Listed buildings in West Drayton, Nottinghamshire

West Drayton is a civil parish in the Bassetlaw District of Nottinghamshire, England. The parish contains 13 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 villages of West Drayton, Markham Moor and Rockley, and the surrounding countryside. Most of the listed buildings are houses, a cottage, farmhouses, and associated structures, and the others are a church, a road bridge, a water mill, a public house, a milestone, and the canopy of a former petrol station.


Key edit

Grade Criteria[1]
II* Particularly important buildings of more than special interest
II Buildings of national importance and special interest

Buildings edit

Name and location Photograph Date Notes Grade
St Paul's Church
53°15′54″N 0°56′07″W / 53.26498°N 0.93522°W / 53.26498; -0.93522 (St Paul's Church)
 
12th century The church has been altered through the centuries, including a restoration in 1874. It is built in stone, partly rendered, and has tile roofs. The church consists of a nave and a chancel under a continuous roof, and a north vestry. On the west gable is a two-arched bellcote, and in the south wall is a doorway containing Norman masonry, including scalloped moulding and zigzag decoration, and to its right is an arched stoup.[2][3] II*
Eel Pie Bridge
53°15′37″N 0°55′59″W / 53.26020°N 0.93319°W / 53.26020; -0.93319 (Eel Pie Bridge)
 
Early 17th century The bridge, which has been altered, carries Old London Road over the River Maun. It consists of two stone triangular arches with a cutwater. On each side are later stone walls and piers. Above the arches is a blue brick band, set into which are concrete girders and piers carrying a concrete parapet. Between the piers are cast iron railings ending in stone piers.[2][4] II
Pigeoncote, stable, outbuildings and wall, Markham Moor House
53°15′32″N 0°55′46″W / 53.25883°N 0.92945°W / 53.25883; -0.92945 (Pigeoncote, stable, outbuildings and wall, Markham Moor House)
Mid 18th century The buildings are in painted brick with pantile roofs. The pigeoncote has two storeys and a loft, and a single bay on a plinth. It has a floor band, dogtooth eaves and brick coped gables, and contains openings with segmental heads and a blocked round window in the loft. To its left is a single-storey three-bay stable block containing a stable door and other openings under segmental arches. Further to the left are single-storey outbuildings with ten bays, which have been converted for residential use, projecting from which is a red brick wall with shaped coping and three coped piers, extending for 7 metres (23 ft).[5] II
Manor Farmhouse
53°15′49″N 0°56′21″W / 53.26358°N 0.93908°W / 53.26358; -0.93908 (Manor Farmhouse)
 
Late 18th century The farmhouse is in red brick, with a dogtooth, raised and dentilled eaves band, and a pantile roof with brick coped gables and kneelers. There are two storeys and attics and an L-shaped plan, with a front range of four bays, and a two-bay rear wing. The windows are casements with mullions and splayed lintels with keystones.[6] II
Markham Moor House
53°15′32″N 0°55′45″W / 53.25901°N 0.92910°W / 53.25901; -0.92910 (Markham Moor House)
 
Late 18th century The house is in red brick with dentilled eaves and a hipped pantile roof. There are three storeys and three bays, a later recessed two-storey two-bay wing on the left, and at the rear is a two-storey wing of an earlier build. In the centre is a doorway with a traceried fanlight, a fluted and dentilled frieze, and a pediment. This is flanked by canted bay windows with simple entablatures, and in the upper floors are sash windows with segmental heads. The wing has a square bay window and casement windows in the upper floor.[7] II
Ice house at Rockley House
53°15′56″N 0°55′55″W / 53.26542°N 0.93187°W / 53.26542; -0.93187 (Ice house at Rockley House)
Late 18th century The ice house is in red brick with dentilled eaves and a pantile roof. Steps lead down to a doorway with a moulded surround, and to another doorway with a depressed arch. The interior has a barrel roof, and contains three arched niches.[8] II
The Old Water Mill
53°15′53″N 0°55′57″W / 53.26476°N 0.93241°W / 53.26476; -0.93241 (The Old Water Mill)
Late 18th century The water mill is built over the River Maun. It is in red brick on a stone platform, and has pantile roofs. There are two storeys and attics, a three-bay wing, a single-storey single-bay lean-to, and a later two-bay wing. The lean-to contains an iron waterwheel, and under the later wing are two arches, the right being a water channel with a sluice. In front, and over the river, is an embattled parapet with a central cutwater, and cantilevered out from the south front is a wooden footbridge.[9][10] II
Markham Moor Inn and cottage
53°15′27″N 0°55′32″W / 53.25743°N 0.92565°W / 53.25743; -0.92565 (Markham Moor Inn and cottage)
 
Early 19th century The public house is stuccoed, partly on a plinth, with a hipped pantile roof. There are three storeys and four bays, and a single-storey single-bay extension on the right. The doorway has a fanlight in a moulded surround, it is flanked by canted bay windows, and the other windows are sashes. Recessed on the left is the stuccoed cottage, on a plinth, with an eaves band, two storeys and three bays. The central doorway has a fanlight under a segmental arch, flanked by sash windows under segmental arches, and in the upper floor are casement windows.[11] II
Milestone
53°15′30″N 0°55′37″W / 53.25824°N 0.92705°W / 53.25824; -0.92705 (Milestone)
 
Early 19th century The milestone is 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) high. It has an octagonal base, a cylindrical plinth and a cylindrical shaft, with a band at the top and a round moulded cap.[12] II
Rockley Lodge
53°15′56″N 0°55′53″W / 53.26549°N 0.93130°W / 53.26549; -0.93130 (Rockley Lodge)
Early 19th century A cottage in red brick with dentilled eaves and a pantile roof. There are two storeys, three bays, and rear extensions. In the centre is a doorway, the windows are horizontally-sliding sashes, and all the openings have segmental arches and painted keystones.[13] II
Barn at Rockley House
53°15′56″N 0°55′52″W / 53.26557°N 0.93109°W / 53.26557; -0.93109 (Barn at Rockley House)
Early 19th century The barn is in red brick, with dentilled eaves, and a pantile roof with an orb finial. There are two storeys and three bays. It contains a central doorway with a keystone, two openings with segmental heads and keystones, and vents. The left gable has an open dentilled pediment, and a large blind archway with a round-arched blind panel above.[14] II
Rockley House and outbuildings
53°15′55″N 0°55′51″W / 53.26541°N 0.93081°W / 53.26541; -0.93081 (Rockley House and outbuildings)
1826 The house is in red brick on a plinth, with a raised eaves band and a hipped slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays, and recessed on the right is a later two-storey three-bay wing. In the centre is an arcaded porch with a concave hipped half-conical lead roof with an urn, a moulded cornice, and decorated clustered columns. The doorway has a traceried fanlight, to its left is a canted bay window with a modillion cornice, and the other windows are sashes with moulded surrounds and keystones. Extending from the back of the house are two wings connected at the rear by a coach house, forming a quadrangular courtyard.[9][15] II
Canopy to former petrol station
53°15′25″N 0°55′40″W / 53.25693°N 0.92773°W / 53.25693; -0.92773 (Canopy to former petrol station)
 
1960–61 The canopy at the former petrol station at Markham Moor Service Area is in concrete, and was designed by Sam Scorer. It has a rhomboid plan, and consists of a hyperbolic paraboloid shell. The canopy has sharp fins that point skywards, and it is supported on its lower edges by four concrete stanchions.[16] II

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  • Historic England, "Church of St Paul, West Drayton (1224416)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 24 October 2023
  • Historic England, "Eel Pie Bridge, West Drayton (1266859)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 24 October 2023
  • Historic England, "Pigeoncote and Attached Stable, Outbuildings and Wall at Markham Moor House, West Drayton (1224361)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 October 2023
  • Historic England, "Manor Farmhouse, West Drayton (1224360)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 24 October 2023
  • Historic England, "Markham Moor House, West Drayton (1224362)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 October 2023
  • Historic England, "Icehouse at Rockley House, West Drayton (1224429)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 24 October 2023
  • Historic England, "The Old Water Mill, West Drayton (1266858)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 October 2023
  • Historic England, "Markham Moor Inn and Attached Cottage, West Drayton (1224363)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 October 2023
  • Historic England, "Milestone 35 metres north of Forge Cottage, West Drayton (1266860)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 October 2023
  • Historic England, "Rockley Lodge, West Drayton (1266857)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 October 2023
  • Historic England, "Barn at Rockley House, West Drayton (1224428)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 24 October 2023
  • Historic England, "Rockley House and Attached Outbuildings, West Drayton (1224358)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 October 2023
  • Historic England, "Canopy to former petrol station, Markham Moor, West Drayton (1402678)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 24 October 2023
  • Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Williamson, Elizabeth (2020) [1979]. Nottinghamshire. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-24783-1.
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