Listed Buildings – STUDIA PHOTOS

HEBDEN BRIDGE 2023 – II

Day 2 in Hebden Bridge and a walk around everywhere we could.

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Hebden Old Bridge, Hebden Water, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Packhorse bridge, c.1510. Has plaques recording repairs of 1600, 1602 and 1657. The parapet repaired in 1845 and raised in 1890.

Three inscribed date plaques: REPAYRED: BY TH E.RIDINGE: BY ORD REPAIRED BY HELP OF ER: OF SESSIONS (B) Y GVST : 1657 RICHARD : NALER Y R.G.R.G. SESSIONS 1602 REPAIRED BY HELP OF JOHN : GREENMOOD SESSIONS 1600

Rochdale Canal, Hebble End, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

“Old Gate” Bar & Restaurant, Old Gate, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Doorway of former Ebenezer Baptist Chapel, Market Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Interior Outlook, Former Ebenezer Baptist Chapel, Market Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Gravestone – Grace Townsend, Ebenezer Baptist Chapel, Market Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Grave Stone, William & Sarah Greay, Ebenezer Baptist Chapel, Market Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

The former Ebenezer Baptist Chapel dates to 1777 and is now The Arts Centre

Bricked Up, 42 Market Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

See a full street view here!

“Barkers Terrace”, Cnr Market Street and Hangingroyd Road, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Smokestack, Beehive Mills, Hebden End, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Cuckoo Steps Mill, Market Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

This is now converted to two residences

Stoney Lane & Cuckoo Steps, Market Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Hebble End View B&B, Barkers Terrace, Cnr Market Street & Hangingroyd Road, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

GR Mailbox, Market Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Goose Walkabout, Market Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

River Calder, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Rochdale Canal Bridge, Hebble End, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Rochdale Canal, Hebble End, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Fountain Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Former Mill Smokestack, Hebden End, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Rochdale Canal, Hebble End, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Black Pit Lock & Bridge No. 17, Rochdale Canal, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

The Rochdale Canal runs for 33 miles between Manchester and Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire, UK. In Sowerby Bridge it connects with the Calder and Hebble Navigation. In Manchester it connects with the Ashton and Bridgewater Canals.

The canal was opened between Sowerby Bridge and Todmorden and from Manchester to Rochdale in 1799 and between Todmorden and Rochdale in 1805. Most of the canal was closed in 1952. Restoration work began in late 1980s and by 1996 the canal was opened to navigation once again between Sowerby Bridge and the summit level. The canal was re-opened to navigation along its entire length in July 2002 and forms part of the South Pennine Ring.

River Calder from Rochdale Canal Bridge, Hebble End, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

It is at this point that the Rochdale Canal crosses over the River Calder.

Waymarker, Black Pit Lock, Rochdale Canal, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Water Cascade, River Calder, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Narrow Boats on River Calder with Crossley Mill in the Background, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

War Memorial, New Road Memorial Gardens, New Road, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Flood Records Marker, Hebden Bridge Picture House, New Road, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Hope Baptist Church, New Road, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

The Railway, New Road. Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Dry Dock at Marina, New Road, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Hebden Bridge Picture House, New Road, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

One of the last remaining council-owned cinemas in Britain. Together with the adjacent shops, it forms a Grade II listed building. Original seating capacity was over 900.

The White Lion, Bridge Gate, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Reputed to be Hebden Bridge’s oldest building. House originally known as King’s Farm dating from 1657 substantially rebuilt late C19. Known to have been a public house from the mid C18. Dressed stone, stone slate roof. Original house had 2-room front with rear kitchen wing, some material of this date survives to ground floor.

Our place of residence for the few days spent in Hebden Bridge

Cobbled Car Park, White Lion Hotel, Bridge Gate, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

View from Old Gate Beer Garden, West End, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Dining, Old Gate Bar & Restaurant, Old Gate, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Hebden Water, West End, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Bridge Gate, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Hebden Old Bridge, Hebden Water, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

St Georges Square, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Cobbled Crossing, Bridge Gate, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

HEBDEN BRIDGE – I

After Liverpool we head for a place called Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire.

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Valley View, Halifax Road, Littleborough, West Yorkshire, England UK

Farm Gate & Wall, Blackstone Edge Road, Cragg Vale, West Yorkshire, England UK

Boundary Stone, Blackstone Edge Road, Cragg Vale, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

“SB” is thought to refer to either Sowerby or Soyland.

Moor, Blackstone Edge Road, Cragg Vale, West Yorkshire, England UK

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St George’s Bridge, St George’s Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

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A cast iron bridge that is Grade II listed – built in 1892.

[Our room]

White Lion, Bridge Gate, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

The pub is Grade II listed and dated to 1657. It is reputedly the oldest building in Hebden Bridge

“Il Mulino” Restaurant Entrance, Bridge Mill, St George’s Square, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

The restaurant is located in the old Bridge Mill.

Stone Marker, St George’s Square, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

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The inscription on the stone :- “Hebden Bridge centre of the universe!”

Adorned Gate, Old Lees Yard, St George’s Square, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Hebden Old Bridge, Hebden Water, Bridge Gate, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

The bridge is another Grade II listed building having originated as a timber structure in medieval times and stone built in 1510 as a packhorse bridge.

Hebden Water, Bridge Gate, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

“The Pub”, The Courtyard, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

a.k.a. “The Hebden”

The Vault, Cnr New Road & Crown Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Crown Inn, Cnr Crown & Cheetham Streets, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

As can be seen above the sign, the building was formerly The Civic Hall

Former Bank, Jcn Hope & Albert Streets, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Citroën 2CV ‘Fourgonnette’ Van, Albert Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Gantry Bridge, Carlton Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Oxford House, Albert Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Door Knocker, 5 Albert Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Former Croft Mill, Croft Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Bridge Mill, St George’s Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Also a Grade II listed building dating to 1830

Town Hall, St George’s Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Millennium Clock, St George’s Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

The Millennium Clock was installed into what was then Thompson Solicitors’ building on St George’s Street, Hebden Bridge in 2000 AD. Funds to pay for the clock were paid by public subscription and presented to the town by the Rotary Club of Hebden Bridge.

Drinks, White Lion, Bridge Gate, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Hebden Water, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

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This was just outside our room at the White Lion

Gate Door, Bridge Gate, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Pub Sign, Shoulder of Mutton, St George’s Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Street Sign, Hangingroyd Lane, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Doorway, Hebble House, Royd Terrace, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Bridge Gate, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Dining Area, White Lion, Bridge Gate, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

Passage, White Lion, Bridge Gate, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK

WALES 2023 – III

Still in Caernarfon and wandering around the town and castle walls.

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Through a Rain Spattered Window, Caernarfon Castle, Pen Deitsh, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Pen Deitsh – Castle Ditch

Harbour Offices, Cei Llechi, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Cei Llechi – Slate Quay

Caernarfon from Black Tower, Caernarfon Castle, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Castle Exit, Caernarfon Castle, Pen Deitsh, Carnarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Drinks in Bar Bach, Tyn y Bont, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

The Bar, Bar Bach, Tan y Bont, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Bar Bach, Tafarn Lleiaf Cymru, Tan y Bont, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Tafarn Lleiaf Cymru – The Smallest Pub in Wales

Historic Plaques, Porth Mawr, Stry y Porth Mawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

See Location Here! – plaques can be seen on the left in the tunnel.

Top:

Site of The Exchequer and Chancery of the Principality of North Wales Founded 1284.

Bottom:

This tower was raised twenty eight feet and a half and the clock was improved and filled up with transparent dials in the year of our Lord 1833.
The most Honourable the MARQUESS OF ANGLESEA, MAYOR
WILLIAM ROBERTS ESQ. Deputy Mayor.
DAVID ROWLANDS, GRIFFITH CAVIES – Bailiffs

Former Lloyds Bank Building, Stryd y Porth Mawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

A Grade II Listed Building

11 Stryd y Bont, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

A Grade II Listed Building

Rhydalun House, Stryd y Porth Mawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

A Grade II Listed Building

Street Sign, Stryd Twll yn y Wal, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Stryd Twll yn y Wal – Hole in the Wall Street

Tŷ Dre Town House, Stryd Fawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Our room on the top floor!

Cofeb Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf, Stryd y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf (Llywelyn Our Last Leader) was killed in battle in 1282. His death led directly to the establishment of the bastide town of Caernarfon. Commissioned by Gwynedd County Council to commemorate 700th anniversary of Llywelyn’s death in 1282.

Cofeb Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf – in Memory of Llywelyn Our Last Leader

Stryd Y Jel, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Shirehall Street

Morgan Lloyd, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Sgwâr y Castell – Castle Square

A Grade II Listed Building

Sir Hugh Owen, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Statue, David Lloyd George, SgwÃ¢r y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

In 1890 Lloyd George narrowly won a Parliamentary by-election for Caernarvon Boroughs, the boroughs of Caernarfon, Bangor, Conwy, Criccieth, Nefyn and Pwllheli. He held the seat as a Liberal until two months before his death in 1945. The town’s former Liberal Club is a short distance north of here.

He held key Government posts: President of the Board of Trade (1905-1908); Chancellor of the Exchequer (1908-1915); Minister of Munitions (1915-1916); and Prime Minister (1916-1922).

He was a controversial figure, particularly for his stances on the Boer War, Palestine and Irish independence. Although mostly supporting votes for women, his fluctuating stance made him an enemy of the suffragette movement and his meetings were often disrupted. His personal life was sometimes a source of gossip but he is primarily remembered as the initiator of the welfare state and as Britain’s leader in the First World War.

He died at Llanystumdwy on 26 March 1945 and is buried beside the River Dwyfor. His daughter Megan was Wales’ first female MP. His son Gwilym was Minister for Food and Power in the Second World War and later Home Secretary.

Dedication Plaque, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Wynedd, Wales UK

This stone records the generous deed of a local subject Sir Charles Garden Assheton-Smith Baronet of Vaynol who gave three houses to be demolished in order that some thousands of his countrymen might witness the investiture of The Prince of Wales 13th July 1911. He also gave the ground whereon they stood to The Crown to be forever open to the public and free from building.

See image further down showing the location of the plaque.

Boats on Afon Seiont, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Afon Seiont – Zion River

Pont yr Aber, Afon Seiont, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Windows, Eagle Tower, Castle Walls, Caernarfon Castle, Bryn y Castelll, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Grade II Listed Building, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

This building is on the edge of the square where the David Lloyd George Statue is located

Eagle Tower to Queen’s Tower, Caernarfon Castle, Bryn y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Queen’s Gate, Caernarfon Castle, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Caernarfon Castle, Tan y Bont, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Caernarfon Castle, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Doorway, Maes Glas, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

A Grade II Listed Building

y Castell, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

The Castle Hotel

Building Façade, Paternoster Buildings, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Grade II Listed Building

Castle Square Presbyterian Church, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Grade II Listed Building built in 1883

Blind Justice, Old Courthouse, Pen Deitsh, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Old Town Walls Entrance, Pen Deitsh, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Bridge to Castle Entrance, Caernarfon Castle, Pen Deitsh, Caernarfon,Gwynedd, Wales UK

Castle Doorway, Caernarfon Castle, Pen Deitsh, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Eagle Tower, Castle Walls, Caernarfon Castle, Bryn y Castelll, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Town Walls, Tan y Bont, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Drinks at Dinner Time, Y Goran (The Crown), Cnr Stryd Fawr & Stryd Y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

ENGLAND 2023 – VIII – The Cotswolds (IV)

I drove on to another wonderful town in the Cotswolds called Malmesbury. There were just a couple of stops along the way.

Parsons Nose, 30 High Street, Melksham, Wiltshire, England UK

Bricked In, Lowebourne, Melksham, Wiltshire, England UK

Lacock Abbey, Lacock, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK

Pew Hill House, Pew Hill, Chippenham , Wiltshire, England UK

The Old Bell Hotel, Abbey Row, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

Dating to 1220 and originally named The Castle Inn as it was built on the site of Malmesbury Castle.The name was changed in 1798. It served as the guest house of the Abbey located next door. It has a claim to be considered as the oldest hotel in England. The Historic England official ‘listing’ of the hotel as a Grade I building, for example, describes the hotel as having been originally the ‘Abbey Guest House’.

After the Dissolution of the Abbey in 1539 and the departure of the monks the building became an inn offering accommodation to travellers on the road from Bristol to Oxford. The claim that the Old Bell is the oldest hotel in England is based, therefore, on the strong possibility that there was more or less continuous use of the building as a place of hospitality from about 1220 to the present day.

Malmesbury Abbey, Gloucester Street, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

Malmesbury Abbey, at Malmesbury in Wiltshire, England, is a religious house dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul. It was one of the few English houses with a continuous history from the 7th century [c.676] through to the dissolution of the monasteries.

The abbey, which owned 23,000 acres (93 km2) in the twenty parishes that constituted the Malmesbury Hundred, was closed at the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539 by Henry VIII and was sold, with all its lands, to William Stumpe, a rich merchant. He returned the abbey church to the town for continuing use as a parish church, and filled the abbey buildings with up to 20 looms for his cloth-weaving enterprise.

Malmesbury Market Cross, 1A Market Cross, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

The Old Bakehouse, 27 High Street, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

Access to Beer Garden, The Kings Arms, High Street, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

HM Postmaster-General Notice, 41 High Street, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

Inscription:

H.M. POSTMASTER-GENERAL, THE OWNER OF THE LAND IN FRONT OF THIS NOTICE BOUNDED BY METAL STUDS, HAS NOT DEDICATED AND DOES NOT INTEND TO DEDICATE AS A HIGHWAY, THE SAID LAND OR ANY PART THEREOF OR ANY WAY THEREON OR THEREUNDER.

The building where this is affixed was erected in 1902.

Only Here, 41 High Street, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

The Old Library, 44 High Street, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

Freehold currently for sale of Offers over £400,000.

Residences, Jcn High Street & King’s Wall, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

Lotus House, 119 High Street, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

The Rose & Crown, High Street, Burton Hill, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

St John’s Court Almshouse, High Street, Burton Hill, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

St John’s Court, a group of three almshouses, stands on the site of the medieval hospital of St John of Jerusalem. The date of the foundation of the hospital is unknown, but records attest to its existence by the C13. It is reported to have incorporated an existing chapel, the former late-Norman doorway to which remains within the southern wall of the building. The hospital was closed as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and the site is recorded as having been confiscated. It was acquired by clothier John Stumpe, who transferred ownership to the Corporation in 1580, with the liability on them for the maintenance of a school and almshouses at £20 a year.

Left Column Plate Inscription:

In memory of the Malmesbury men who made the supreme sacrifice in the second worl war 1938-1945.

Right Column Plate:-

Names those men.

Dedicated in 1951.

<a href=”https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/24206″><b>Imperial War Museum Reference</b></a>

WW2 Gates, Lower High Street, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

Through to St Johns Court Almshouse.

The Silk Mills, High Street, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

Also known as the Avon Mills (a branch of the Avon River right alongside.). They were built in 1790 originally for wool but also used for corn and are Grade II Listed buildings. They have now been converted to apartments.