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Descriptions are given below for the following buildings in Wymeswold. In general the buildings are in the parish of Wymeswold. You may need to check adjoining parishes or settlements.
Please note that the records describe the salient features of each property in order to aid identification: the records are not intended to be either comprehensive or exclusive.
Listing covers all parts of the property and its curtilage, ie all internal and external elements whether described or not.

27a, Brook Street (north side - Grade II
House, 1746. Brick on high rubble plinth, Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, and attic windows in gable end. 3-unit plan with one gable end stack and one axial stack backing onto entry. Renewed windows are triple-light casements with flat heads, but there is one gauged brick head over the right hand ground floor window. Projecting string course. Date stone over door. G J M 1746
Methodist Chapel, Brook Street (north side) - Grade II
Methodist Chapel, 1845. Decorative brickwork. Wide and flat gable to street of 3 bays and 2 storeys with gable pedimented lightly with stone coping etc. Central round arched double doorway with fanlight, stuccoed flat arched heads to casement windows. Brickwork forms effect of pilaster strips by grouping yellow bricks together at intervals in an otherwise chequered pattern. Side elevations have 2 tall segmental headed windows, and a lower one to the south and above these, 3 blocked windows with flat arched stuccoed heads. To rear, a round arched light with gauged brick head. Dated and identified in plaque in front gable wall.
Little Thatch, Brook Street (north side) - Grade II
Cottage, C18, brick with thatched roof and slight timbering to dormers. 1½ storeys, and 2-unit plan. Doorway to right of elevation in new thatched porch. 2 3-light horizontal sliding sashes windows to ground floor, 2 and 3-lights in dormers above. Axial stack and coped brick gables, single storey extension to right. C19 Royal Insurance sign between dormers.
The Dower House, Brook Street (north side) - Grade II
Large house, early C19. Stuccoed brick with Swithland slate roof. Main facade (west) at right angles to street, a 2 gabled range with central doorway recessed in a round arched opening, and to either side, a bay window, that to right is 3-sided with curved angles, and to left, a full bow, with bowed sashes. Tall sash windows above. Decorative barge boards. To the road front, 4 12-light sashes, the left hand 2 blocked, and an axial stack.
79, Brook Street (north side) - Grade II
House, c1800. Brick with Swithland slate roof. 3 storeys, 3 bay symmetrical facade with central door, and slightly cambered heads to windows (16-light sashes, 8-light in attic storey). Central windows blank. Wing to rear. Gable end stacks.
Rose Cottage, Brook Street (north side) - Grade II
Cottage, late C16/early C17. Timber framed with brick infill. Of the timber frame, the wall plate, corner posts and arch braces are visible externally, also the ends of various cross-ceiling/1st floor beams, and the gable trusses. Thatched roof. 1½ storeys. Ground floor has 2 casement windows to left, then the doorway, then a further window with a tiny opening above. One dormer window to left of facade. Gable end stacks.
58, Brook Street (south side) - Grade II
Cottage, probably C18 or earlier. Stretcher bond brickwork on high rubble plinth, and with some slight timbering to gables. Thatched roof. 1½ storeys, and 2-unit plan, with single storey range to left containing door and possible C19 shop window (an 8-light casement). 2 ground floor windows, with steep segmental arched heads, and 2 dormers are all horizontal sliding sashes. Coped gable to right springs well above eaves line. Axial and right hand gable stacks.
64 and 66, Brook Street (south side) - Grade II
Pair of houses, C18. Rendered brickwork on rubble plinth. 2 storeys. No 64 is a 2-unit plan, with doorway to right of elevation. To left of door, a wide 16-light sash window with slender astragals. To left of this and at a higher level, a 3-light casement window with fixed upper lights. Above, 2 horizontal sliding sashes. Possible blocked doorway to centre. Axial and projecting gable end stacks. No. 66 is a single unit house with gable end stack, door in moulded architrave, and 3-light casements with fixed upper lights.
74 (Cradock Cottage), Brook Street (south side) - Grade II
House, C18, possibly with earlier core. Rendered brickwork may infill a timber frame. 2 storeys, 3-unit plan with axial stack. Side entrance. Street frontage has 2 3-light casements with fixed upper lights to ground floor, and 2 6-light sashes and 1 casement window above. Slate roof is hipped and forms a catslide over outshut to left. Rear wing beyond.
108, Brook Street (south side) - Grade II
House, very early C18. Brick with red and blue chequer-work pattern and projecting string course, on granite rubble plinth. Rear wall is of granite rubble and seems to belong to an even earlier building. Modern tiled roof. 2 storeys with attic. 2 unit plan with door to left of elevation in plain opening. Flat brick heads to windows, of which all but one, a 3-light casement, are boarded over. Also, a small blocked window to centre front. Coped gable. Axial stack. Some diaper work in gable wall.
124, Brook Street (south side) - Grade II
Cottage, possibly C17. Timber framed and rendered, with pantiled, steeply pitched roof with ridge crestings. 1½ storey. Gable end stacks. Plinth visible in side elevation. Central door and a 3-light casement window to either side of it. Above to right, one ½ dormer, and a small single light casement above the door.
Sunday School, Chapel Bar - Grade II
Small building to rear of Wesleyan Chapel, possibly former chapel. Dated 1801 on a slate, with Latin inscription. Brick. The gabled front has small double door in deep segmental arched head and a segmental arched window above. Side elevations are 2 window ranges with flattened segmental heads to ground floor windows (now casements) and short wide lancets above with wooden Y-tracery.
3, Church Street (west side) - Grade II
Large house, 1734, altered later. Brickwork now painted white. 3 storeys, 3 bays. Symmetrical facade with central 6 panelled door within slight open pediment supported on brackets, and with traceried fanlight. Wide sash windows to either side, 16-light, with flat arched brick heads which are wider than existing windows. Brick band to 1st floor. Projecting eaves cornice. Dated over door, 1734 with initials F.M., and carrying a Sun Insurance sign. To the left, a 2 bay high 2 storey range of later build. Gable stacks. Wing to rear.
7, Church Street (west side) - Grade II
House, formerly 2 cottages. Mid C18. Brickwork with plinth and projecting band at 1st floor level. 3 storeys. 6-panel door to right of facade in moulded case. 3-light casements to ground floor with cambered heads, 2-light casement above, all with fixed upper light. Smaller casements to attic storey. To left of facade, former separate cottage now forms garage. Dentilled eaves cornice, gable and axial stacks.
11, Church Street (west side) - Grade II
House, possibly formerly barn. Brick on a deep rubble plinth, with steeply coped gables. 4 bays, 2 storeys. Irregular fenestration. Doorway to left, then a window, both with cambered heads. Then a blocked door, a tall segmental headed window, and 2 horizontal sliding sashes. 3 windows above. Axial and right hand gable stacks. On the main facade are various blocked openings which appear to represent former ventilation slits, and to the rear is a large, blocked arched opening.
15-17, Church Street (west side) - Grade II
House, late C18. Brickwork with rendered gable and new roof covering. 3 storeys, but top storey is a later heightening. 4 bays with doorway off centre. Slightly cambered heads to sash windows. 2 axial stacks.
K6 Telephone Kiosk, The Stockwell - Grade II
Telephone kiosk. Type K6. Designed 1935 by sir Giles Gilbert Scott. Made by various contractors. Cast iron. Square kiosk with domed roof. Unperforated crowns to top panels and margin glazing to windows and door.
24, Church Street (east side) - Grade II
House, c1820. Brickwork, with new roof. 3 storeys, 2 bays with doorway placed off centre: a 6-panelled door in pedimented case with Greek motifs, and a fluted frieze. Greek motifs also in keystones of stuccoed window heads. Former sashes replaced by casements with top opening lights and glazing bars. Wood eaves cornice. Axial stack.
26 and 26a, Church Street (east side) - Grade II
Formerly a single house, now divided. Probably mid C18. Brick on plinth. New roof covering. 2 storeys, a long 3-bay plan, with new doorway to left of elevation. 16-light sashes in thick frames, and with flat-arched heads, to ground floor. Projecting band at 1st floor level. Axial and left hand gable stacks. House now consists of 2 parallel ranges, but the rear range seems to be of later build.
Barn Between 24 and 26, Church Street (east side) - Grade II
Farm building linking 24 and 26 Church Street. Probably late C18. Brick, 2 storeys, with 2 blocked segmental arched windows to right of facade and a shallow segmental arched cart entry to left. 3 flat headed windows above, 1 blocked. Dentilled eaves cornice.
22, Clay Street - Grade II
House, in 2 right-angled sections. Street frontage probably late C18, refenestrated. Brick work, 2 storeys, 3 bays, with an additional, later bay to right. Wood mullion and transom windows with small panes and flat arched heads to ground floor. Doorway to centre of left hand range in moulded case, and with overlight. Nogged eaves cornice. Inglenook within. Axial and gable end stacks. Various C19 additions to rear. Also to rear, and at right angles a large 2 storey range, in blue and red chequered brickwork, and a date stone, 1710, and possibly an earlier date as well (illegible), one window to ground floor, 2 above, all wood mullion and transoms, later inserts. Basement. Steeply pitched roof with overhanging eaves. Beyond this, a lower outbuilding, 2 storeys, brick. Outside staircase in blue and red brick leading to door at 1st floor.
Pump at Rear Of Hammer and Pincers Public House, East Street - Grade II
Pump, 1770. Wood case and leaded spout work etc., with a lead plate carrying the initials T.S.B., the royal arms, and, in a scroll, "T.Leake, plummer", all painted.
Tudor Thatch, East Street - Grade II
Cottage, late C16. Roughcast concealing timber frame, some fragments of which are visible, including wall plate and some ends of cross ceiling beams. Brick plinth thatched roof. 1½ storeys, a range of 2 bays to left, with doorway within porch (removed during rethatching) and dormer windows above. A further bay to the left contains 2 triple light casements and is marked off by irregularity in front wall, although the wall plate is continuous. Gable and an axial stack backing on to entry. Cruck construction survives inside.
Wymeswold Hall, East Street - Grade II
Small country house, C1820. Brick stuccoed. 2 storeys, main facade of 5 bays with 3 central bays projecting. Ground floor has channelled rustication. Cornice and parapet. Sill bands. Centre part has soanic incised pilaster strips, arched door, with slim blank panels to either side, and windows with blank arched incised heads. Outer bays have narrow arched headed windows and outer windows with minimal pedimented surrounds and blank panels over.
9-11 (Wymeswold House), Far Street (north side) - Grade II
Large house in grounds, late C18. Brick with rubble plinth and Swithland slate roof. A tall 2 storeys and 5 bays. Central door with traceried fanlight in Tuscan columned porch. Tall C19 sash windows of 12 and 18 lights with gauged brick heads. Sections of brick bands run between the windows of both floors. Modillion eaves cornice. Gable and axial stacks. To the right, a tall single storey addition with C20 French windows and decorative curved eaves line to side elevation which contain 1 gothic window with Y-tracery.
The Manor House, Far Street (north side) - Grade II
House, late C18. Brick on an ashlar plinth. Modern tiled roof. 2½ storeys, 4 bays (right hand bay rests on differently constructed plinth). Stone sill course to 1st floor. Stone sills to all windows, which are 16 and 8-light sashes with gauged brick heads. 6-panelled door with traceried fanlight and flat stone porch supported on moulded and decorated brackets. Moulded eaves cornice. Gable end and axial stacks. Wing to rear
Farm Buildings to the Manor House, Far Street (north side) - Grade II
Range of farmbuildings, gable to street, late C18. Brick, with slate roofs. A low two storeys. In the gable end, nesting holes and ledges for doves. The main range has 3 blank arcaded bays, with various stables etc. beyond.
21, Far Street (north side) - Grade II
House, c1840. Red brick with yellow headers. Slate roof with projecting eaves. Gable end stacks. 3 bays, central doorway in recessed segmental arched openings with chamfering. Top floor has 2 paired and 1 single casement, ground floor, 3-light casements with fixed upper lights. All windows have gauged brick heads.
25, Far Street (north side) - Grade II
House, c1800. Brickwork. 3 storeys, 3 bays with central door in case with Greek motifs. Segmental arched windows, sashes to ground floor, new casements elsewhere. No central windows. Gable end stacks. Continuous outshut to rear.
33, Far Street (north side) - Grade II
Cottage, probably C17, but refronted later. Rendered brick with remains of timber frame, including sill beam and gable trusses. 2 storeys, 2 unit plan, with deep outshut to rear. Renewed casement windows, central door with moulded case.
Three Crowns Public House, Far Street (north side) - Grade II
House, c1830, on earlier core. Brick with slate roof and overhanging eaves. Gable end stacks. 2 storeys. 3 unit plan with doorway in original moulded case. All windows have cambered heads, upper ones are 16-light sashes, ground floor renewed. Section of rubble plinth to left of facade and evidence for heightening of original building in gable end wall.
49, Far Street (north side) - Grade II
House, probably early C18. Rendered, probably timber framed or brickwork framed on deep rubble plinth. Steeply pitched Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, and a long 3 bay plan with gable and axial stack backing on to entry. 16-light sash windows to ground floor, and above, 1 12-light sash, 1 casement, and 1 many paned fixed sash window. Doorway up steps, with C20 overlight. Basement opening (blocked) within plinth.
55, Far Street (north side) - Grade II
House, formerly school. Dated 1838 over door. Single storey, brick with modern roof. Central door in 4 centred arch with hood mould in a gabled porch. 2 windows to either side, very wide, with latticed panes, and hood moulds.
12, Far Street (south side) - Grade II
House, mid C19 but possibly with earlier core. Brick on rubble plinth, and some rubble gable walls. 2 storeys, 2 unit with off centre doorway with an overlight. Wood mullioned casement windows. Decorative brick course and eaves band, and diaper work in blue brick to 1st floor. Gable end stacks. Hipped roof.
16, Far Street (south side) - Grade II
House, c1800. Brickwork. 3 storeys, 3 bays with symmetrical facade. Central doorway up steps in a plain moulded case. Sash windows of 16 and 12 lights (6-lights to upper floor) with gauged brick heads. Central window spaces blank. Projecting gable end stacks.
22 (White Horse), Far Street (south side) - Grade II
House, c1800. Brickwork. 3 storeys, 3 bays, symmetrical facade. Central doorcase in classical style, but with steeply pitched pediment, and consoles instead of capitals. Windows have been renewed in original openings and have stuccoed heads with decorative keystones. Gable end stacks.
52, Far Street (south side) - Grade II
House, probably mid C18. Rendered brickwork on rubble plinth. 2 storeys, 3 unit plan, with gable stacks, and an axial stack backing onto entry. Windows are horizontal sliding sashes, 2 of which have cambered heads.
Lychgate to Churchyard, Far Street (south side) - Grade II
Lych gate, c1844 by Pugin. Pitched roof supported on chamfered and braced wood frame, all on a stone base. Fishscale and plain tiled roof surmounted centrally by a pierced wrought iron cross.
Church of Saint Mary, Far Street (south side) - Grade I
Medieval Parish Church, restored in 1844 by AWN Pugin for Henry Alford, vicar, and later Dean of Canterbury. Squared sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings, quoins and parapets throughout. Perpendicular west tower of 4 stages, buttressed, with ogee arch to west door set in square, with quatrefoils in spandrels. 3-light window above, and paired lights to bell chamber. Lozenge frieze below embattled parapet. Corner pinnacles, and gargoyles. Nave of 5 bays with perpendicular embattled clerestory. South porch by Pugin with ogee arch capped by fleur de lys, and buttresses parallel to, and extending, south wall. Within the porch, a double shafted early C14 doorway. The north door is similar, within a 2 storey porch added by Pugin, steeply pitched, with copings, angled buttresses and ornate front with trefoiled lights and niche for status springing from ogee of entrance arch. Both N and S aisle windows were put in by Pugin and have stilted arches on corbel heads with hood moulds, and richly foiled tracery. Perpendicular chancel with 2 windows, comprising 2 ranks of trefoiled panel tracery, rising to a graceful sharp curve. East window similar. Small projecting bay to N of chancel contains the vestry.
Interior has nave of 5 bays, with an early C14 arcade of double chamfered arches on octagonal piers, with small foliate capitals. Internal stone work all painted white excepting the tower and chancel arches. Nave roof of cambered trusses with pierced spandrels supported by angels is by Pugin. So is the chancel screen, with 3 panels and traceried lights to each side, and the painted inscription characteristic of Pugin's work. Chancel roof of similar construction to that of nave, but planked across the rafters and painted with stairs etc. One bay over the altar is additionally distinguished by quatrefoils, crosses etc. Sedilia in S E window recess also by Pugin, as perhaps are the encaustic tiles which distinguish the floor of the chancel. Other furnishings by Pugin are the stone pulpit, the font, and the wooden rails that now surround it, the lectern, the coronae lucis of the nave, which were probably executed by Hardman, and the doors and door furniture, in a robust, well timbered design. Various sustained glass windows, including the east window, by Wailes, the east window of S aisle, commemorating Henry Alford, and emblems in other windows, by Hardman. Under the tower, large Baroque memorial to William Leake, d. 1687.
55, London Lane (south side) - Grade II
House, late C18. Brickwork, with modern tiled roof. 3 storeys, 3 bays, symmetrical facade. Central 6-panelled door with traceried fanlight and panelled rebates in a doorcase with open pediment supported on fluted columns. 12 and 6-light sash windows with gauged brick heads. Stone sills, also stone sill band to 1st floor. Wooden eaves cornice. Gable end stacks.
The Old Chapel, Wysall Lane - Grade II
Chapel and attached house containing the entrance, 1847. Brickwork Swithland slate roof. Gable faces street and has double door with fanlight in segmental brick arch. Above it a 3-light casement window, and the chimney at gable apex. This gable forms a house unit of a single bay which casement windows, with flat arched heads. The chapel itself has 2 parallel ridges, with 2 lancet windows with margin lights.
57, London Lane - Grade II
Cottage, probably C17, refronted later. Brick, with vestiges of timber frame, including fragment of corner post, wall plate and arch brace in front wall gable truss and square panels in south gable. 1½ storeys, and a 3 unit plan form with 1 gable end stack and an axial stack backing on to entry. Door with modern porch. All windows are renewed 3-light casements: 2 dormers and 1 low window to 1st floor.
Highthorn Farm, Wide Lane - Locally Listed
Farm. Cluster of Barns, Stables and Cottages containing paved yard. Also unremarkable Late C20 Highthorn Lodge. Farm buildings perhaps late C18 in origin. Vernacular styling. Part mellow red brick, part render. Pitched roofs, mainly slate but parts covered with red clay pantiles or Swithland slate. Part single and part 2 storey. Extensive C20 "improvements", generally sympathetic but let down by a number of inappropriate replacement doors and "lean to" entrance porch with poorly matched brickwork. Generally brick arched openings. One cottage features good quality replacement horizontal sliding sash windows.

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