Listed buildings in Brearton

Brearton is a civil parish in the former Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It contains four listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".[1] The parish contains the village of Brearton and the surrounding area. All the listed buildings are in the village, and consist of a church and three houses.

Buildings

Name and location Photograph Date Notes
East View
54°02′39″N 1°30′33″W / 54.04412°N 1.50909°W / 54.04412; -1.50909 (East View)
Late 18th to early 19th century The house is in magnesian limestone, with a projecting eaves band, and a pantile roof with four eaves courses of stone slate. There are two storeys and two bays. In the centre is a doorway, to its left is a blocked doorway, and the windows are three-light horizontally-sliding sashes. All the openings have tripartite lintels.[2]
Eagle House
54°02′35″N 1°30′45″W / 54.04305°N 1.51241°W / 54.04305; -1.51241 (Eagle House)
1833 The house, which is in the style of the 17th century, is in gritstone, with a string course, a moulded eaves course, and a grey slate roof with gable copings and kneelers with pyramid finials. The central doorway has a moulded surround, a four-centred arch and a dated lintel. Above the doorway is a crest, and the windows are deeply recessed, chamfered and mullioned, with three lights and hood moulds.[3]
Brearton Hall
54°02′37″N 1°30′40″W / 54.04349°N 1.51112°W / 54.04349; -1.51112 (Brearton Hall)
Early to mid 19th century The house is in magnesian limestone with a stone slate roof. There are two storeys and fronts of three and two bays. The central doorway has a decorative fanlight, and the windows are sashes with flat arches of splayed voussoirs, and projecting stone sills.[4]
St John's Church
54°02′39″N 1°30′27″W / 54.04418°N 1.50747°W / 54.04418; -1.50747 (St John's Church)
1836 The church, designed by J. P. Pritchett, is in magnesian limestone with gritstone dressings, on a plinth, and has a chamfered eaves cornice ,and a purple slate roof with gable copings and shaped kneelers. There is a rectangular plan with three bays. The doorway at the west end has an ogee head and a hood mould, above which is a pilaster rising to a gabled bellcote with a crocketed finial.[5][6]

References

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Sources

  • Historic England, "East View, Brearton (1150445)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 April 2024
  • Historic England, "Eagle House, Brearton (1315348)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 April 2024
  • Historic England, "Brearton Hall, Brearton (1150444)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 April 2024
  • Historic England, "Brearton Chapel, Brearton (1315349)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 April 2024
  • Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 4 April 2024
  • Leach, Peter; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009). Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12665-5.