Listed buildings in Pentrich

Pentrich is a civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. The parish contains eight listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Pentrich and the surrounding countryside, and the listed buildings consist of four farmhouses, two mileposts, a church and a railway signal box.

Grade Criteria[1]
I Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important
II Buildings of national importance and special interest

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Name and location Photograph Date Notes Grade
St Matthew's Church
53°04′08″N 1°25′13″W / 53.06902°N 1.42020°W / 53.06902; -1.42020 (St Matthew's Church)
 
12th century The church has been altered and extended through the centuries, and was restored in 1859. It is built in sandstone with gritstone dressings, and a lead roof. The church consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a south porch, a chancel with a north vestry, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, angle buttresses, two-light Perpendicular bell openings with ogee heads, and an embattled parapet. The nave, aisles and porch also have embattled parapets, and the east window has five lights under a depressed pointed arch.[2][3] I
Amberley Farmhouse
53°04′25″N 1°26′04″W / 53.07351°N 1.43455°W / 53.07351; -1.43455 (Amberley Farmhouse)
 
Mid 18th century The farmhouse is in sandstone on a massive plinth, and has a slate roof with coped gables. There is an L-shaped plan, with a front range of three storeys and two bays, a rear wing, and a single-storey extension on the left. The central doorway has a quoined surround, a massive lintel and a shallow bracketed hood. The windows are mullioned with three lights, and contain sashes in the lower two floors, and casements in the top floor.[4] II
Coneygrey Farmhouse
53°04′50″N 1°25′32″W / 53.08050°N 1.42550°W / 53.08050; -1.42550 (Coneygrey Farmhouse)
 
Mid 18th century The farmhouse is in sandstone on a shallow plinth, with chamfered quoins, a moulded eaves cornice, and a slate roof with coped gables. There are two storeys, a main block with three bays, and a lower two-bay wing with a hipped roof to the right. The central doorway has a Gibbs surround, a rectangular fanlight, and a moulded cornice. The windows on the front are 20th-century replacements, and on the rear are a three-stage staircase window, a two-light mullioned window, and a blocked doorway with a quoined surround.[5] II
Amberside Farmhouse
53°03′52″N 1°26′18″W / 53.06431°N 1.43820°W / 53.06431; -1.43820 (Amberside Farmhouse)
 
Early 19th century The farmhouse is in sandstone on a shallow plinth, with chamfered quoins, and a hipped roof with overhanging eaves. There is a main range with three storeys and three bays, and parallel rear ranges with two storeys. The central doorway has a rectangular fanlight and a moulded cornice. The windows are sashes, those in the ground floor are tripartite, and in the lower two floors they have moulded cornices.[6] II
Asherfields
53°04′00″N 1°24′40″W / 53.06657°N 1.41114°W / 53.06657; -1.41114 (Asherfields)
Early 19th century A farmhouse in sandstone on a shallow plinth with a hipped roof and overhanging eaves. There are two storeys and three bays. In the centre is a gabled trellis-work porch with decorative bargeboards and a doorway with a rectangular fanlight, and the windows are sashes.[7] II
Milepost (north)
53°04′36″N 1°25′50″W / 53.07656°N 1.43063°W / 53.07656; -1.43063 (Milepost (north))
Mid 19th century The milepost is on the northwest side of the B6013 road, and is in cast iron. It has a triangular plan, and a dished upper face inscribed with the name of the parish and the manufacturer. On the sides are the distances to Derby, Clay Cross, Chesterfield, Dronfield and Sheffield.[8] II
Milepost (south)
53°03′47″N 1°26′17″W / 53.06304°N 1.43814°W / 53.06304; -1.43814 (Milepost (south))
 
Mid 19th century The milepost is on the west side of the B6013 road, and is in cast iron. It has a triangular plan, and a dished upper face inscribed with the name of the parish and the manufacturer. On the sides are the distances to Derby, Clay Cross, Chesterfield, Dronfield and Sheffield.[9] II
Signal Box
53°03′47″N 1°24′25″W / 53.06313°N 1.40701°W / 53.06313; -1.40701 (Signal Box)
 
c. 1865 The signal box, which was built by the Midland Railway, has an iron frame clad in wood, and a slate roof with spike finials. It is cantilevered on both sides, and has a balcony and glazing all round it. The signal box was moved to its present site in 1984.[10] II

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  • Historic England, "Church of St Matthew, Pentrich (1109151)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 October 2022
  • Historic England, "Amberley Farmhouse, Pentrich (1109148)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 October 2022
  • Historic England, "Coneygrey Farmhouse, Pentrich (1109150)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 October 2022
  • Historic England, "Amberside Farmhouse, Pentrich (1109153)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 October 2022
  • Historic England, "Asherfields, Pentrich (1109147)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 October 2022
  • Historic England, "Milepost, Pentrich (1109149)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 October 2022
  • Historic England, "Milepost to the west of the junction of Chesterfield Road and Wood Lane, Pentrich (1109152)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 October 2022
  • Historic England, "Signal Box, to the North of track, 480 metres West of Butterley Station, and 30 metres East of Asher Lane Railway Crossing, Pentrich (1329374)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 October 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 15 October 2022