a copedgable with cut kneelers, in the angle is a wooden porch, and on the south front are two shallow cantedbay windows with parapets rising above the eaves. On the west front are raked buttresses, and a blocked doorway with a fanlight and a semicircular hood. At the rear is a corbelled chimney and a canted staircase projection with a hipped roof. The windows have mullions, and some also have transoms.[7][122]
The police box is next to 55 Northgate, it is in timber, and has a rectangular plan. It has a plinth, above which are panels, a mouldedstring course, a frieze, and a domed roof. On the front is a door on the left, and on the right at mid-height is a smaller door to a public telephone cupboard.[123]
The telephone kiosk is adjacent to 90 Northgate, and is a K6 type, 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.[124]