Listed buildings in Pickhill
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Pickhill with Roxby is a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It contains seven 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 Pickhill and the surrounding area, which includes the deserted medieval village of Roxby. The listed buildings consist of a church, a cross and a tombstone in the churchyard, three houses and a dovecote.
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| Grade | Criteria[1] |
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| II* | Particularly important buildings of more than special interest |
| II | Buildings of national importance and special interest |
Buildings
| Name and location | Photograph | Date | Notes | Grade |
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| All Saints' Church 54°14′54″N 1°28′07″W / 54.24826°N 1.46872°W / 54.24826; -1.46872 (All Saints' Church) |
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12th century | The church has been altered and extended through the centuries, including a restoration in 1877 by G. E. Street. It is built in stone with a slate roof, and consists of a nave, a north aisle, a south porch, a chancel with a north chapel and vestry, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, with buttresses, one forming a stair tower, a clock face, two-light bell openings, a band, and an embattled parapet with corner pinnacles. The south door is Norman, and has three orders of shafts with scalloped capitals, and chevrons in the arch.[2][3] | II* |
| Medieval cross 54°14′53″N 1°28′07″W / 54.24808°N 1.46867°W / 54.24808; -1.46867 (Medieval cross) |
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Medieval | The cross is in the churchyard of All Saints' Church, to the south of the church. It is in stone, and consists of a short chamfered shaft, with a small sundial set in the top. This stands on a square plinth, with two steps on each side.[4] | II |
| Church House 54°14′55″N 1°28′10″W / 54.24848°N 1.46956°W / 54.24848; -1.46956 (Church House) |
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Mid to late 18th century | The house is in red brick, and has a tile roof with stone coping and shaped kneelers. There are two storeys and three bays. In the centre is a Doric porch and a doorway with a Gibbs surround, flanked by canted bay windows with cornices and hipped lead roofs. The upper floor contains sash windows in architraves with keystones. At the rear is an arched stair window with Gothic glazing.[5] | II |
| Norton House 54°14′39″N 1°28′16″W / 54.24406°N 1.47102°W / 54.24406; -1.47102 (Norton House) |
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Mid to late 18th century | The house is in red brick, with dentilled eaves, and a pantile roof with shaped kneelers and stone coping. There are two storeys and three bays, and a later outshut on the right. The central doorway has a Gibbs surround, and the windows are sashes in architraves.[6] | II |
| Dovecote 54°14′36″N 1°28′23″W / 54.24321°N 1.47299°W / 54.24321; -1.47299 (Dovecote) |
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Mid to late 18th century | The dovecote and cart house are in stone and red brick, with quoins and a stone slate roof with a shaped kneeler and stone coping on the right. There are two storeys and one bay. On the ground floor are two cart openings and a doorway, with brick columns under segmental brick relieving arches, and on the upper floor is a doorway. The right return contains pigeon openings with ledges in the gable, and inside there are brick nesting boxes.[7] | II |
| Tombstone to Elizabeth Squire 54°14′53″N 1°28′08″W / 54.24808°N 1.46879°W / 54.24808; -1.46879 (Tombstone to Elizabeth Squire) |
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1770 | The tombstone is in the churchyard of All Saints' Church, to the south of the church, and it commemorates members of the Squire family. It is in stone, at the top is a cherub's head, with a scrolled broken pediment above, and an inscription below.[8] | II |
| The Old Vicarage 54°14′36″N 1°28′25″W / 54.24345°N 1.47371°W / 54.24345; -1.47371 (The Old Vicarage) |
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Late 18th century | The vicarage, which was extended in the late 19th century, is in red brick, and has a Welsh slate roof with shaped kneelers and stone coping. There are two storeys, the original part has three bays and the extension to the left is lower with two bays. The extension contains a Doric porch, and sash windows. The left bay of the original part has a canted bay window with a frieze and a cornice, and the other windows are sashes in architraves with keystones.[9] | II |
References
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- Historic England, "Church of All Saints, Pickhill with Roxby (1204105)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 August 2025
- Historic England, "Medieval Cross approximately 15 metres to south of south porch of the Church of All Saints, Pickhill with Roxby (1150941)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 August 2025
- Historic England, "Church House, Pickhill with Roxby (1315111)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 August 2025
- Historic England, "Norton House, Pickhill with Roxby (1281366)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 August 2025
- Historic England, "Dovecote approximately 20 metres to south-east of the Old Rectory, Pickhill with Roxby (1204141)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 August 2025
- Historic England, "Tombstone to Elizabeth Squire approximately 10 metres to south-west of south porch of the Church of All Saints, Pickhill with Roxby (1204111)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 August 2025
- Historic England, "The Old Vicarage, Pickhill with Roxby (1150942)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 August 2025
- Historic England (21 July 2024), Listed Buildings, retrieved 17 August 2025
- Grenville, Jane; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2023) [1966]. Yorkshire: The North Riding. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-25903-2.