Brackenfield is a civil parish in the North East Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. The parish contains 15 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Brackenfield and the surrounding area. The most important building in the parish is Ogston Hall, a country house, that is listed together with associated structures. The other listed buildings are farmhouses and farm buildings, a church and its lychgate, a ruined chapel, a public house, a wall containing a gravestone and a guidepost, and a railway bridge.
The chapel, now a ruin, is in sandstone and is without a roof. It consists of a single cell with a south porch containing seats, and an inner doorway with a chamfered surround. On the west gable is a bellcote with twin semicircular arches, on the east gable is a cross, and the windows are mullioned.[2][3]
A country house that has been extended over the years, and was refashioned during the 19th century. The older parts are in sandstone and the later parts are in gritstone, it has quoins, some of which are rusticated, and slate roofs. There are two storeys, attics and basements, and a roughly quadrangular plan, with the stable block extending to the east. Most of the windows are mullioned or mullioned and transomed, and there are bay windows and an oriel window. Other features include gables, one shaped, and a five-storey Gothic tower with an embattledparapet and a domed stair turret.[4][5]
The retaining wall at a road junction incorporates a square stone block inscribed "SM 1643", and in the centre is a guidepost dated 1730 indicating the roads to Ashover, Matlock and Bakewell.[6]
The farmhouse, which was extended in 1834, is in sandstone with gritstone dressings, quoins, two mouldedstring courses, and a stone slate roof with moulded gablecopings and kneelers. There are three storeys and a T-shaped plan, with a main range of three bays, a two-storey single-bay extension on the right, and a gabled three-storey stair tower at the rear. The original main door has a quoined moulded surround, it is partly filled by an inserted window, and above it is a dated and initialled plaque. There are two other datestones, one over the door in the extension, and the other in the left gable end. The windows are mullioned, and in the stair tower they are stepped.[7][8]
The farmhouse was refronted in the 19th century and extended to the rear in the 20th century. It is in sandstone, with the remains of quoins, and a slate roof with a stone ridge. There are two storeys and two bays, and to the right is a single-storey barn with three bays that has been converted for residential use. The original doorway has a chamfered surround and has been converted into a two-light window with a mullion, and the other windows in both parts are mullioned.[9]
The sawmill was altered in the 19th century, and has since been used for other purposes. It is in sandstone and has a tile roof with a stone ridge, mouldedgablecopings, and inverted moulded kneelers. There are two storeys and six bays. The building contains three segmental-arched doorways with quoined sides, and rectangular openings in both floors.[10]
The sundial in the lawn to the south of the hall is in sandstone. It has a plain base and a pear-shaped stem. On the top is an inscribed copper dial and a triangular scrolled gnomon.[11]
The walls enclose a kitchen garden with a parallelogram shape, and they are in sandstone with corbelledcopings and a red brick internal wall. In the east wall is a doorcase of reused materials, with quoined sides, and a dated and initialled lintel with a four-centred arch. The west wall has a depressed arch with a raised keystone and inscribed voussoirs. In the north wall is a reused 13th-century window, and a doorcase with a quoined surround and a dated and initialled lintel.[12]
The farmhouse is in sandstone with gritstone dressings, the gable ends rendered, and a tile roof. There are two storeys and three bays. On the front is a doorway with a quoined surround, above which is a dated and initialled plaque. To the left is another doorway with a porch, and the windows are sashes.[13]
A farmhouse, later a public house with an attached barn, it is in sandstone with gritstone dressings, and slate roofs with stone ridges. The former house has two storeys and two bays, and to the left is a protruding single-storey single-bay extension. On the front is a gabled porch, and the windows are mullioned. To the right is a two-storey three-bay barn containing two doorways with quoined surrounds, and a staircase leading to an upper floor doorway.[14]
The coach house is in sandstone with gritstone dressings, and has a stone slate roof with a stone ridge, copedgables, and kneelers. There is a single storey, three bays, and a lean-to at each end. The coach house contains three semicircular-headed archways with keystones.[15][16]
The lychgate was designed by T. C. Hine, and has stone side walls and double gates. The superstructure is in wood, and consists of a trefoil-headed arcade carrying a tile roof with pierced cusped bargeboards. On the west gable is an elaborate metal cross.[19]