Listed buildings in Scotton, Harrogate
Scotton, Harrogate is a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It contains ten 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 Scotton and the surrounding area. The listed buildings consist of houses, a barn, and items in and around a Quaker burial ground.
Key
| 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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| Manor Farm House 54°01′39″N 1°30′11″W / 54.02737°N 1.50303°W |
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16th century | A farmhouse, later a private house, it has a timber framed core, enclosed in stone, and has a pantile roof with stone coped gables and kneelers. There are two storeys and four bays, and a rear outshut. On the street and garden fronts are doorways and casement windows.[2] | II |
| The Old Manor House 54°01′47″N 1°30′14″W / 54.02985°N 1.50376°W |
16th century | A timber framed house enclosed in the 19th and 20th centuries in limestone and gritstone, with a pantile roof with stone slates to the eaves. There are two storeys, and the earlier range has three bays and a single-bay wing at the north end. Inside, there is extensive remaining timber framing.[3][4] | II | |
| Scotton Old Hall 54°01′51″N 1°30′18″W / 54.03097°N 1.50490°W |
17th century (probable) | The house incorporates timber framing from the 15th century, and is in limestone, gritstone and cobbles, with quoins and a stone slate roof. There is a hall and cross wings, the hall with two storeys and two bays, an east wing with three bays, and a west wing with six bays and an attic. The entrance in the west wing has a round-arched doorway with a moulded surround, imposts and a keystone. A continuous hood mould is carried round much of the house. On the south front is a doorway with a chamfered surround and a pointed arch. The windows vary, and some are mullioned.[5][6] | II* | |
| Barn northwest of Scotton Old Hall 54°01′52″N 1°30′19″W / 54.03120°N 1.50531°W |
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17th century | The barn is in stone, with quoins and a stone slate roof. There is a single storey, ten bays and a rear outshut. In the centre is a cart entrance with a raised segmental arch and chamfered quoined jambs. Elsewhere, there are more doorways, windows, slit vents, a loading door, and an owl hole in the apex of a gable. At the rear is a large gabled wheelhouse with a pantile roof.[3][7] | II |
| Walls and ruined building, Quaker Burial Ground 54°01′53″N 1°30′11″W / 54.03144°N 1.50294°W |
17th century | The walls are in gritstone, they enclose an area about 35 metres (115 ft) square, and are about 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) in height. In the southwest corner are the remains of a building, marked by quoins.[8] | II | |
| Headstone of Ann Hogg, Quaker Burial Ground 54°01′53″N 1°30′10″W / 54.03130°N 1.50282°W |
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1671 | The headstone is in gritstone, and is about 50 centimetres (20 in) in height. It consists of a single circular block on a slightly shouldered base, and contains a well cut inscription.[9] | II |
| Headstone of Margret Middleton, Quaker Burial Ground 54°01′52″N 1°30′10″W / 54.03120°N 1.50276°W |
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1676 | The headstone is in gritstone, and is about 40 centimetres (16 in) in height. It consists of a single circular block on a neck, widening to flat shoulders at the base. It contains a well cut inscription.[10] | II |
| Three chest tombs, Quaker Burial Ground 54°01′52″N 1°30′11″W / 54.03120°N 1.50299°W |
Early to mid-18th century | The chest tombs are in gritstone, and commemorate members of the Watkinson family. They are to the north of the south wall of the burial ground, and have been disturbed by the growth of a tree. Each tomb consists of a moulded slab on a plinth of four or more blocks. The middle tomb has the remains of an inscription, and the other inscriptions are illegible.[11] | II | |
| Headstone of John Dodson, Quaker Burial Ground 54°01′53″N 1°30′11″W / 54.03126°N 1.50301°W |
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1736 | The headstone is in gritstone, and is about 50 centimetres (20 in) in height. It consists of a single straight-sided block with a cambered top edge. On it is a well cut but weathered inscription.[12] | II |
| Scotton Lodge 54°01′34″N 1°30′20″W / 54.02619°N 1.50555°W |
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Early 19th century | The house is in gritstone on a plinth, with a hipped slate roof. There are two storeys and fronts of two and three bays. The central doorway has a moulded surround, a fanlight and a cornice, and the windows are sashes with incised wedge lintels.[13] | II |
References
Citations
- ^ Historic England 2024
- ^ Historic England & 1389570
- ^ a b Leach & Pevsner (2009), p. 687
- ^ Historic England & 1150317
- ^ Leach & Pevsner (2009), pp. 686–687
- ^ Historic England & 1150318
- ^ Historic England & 1213407
- ^ Historic England & 1315410
- ^ Historic England & 1250503
- ^ Historic England & 1250504
- ^ Historic England & 1289057
- ^ Historic England & 1250505
- ^ Historic England & 1263235
Sources
- Historic England, "Manor Farm House, Scotton (1389570)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 December 2025
- Historic England, "The Old Manor House, Scotton (1150317)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 December 2025
- Historic England, "Scotton Old Hall, Scotton (1150318)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 December 2025
- Historic England, "Barn approximately 30 metres north-west of Scotton Old Hall, Scotton (1213407)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 December 2025
- Historic England, "Walls to Quaker Burial Ground with remains of building in south-west corner, Scotton (1315410)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 December 2025
- Historic England, "Headstone of Ann Hogg in Quaker Burial Ground approximately 10 metres From the east wall and 15 metres From the south wall, Scotton (1250503)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 December 2025
- Historic England, "Headstone of Margret Middleton in Quaker burial ground approximately 5 metres from the east wall and 10 metres from the south wall and facing west, Scotton (1250504)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 December 2025
- Historic England, "Group of three chest tombs 4 metres north of south Wall of Quaker Burial Ground, Scotton (1289057)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 December 2025
- Historic England, "Headstone of John Dodson in Quaker burial-ground approximately 10 metres from the south wall, Scotton (1250505)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 December 2025
- Historic England, "Scotton Lodge, Scotton (1263235)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 December 2025
- Historic England (21 July 2024), Listed Buildings, retrieved 13 December 2025
- 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.