Grimston is a civil parish in the former Selby district of North Yorkshire, England. It contains 14 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. There are no significant settlements in the parish, and the main building is the country house, Grimston Park. The house is listed and, apart from one house outside its grounds, all the listed buildings are associated with it, and are in its gardens and grounds.
A small country house that was largely rebuilt in about 1840 by Decimus Burton, and later converted into smaller dwellings. It is in Tadcasterlimestone with roofs of Welsh slate and tile. The main range has two storeys and seven bays, and a single-bay three-storey tower and a five-bay loggia to the right. On the front is an Ionictetrastyleportico, above which is a Venetian window, and the other windows are sashes. Above them is a dentilledcornice and a low balustradedparapet with a coat of arms and urns. On each side of the main range is a lodge and a curving wall. To the left of the main range is a lower two-storey six-bay range, and a clock tower to the left. On the garden front is a hexastyle Ionic portico in antis, with a cornice, and a balcony with a hood on slender columns.[2][3]
The fountain is surrounded by a circular stone basin with coped walls. The fountain is in artificial stone, and has a shallow urn with gadrooned sides on an octagonal plinth and a moulded stem, surmounted by three dolphins with the tails entwined, and supporting a shell-like bowl with a cherub.[5]
The coach house was designed by Decimus Burton, and later converted into dwellings. It is in magnesian limestone on a plinth, and has a Welsh slate roof with stone copings. In the centre is a two-storey three-bay block with an open mouldedpediment with a blind oculus. In the centre is a recessed doorway flanked by a segmental-arched arcade with an impost band, and segmental-headed sash windows. The block is flanked by single-storey two-bay wings with a low parapet and central pedimented dormers. In the right wing are casement windows, and the left wing contains garage doors.[6][7]
The entrance was designed by Decimus Burton. The lodge is in magnesian limestone on a plinth, with a mouldedcornice and a low parapet. There is a single storey and three bays. The doorway has a hood, and on the front is a cantedbay window and sash windows. The piers flanking the entrance are square, each with recessed panels, a dentilledfrieze, and a moulded cornice surmounted by a ball finial and a flag. The ornamental double and pedestrian gates, and the overthrow, are in wrought iron. Outside these are curving walls with a plinth, a cornice and a frieze, ending in square piers with cornices and ball finials.[6][8]
The buildings at the north entrance to the grounds were designed by Decimus Burton. The lodges are in magnesian limestone and have a single storey, a square plan and a single bay. Each has a doorway with a hood, angle pilasters, round-arched niches with aprons, a cornice, and a stepped roof surmounted by the kneeling figure of a warrior. The gates are in wrought iron with ornamental cresting. Ornamental railings curve round to rusticatedpiers with a cornice and a ball finial, and further railings on a low wall lead to rusticated end piers.[11]
A lodge in the grounds of Grimston Park, it is in magnesian limestone, partly rendered, with a tile roof. There is a single storey and three bays. The entrance in the gable end is in a rustic porch, and the windows have twin round-headed lights and straight heads, under wedge lintels.[13]
The stable block, later used for other purposes, was designed by Decimus Burton. It consists of a two-storey three-bay centre block, with a pediment containing a blind oculus, and single-storey three-bay wings. In the ground floor is a segmental-arched arcade containing stable doors, and the windows are a mix of sashes and casements, all with segmental heads. The wings have low parapets, pitching doors, and dormers with moulded pediments.[6][14]
The wall, piers and railings were designed by Decimus Burton. The wall and piers are in magnesian limestone, and the wall is about 30 metres (98 ft) long. The piers are short and square, and each has a cornice and a ball-on—vase finial. The railings are in cast iron and are ornamental, and have a central semicircular balustrade with inverted vase-shaped balusters.[17]
