Listed buildings in Turnditch

Turnditch is a civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England, UK. The parish contains two listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Both the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".[1] The parish contains the village of Turnditch and the surrounding area, and the listed buildings consist of a church and a school.

Buildings edit

Name and location Photograph Date Notes
All Saints' Church
53°00′57″N 1°33′40″W / 53.01587°N 1.56098°W / 53.01587; -1.56098 (All Saints' Church)
 
1630 The church was enlarged and the chancel was rebuilt in 1882–84. It is built in gritstone and has a tile roof with coped gables. The church consists of a four-bay nave, a south porch, and a two-bay chancel with a vestry, and on the west gable is a gabled bellcote. The porch is gabled and has shallow buttresses, and a pointed arch with a hood mould.[2][3]
Turnditch School
53°00′56″N 1°33′39″W / 53.01551°N 1.56095°W / 53.01551; -1.56095 (Turnditch School)
 
1846 The clock turret was added in 1910. The school is built in red brick with stone dressings, and has a tile roof with coped gables. There is a single storey and a symmetrical plan, with a central gabled porch. The doorway has a quoined surround and a four-centred arched lintel, and in the gable apex is an inscribed and dated shield. Above the porch is a clock tower with weatherboarding, an arcaded timber bell stage, and a curved pyramidal cap with a weathervane. The flanking ranges contain mullioned cross windows with stepped surrounds. To the west is a gabled extension.[2][4]

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  • Historic England, "Church of All Saints, Turnditch (1109063)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 December 2022
  • Historic England, "Turnditch School, Turnditch (1158807)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 December 2022
  • Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Williamson, Elizabeth (2016) [1978]. Derbyshire. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-21559-5.
  • Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 11 December 2022